TY - JOUR
AU1 - Overbeck, Ann L.
AB - Families in Society February 1991 probability of remarriage is influenced greatly by treatment-to convey the meaning of complex the uneven and ever-widening ratio of older psychodynamic and object-relations concepts to women to older men. the intelligent layperson as well as the mental DiGiulio found personal support and growth health professional. Although some readers may through his involvement with support groups. feel that meaning can be lost in such simplifica- The book provides sensitive insights about their tion, others will find her approach and her many importance in coping with widowhood. If a wid- excellent case examples clinically attractive and owed individual can make this supportive con- refreshing. McArthur’s hope is that this book may nection at the right time, life can be more man- generate “useful dialogue, conflict, argument, crit- ageable. Within the past 20 years, the widow- icism, and support for the purposes of expanding hood-support movement has expanded rapidly. psychotherapists’ understanding of human diffi- Widowed Persons Services, a program jointly culty with life’s course.” sponsored by the American Association of McArthur structures her approach around Retired Persons, the National Retired Teachers parental “commands” that impinge on the “enti- Association, and THEOS (They Help Each tlement” of their 
TI - Book Review: Birth of a Self in Adulthood
JF - Families in Society
DO - 10.1177/104438949107200212
DA - 1991-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/book-review-birth-of-a-self-in-adulthood-DB3uda28kN
SP - 124
EP - 125
VL - 72
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -