In this second edition, new author Rebecca Milner updates and expands the first edition from the perspective that loss and grief are part of most client concerns as changes in life frequently involve some element of loss. Most counselor education programs do not provide course work preparing helping professionals to respond ethically and appropriately to these issues. This results in many non-death related losses and grieving going unrecognized and, even worse, many helping professionals lack awareness of contemporary models for grief work - instead using the familiar but outdated Kübler-Ross stages of grief. This text will provide up-to-date, comprehensive knowledge and skills necessary for working with issues of loss and grief in professional settings.