Experiencing Bereavement

Abstract

Published autobiographical accounts can be an important source of understanding for the practitioner. Holloway argues that ‘these books … have helped me as a counsellor to understand better what the bereaved are experiencing’ (Holloway 1990: 21). Walter comments that he suspects most practitioners like to read such personal accounts more than they like to read textbooks and that ‘there is a real sense here in which the expert is learning from the client’ (1994: 128).