David Cohen

The Book of My Son Reuben

A Psychologist on the Loss of His Child

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Book of My Son Reuben is a personal account of how psychologist David Cohen coped - and did not cope - with the death of his son, Reuben. Offering a unique perspective on the experience of parental loss, it offers a personal and analytical exploration of sorrow and guilt, and of what research tells us about trauma and grief.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781032224657
• ISBN-10: 1032224657
• Artikelnr.: 67516650

Autorenporträt

David Cohen is a prolific writer, filmmaker and psychologist.

Inhaltsangabe

1. To begin at his end. 2. More about Reuben. 3. Pleasure and panic. 4. The
death of children in antiquity and the Middle Ages. 5. The shock of death.
6. Reuben as a writer. 7. What children know about death: saying goodbye
and spiritualism. 8. School killings. 9. Poverty, class and social work.
10. The physical consequences of bereavement. 11. Psychological research.
12. Social media. 13. Mourning and marriages. 14. How brothers and sisters
react. 15. How fathers react to a child's death. 16. What can help? 17.
Reuben - half a life. Appendix: Extract from Theo's Ruins by Reuben Cohen.
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