Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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There is more to crying than meets the eye -- The circle of tears : attachment, loss, crying, caregiving and re-attachment -- Protest, despair and detachment : a classification of crying -- Crying at the source : the first 12 months -- Crying is for broken legs and lost friends : crying in childhood -- Crying lessons and caregiving responses : the social view -- Healthy adult crying and inhibited crying, and healthy adult caregiving -- Symptomatic adult crying and inhibited crying -- Tears as body language -- Crying in the clinical hour -- How therapists deal with crying and caregiving, including their own -- Transcendent tears.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this examination of crying behavior and the meaning of tears, attachment theory and original research is analyzed to present a thorough look at crying through the life cycle, and practical advice concerning this fundamental behaviour.
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Title
Seeing through tears.
International Standard Book Number
9780415949675
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Crying.
Crying-- psychology.
Object Attachment.
Psychotherapy-- methods.
Pleurs.
Crying.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Death, Grief, Bereavement.