Loss, Grief, and Trauma in the Workplace (Death, Value & Meaning)

Product description Review Select Guide Rating From the Inside Flap IN PRAISE OF "In this volume, Neil Thompson provides a solid, practical, theoretical analysis of loss, grief, and trauma in the workplace, and offers pathways to understanding, improving, and learning from painful life experiences. While recognizing that not all workplace environments, and not all losses and traumas, are the same, he provides a pathway to manage workplace loss and trauma that I have not found in any other book. I recommend this volume for professionals in the bereavement field, for teachers, for corporate executives, and for parents, students, families, and workers, past and present. This small volume will change the field and will allow many of us to better manage loss, grief, and trauma in the workplace. I thank Neil for writing such an excellent book." Gerry R. Cox, Ph.D. , Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Director, Center for Death Education and Bioethics "Violence is everywhere, and all too often it spills into the workplace. Unexpected death. Domestic violence. Violence by disgruntled employees. Severe emotional problems (even in workplaces with an Employee Assistance Program) and dangerous or toxic levels of stress are often overlooked until it is too late, since many managers are either untrained or unwilling to touch these issues. There are human as well as economic consequence, all deserving swift and sensitive action for the sake of people and the workplace. Dr. Thompson has an enormous commitment to the workplace and workplace health. He speaks from the firsthand experiences of so many victims. This book is essential, in fact mandatory, reading for workplaces and caregivers if we are to stem current dangerous trends in the workplaces of the U.S. and the U.K." Richard B. Gilbert, Ph.D., CT, The World Pastoral Care Center/Bridgebuilders "Neil Thompson's timely, highly readable, and much-needed book, Loss, Grief, and Trauma in the Workplace, could (and should) be used by a wide readership, ranging from human resources directors, corporate executives, and boards of directors to business college/school course instructors. Howard F. Stein, Ph.D., Professor and Special Assistant to the Chair, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center "Neil Thompson has placed loss, grief, and trauma in the wider context of people's lives, their well-being, the organizational policies and practices of workplaces, and the complex interweaving of working and personal lives. Current theory and practice are skilfully combined. A highly informative and readable text." Louise Rowling, Ph.D. ,Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney From the Back Cover IN PRAISE OF "In this volume, Neil Thompson provides a solid, practical, theoretical analysis of loss, grief, and trauma in the workplace, and offers pathways to understanding, improving, and learning from painful life experiences. While recognizing that not all workplace environments, and not all losses and traumas, are the same, he provides a pathway to manage workplace loss and trauma that I have not found in any other book. I recommend this volume for professionals in the bereavement field, for teachers, for corporate executives, and for parents, students, families, and workers, past and present. This small volume will change the field and will allow many of us to better manage loss, grief, and trauma in the workplace. I thank Neil for writing such an excellent book." —Gerry R. Cox, Ph.D. , Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Director, Center for Death Education and Bioethics "Violence is everywhere, and all too often it spills into the workplace. Unexpected death. Domestic violence. Violence by disgruntled employees. Severe emotional problems (even in workplaces with an Employee Assistance Program) and dangerous or toxic levels of stress are often overlooked until it is too late, since many managers are either untrained or unwilling to touch these issues. There are human as well as economic consequence, all deserving swift and sensitive action for the sake of people and the workplace. Dr. Thompson has an enormous commitment to the workplace and workplace health. He speaks from the firsthand experiences of so many victims. This book is essential, in fact mandatory, reading for workplaces and caregivers if we are to stem current dangerous trends in the workplaces of the U.S. and the U.K." —Richard B. Gilbert, Ph.D., CT, The World Pastoral Care Center/Bridgebuilders "Neil Thompson's timely, highly readable, and much-needed book, Loss, Grief, and Trauma in the Workplace, could (and should) be used by a wide readership, ranging from human resources directors, corporate executives, and boards of directors to business college/school course instructors.—Howard F. Stein, Ph.D., Professor and Special Assistant to the Chair, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine,