The language of loss: Grief therapy as a process of meaning reconstruction.

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Compassion at the counter: Service providers and bereaved consumers (2006, background): “Hand in hand with this functional impairment comes a powerful urge to restore meaning and sense in the face of what is perceived to be a meaningless and senseless loss (Neimeyer, 2001).”
Making sense of the meaning literature: an integrative review of meaning making and its effects on adjustment to stressful life events. (2010, methodology): “…adopted for the present review,1 is drawn from the work of a number of influential theorists (e.g., Bonanno & Kaltman, 1999; Davis, Wortman, Lehman, & Silver, 2000; Janoff-Bulman, 1992; Joseph & Linley, 2005; Lepore & Helgeson, 1998; Neimeyer, 2001; Taylor, 1983; Thompson & Janigian, 1988).”
Mourning and Meaning (2002, background): “They learned to appreciate their loved ones more and were confident in speaking with others who were very ill. Similar identity reconstruction and personal growth has been reported by bereaved college students contending with a broad range of losses (Neimeyer, 2001c).”
Complicated Grief and the Quest for Meaning: A Constructivist Contribution (2006, background): “…of complicated grief, while helpful in providing a general orienting framework for treatment, is in itself insufficient to direct therapeutic interventions, which require a delicate grafting onto the salient issues emerging for a given client at a given moment of therapy (Neimeyer, 2001a).”