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There is a wealth of literature on grief therapy. Edgar N. Jackson (Understanding Grief : Its Roots, Dynamics, and Treatment, 1977, here) gives a thorough theoretical account of the problem. I haven't read it, but it seems good.
Donovan J. Ochs (Consolatory Rhetoric) takes a historical perspective. He says:
>Restricting this book to the classical practices of the Greeks and Romans allows the interested reader to gain an historic vantage point from which to begin appreciating, recognizing, and interacting with present day symbolic behaviors of consolation. Indeed, as later chapters will suggest, many of the symbolic languages used in Greco-Roman funeral rites continue to be used in Western societies...