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Published Online: 1981, pp. 309–464

Grief Following Childhood Loss of a Parent

Patricia A. Johnson, M.S., and Paul C. Rosenblatt, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 35, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.3.419

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A distinction is drawn between incomplete grief and grief arising from maturational events such as life-cycle milestones. Treating maturational grief as though it were incomplete grief or using expressions of maturational grief as a sign of important childhood roots for a patient’s current problems is likely to be unproductive.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 35 • Number 3 • 1981, pp. 309–464

Pages: 419 - 425

PubMed: 7294256

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Published in print: 1981, pp. 309–464

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Patricia A. Johnson, M.S.^*

Arlington, Va.

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Paul C. Rosenblatt, Ph.D.^†

St. Paul, Minn.

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Doctoral Candidate, Family Social Science, University o f Minnesota, St. Paul. Mailing address: 4655 So. 34th. St., Arlington, VA. 22206.

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Professor, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul.

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Grief Following Childhood Loss of a Parent

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