The author examines and discusses the personal experience of mourning/bereavement, reviews existing theories and presents her own Integrative Theory of Bereavement, describing the phases in the experience of grief after the death of a loved one. She shows the experience can be moderated by personality and family and other support system variables, and then deals with the specifics of reacting to the death of a child, a spouse, and a parent. The book ends with a chapter on intervention with the bereaved. Clinical suggestions are given throughout, along with practical applications for caregiving to those suffering from grief. Thus the book should be of interest to: clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, social workers, lecturers, students, GPs, nurses, hospice workers and physicians.