All too frequently clinical practice consists of repeating year after year the methods learned in graduate training occasionally seasoned by a technique learned in a continuing-education workshop Bereavement Groups & the Role of Social Support gives clinicians what they've been missing in other volumes practical techniques that have a solid contemporary empirical basis Deftly weaving together theory research & practice this volume is a compendium of the latest practical thinking about bereavement support groups Readers will learn when well-loved practices make sense & are supported by sound evidence as well as which practices should possibly be discontinued The book also contains the results of a qualitative study bringing together the best practices of experienced bereavement group leaders from around the world