Peter Cartwright is a counsellor, trainer and researcher with experience in both bereavement counselling and supporting families affected by substance use. He was author of How Helpful is Counselling for People Bereaved Through a Substance-Related Death?, published in 2019 in the journal Bereavement Care, and was a co-writer of Bereaved by Addiction - A Booklet for Anyone Bereaved through Drug or Alcohol Use, produced in 2013 for DrugFAM. Peter lives in London.

• IntroductionPart 1 - Making sense of substance-related bereavementsChapter 1 - Making sense of bereavementChapter 2 - Three useful theories for bereavement supportChapter 3 - Making sense of substance useChapter 4 - How addictive substance use can affect a familyChapter 5 - Substance-related bereavementsChapter 6 - Making sense of substance-related bereavementsPart 2 - How to support a bereaved personChapter 7 - Key considerationsChapter 8 - Supporting a bereaved personChapter 9 - Bereavement counsellingChapter 10 - Themes in bereavement counsellingChapter 11 - Anxiety, stress and traumatic bereavementChapter 12 - Unfinished businessChapter 13 - Shame and stigma Chapter 14 - Anger, blame and guiltChapter 15 - DepressionChapter 16 - Counselling clients who use medication, alcohol or drugsChapter 17 - Later bereavement and how far can we help?Part 3 - Examples of good practiceReferencesIndex

The response to loss, we have learned, is subject to many factors, cause of death being prominent among them. In this book Peter Cartwright shines a light on drug and alcohol related death, an epidemic that affects an ever growing number of the bereaved. The book offers abundant clinical illustrations, insight and information about the complexities of grief in these cases, and will be of interest to experienced bereavement therapists as well as those new to the field.