New Book!
Pauline Boss's latest book, Loving Some Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping With Stress and Grief (Jossey-Bass, 2011) was released August 2. Read more and order.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
March 17, 2012
Meeting of the Minds
Alzheimer's Association, Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter
St. Paul, Minnesota
Breakout Sessions: Ambiguous Loss (for professionals & family caregivers) and Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping With Stress and Grief.
Learn more here.
Other Available Books
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience, W. W. Norton, 2006
Descriptions, reviews, and order information
Ambiguous Loss, Harvard University Press, 1999
Description, reviews, and order information
Family Stress, Classic and Contemporary Readings, Sage Publications, 2003
Description, reviews, and order information
Family Stress Management, Sage Publications, 2002
Description, reviews, and order information
Recent Interviews
Ambiguous Loss. Interview with Dr. Gloria Horsley, President of the Open to Hope Foundation. View here.
Living With Dementia. Margaret Cochran, Ph.D., Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love, & Magic interviews Dr. Boss about her new book, Loving Someone Who has Dementia. Listen here.
Ambiguous loss and the intersection of research and clinical work. Interview with Steven Harris,
Professor & Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota. View You Tube video -- Part One. Part 2. Part 3.
Pauline Boss on Ambiguous Loss. View the National Conference on Family Relations You Tube Video of the Week.
How a Theory is Born: A Conversation with Pauline Boss. National Conference on Family Relations Members' Stories. Nancy Gonzales, Interviewer. Read here.
Dementia: Red Flags and False Alarms in Today's Diet & Nutrition (July 2011) . Matthew Robb, Interviewer. Read here.
9/11 Familes Discover Mixed Emotions. View Dr. Boss' interview (May 3,2011) with Kare 11 TV (Minneapolis/St. Paul).
Recent Engagements
January 21, 2012
Minne-College in Florida
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association
Naples, Florida
Keynote Speaker: When Someone You Love Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping With
Stress and Grief.
November 16, 2011
National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference - Families and the Shifting Economy
Orlando, Florida
12 Noon - 1 p.m., Fellows Roundtable - Caring For and Loving Someone With Dementia
Learn more here.
November 9-10, 2011
Alzheimer's Association, Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter &
North Dakota State University School of Human Development & Family Science
Workshop: Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping with Stress and Grief
October 20, 2011
Webster University First International Counseling Conference - Building Bridges: Supporting Individuals and Families in Transition
Geneva, Switzerland
2-3 p.m., Keynote - Where is Home? The Ambiguous Loss Experienced in a New Country
3:30- 5 p.m., Workshop - The Stress of Ambiguous Loss and How To Manage It
Learn more here.
October 27, 2011
International Symposium for Family Therapy & Systemic Practices
Cuernavaca, Mexico
9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Plenary - Ambiguous Loss: A New Approach for Loss and Grief
October 28, 2011, 4-6:30 pm
4 - 6:30 p.m., Workshop - Tolerance for Ambiguity: The Person of the Therapist
Selected Publications
Caregiving and Ambiguous Loss: Fact Sheet
This fact sheet was prepared by Family Caregiver Alliance in cooperation with California's Caregiver Resource Centers. Written by Pauline Boss for Family Caregiver Alliance. Go to Fact Sheet.
Boss, P., Roos, S., Harris, D. L. (2011). Grief in the Midst of Uncertainty and Ambiguity. In R. A. Neimeyer, D. L. Harris, H. R. Winokuer, & G. F. Thornton (Eds.), Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (pp. 163-175). New York: Taylor and Francis. Click here for more information.
Boss, P. (2010). The Trauma and Complicated Grief of Ambiguous Loss. Pastoral Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s11089-009-0264-0. Go to: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y161224247v4712w/
Dunn, S. (2009, January). When the Roof Falls In. O, The Oprah Magazine.
Go to http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200901_omag_change_happens
Boss, P. (2008, September). Family focus on . . . Adoption: Rethinking adoptions that dissolve: What we need to know about research, practice, policies--and attitudes. National Council on Family Relations Report, FF39, F5-F7, F19. For more information, go to http://www.ncfr.org/.
The Measurement of Boundary Ambiguity in Families (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1990) manual by Pauline Boss, Jan. R. Greenberg, and Debra Pearce-McCall is now available online. Go to http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE3763.html.
Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods by Pauline Boss, William J. Doherty, Ralph LaRossa, Walter R. Schumm, and Suzanne K. Steinmetz is now available in softcover (Springer, 2009). For more information, go to http://www.springer.com/psychology/counseling/book/978-0-387-85763.
Boss, P. (2007). Guest Editor, Ambiguous Loss and Boundary Ambiguity [Special Issue]. Family Relations, 56(2). Ambiguous Loss Theory: Challenges for Scholars and Practitioners. Family Relations, 56(2), pages 105-11 For more information, go to http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117997763/issue
The Boss MN-NY Ambiguous Loss Endowment was initiated at the University of Minnesota after the tragic events of 9/11. While there is a generous amount in this endowment, our vision now is to increase this fund to create a permanent faculty position--an endowed chair--in ambiguous loss. To accomplish this goal will require fundraising in the amount of at least $1 million.
This chair will assure that the work of Dr. Boss will go forward in the training of new scholars in this critical area. The College of Education and Human Development and the Department of Family Social Science support this project as a high priority.
For more information on this project, or to make a gift, please contact Lynn Slifer, Director of External Relations at the College of Education and Human Development, 612-625-5511, slife001@umn.edu, or click on www.giving.umn.edu and follow the link to online giving. Your may also mail a check (made out to the UM Foundation--Boss Endowment) directly to the following address: University of Minnesota Foundation, CM-3854, PO Box 70870, St. Paul, MN 55170-3854.