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This highly accessible guide to counseling people who are terminally ill and their familiesfills a critical need in the counseling literature. Written for frontline mental healthprofessionals and counseling graduate students, the text integrates research with practicalguidance. It is replete with the experiences of contributing authors who are leaders incounseling terminally ill individuals, real-life case examples, clinical pearls of wisdom,and tables of practice pointers that provide quick access to valuable knowledge.The text offers information that is requisite for all counselors who provide services to personswho are terminally ill and their families. It addresses common issues that influence differenttypes of counseling approaches, such as how the age, ethnicity, or religion of a client affectscounselor conceptualizations and actions. The book discusses how to manage symptoms ofdepression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment near the end of life. It explains how advancedirectives can be used to assist dying individuals and their loved ones. The counseling needsof family members before and after death are addressed as well as counseling loved onesexperiencing complicated grief. The text also examines the particular concerns of counselorsregarding self-care and the benefits of working as part of a professional team. Woventhroughout are important considerations such as cultural diversity, ethical challenges, laws,and regulations; and advocacy at client and social-policy levels. Readers will also benefitfrom the inclusion of additional references for more in-depth study.
