Supporting People Bereaved through a Drug- or Alcohol-Related Death

The response to loss, we have learned, is subject to many factors, cause of death being prominent among them. In this book Peter Cartwright shines a light on drug and alcohol related death, an epidemic that affects an ever growing number of the bereaved. The book offers abundant clinical illustrations, insight and information about the complexities of grief in these cases, and will be of interest to experienced bereavement therapists as well as those new to the field. – Phyllis Kosminsky, PhD, LCSW, FT, Author of ‘Attachment Informed Grief Therapy: The Clinicians’ Guide to Foundations and Applications’As Chief Executive of Adfam, England’s leading organisation supporting families and friends affected by substance misuse, I am very pleased to endorse this book, which makes a very important contribution to practice around a particularly difficult and sensitive issue… that of substance-related bereavement. – Vivienne Evans OBE, Chief Executive, AdfamWhat a timely, scholarly yet accessible book Peter Cartwright has composed on the neglected area of bereavement following a substance-related death. A wealth of much-needed information is provided on so many diverse aspects. The emerging good-practice guidelines are based on extensive clinical expertise and wisdom as well as available research. Not only health care professionals but those experiencing this special type of grief have much to learn from reading this ground-breaking book. – Margaret Stroebe, Professor Emeritus, Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsPeter Cartwright’s Supporting People Bereaved through a Drug- or Alcohol-Related Death is a great gift to any counselor dealing with grief or substance abuse. Cartwright’s book is solid – theoretically grounded yet eminently practical. Therapists will find this book an essential tool for assisting bereaved family and friends in coping with such devastating deaths. – Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, Senior Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America, and author of Disenfranchised Grief: New Directions, Challenges, and Strategies for Practice

Peter Cartwright is a counsellor, trainer and researcher with experience in both bereavement counselling and supporting families affected by substance use. He was author of How Helpful is Counselling for People Bereaved Through a Substance-Related Death?, published in 2019 in the journal Bereavement Care, and was a co-writer of Bereaved by Addiction - A Booklet for Anyone Bereaved through Drug or Alcohol Use, produced in 2013 for DrugFAM. Peter lives in London.