Thesiss

This thesis examines the narrative reconstructions taken from extended conversations with 25 bereaved individuals, who volunteered their experiences of losing a loved one. By considering the interaction between self and other to be the source of knowledge, these interview conver…

Freud and other early theorists’ models of grief focused on relinquishing the connection from the person who had died (Stroebe & Schut, 2005). While grief models have evolved since then, Klass, Silverman, and Nickman’s (1996) book, Continuing Bonds: New Understanding of Grief, a…