Counseling Individuals with Life Threatening Illness, Second Edition [Paperback]

Counseling Individuals with Life-Threatening Illnessprovides a practical guide for counselors who work with clients and families impacted by life-threatening illness. The language and content are appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as workshops and trainings for professionals....As the healthcare system continues to evolve,Counseling Individuals with Life-Threatening Illnessis a valuable resource for counselors as they find themselves working on interdisciplinary teams with individuals and families impacted by life-threatening illness. --The Professional Counselor Journal

With characteristic clarity, Doka draws on the classic and contemporary literature as well as his own pedagogy and practice in death and dying to offer orienting concepts for the whole spectrum of care people may require when illness intrudes into their lives. For each phase of the illness trajectory...he offers intelligent attention to the problems and prospects people confront, and in countless examples of actual clinical situations he brings to life the concepts that inform compassionate care.

From the Foreword byRobert A. Neimeyer, PhD
University of Memphis

This book would provide a very good introduction to the psychosocial and spiritual domains for any doctor or nurse coming into palliative care. It provides a lot of information, mixed with some distilled wisdom, as well as a solid grounding about how to relate to these patients and their families in a patient-centered way. --IAHPC Newsletter (International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care)

This holistic, family-centered guide to counseling individuals with life-threatening illness considers not only the physical manifestations of the illness, but its psychological, social, economic, and spiritual implications. Revised and updated to reflect the most current research and enhanced theoretical development, this second edition encompasses new therl3-