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Seeing through tears : crying and attachment /

By: Nelson, Judith Kay, 1941-.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 041594967X (alk. paper); 9780415949675:; 0415949688.Subject(s): Crying | Attachment behaviorDDC classification: 152.4
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 are analyzed to present a thorough look at crying through the life cycle, offering practical advice for this fundamental behaviour.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 152.4 NEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0053339
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.

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.

In this examination of crying behavior and the meaning of tears, attachment theory and original research are analyzed to present a thorough look at crying through the life cycle, offering practical advice for this fundamental behaviour.

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