Grief and the Expressive Arts: Practices for Creating Meaning
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2014
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 328
- Category :
Grief and Bereavement - Category 2 :
Expressive Arts Therapies - Catalogue No : 35360
- ISBN 13 : 9780415857192
- ISBN 10 : 0415857198
About the Editor(s)
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Memphis, where he also maintains an active clinical practice. The author of over 400 articles and book chapters and a frequent workshop presenter, he is currently working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process. Neimeyer served as president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and chair of the International Work Group for Death, Dying, & Bereavement. In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he has been granted the Eminent Faculty Award by the University of Memphis, made a fellow of the clinical psychology division of the American Psychological Association, and given lifetime achievement awards by both the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the International Network on Personal Meaning.