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Seeing through tears : crying and attachment / Judith Kay Nelson

Author
Nelson, Judith Kay, 1941-
Published
New York : Routledge, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
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.
Summary
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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ISBN
9780203955758 (electronic bk.)
0203955757 (electronic bk.)
9780415949675
041594967X
9780415949682
0415949688
1135412561
9781135412562
041594967X (alk. paper)
0415949688 (pbk. alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.
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