Background
Pauline Boss was born on July 11, 1934, in New Glarus, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Paul and Verena Grossenbacher.
2017
2323 West 14th Street Tempe, AZ 85281, United States
Pauline Boss (left) on the interview with the reporter Kathy Ritchie at a book-signing on October 31, 2017.
2017
2323 West 14th Street Tempe, AZ 85281, United States
October 31, 2017. Pauline Boss
2018
Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
Pauline Boss at the National Council on Family Relations national conference.
Meadow Valley Road, southwest of New Glarus
Front row (left to right): Pauline Grossenbacher, Paul Grossenbacher, Ellie Grossenbacher Root. Back row (second left): Verena Elmer Grossenbacher.
Pauline Boss
Pauline Boss
(Why do some families survive stressful situations while o...)
Why do some families survive stressful situations while others fall apart? Can a family's beliefs and values be used as a predictor of vulnerability to stress? And most importantly, can family stress be prevented? In this Second Edition, Pauline Boss continues to explore both the larger context surrounding families and stress and the inner context, which includes perceptions and meanings.
https://www.amazon.com/Family-Stress-Management-Contextual-Approach/dp/080397390X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Family+stress+management&qid=1589185690&s=books&sr=1-2
1988
(When a loved one dies we mourn our loss. We take comfort ...)
When a loved one dies we mourn our loss. We take comfort in the rituals that mark the passing, and we turn to those around us for support. But what happens when there is no closure when a family member or a friend who may be still alive is lost to us nonetheless? How, for example, does the mother whose soldier son is missing in action, or the family of an Alzheimer's patient who is suffering from severe dementia, deal with the uncertainty surrounding this kind of loss? In this sensitive and lucid account, Pauline Boss explains that all too often, those confronted with such ambiguous loss fluctuate between hope and hopelessness.
https://www.amazon.com/Ambiguous-Loss-Learning-Unresolved-Grief-ebook/dp/B002J9HNMS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Ambiguous+Loss%3A+Learning+to+Live+with+Unresolved+Grief&qid=1589185782&s=books&sr=1-1
1999
("Learning for Health Improvement" offers creative ways to...)
"Learning for Health Improvement" offers creative ways to invest in people development. It explores the issues relating to work-based learning and argues it is much broader than mere skills acquisition and is wide-ranging, collaborative, and socially situated.
https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Health-Improvement-Experiences-Providing-ebook/dp/B07VRSMQ7S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Learning+for+Health+Improvement%3A+Pt.+1%2C+Experiences+of+Providing+and+Receiving+Care&qid=1589185871&s=books&sr=1-1
2006
(All losses are touched with ambiguity. Yet those who suff...)
All losses are touched with ambiguity. Yet those who suffer losses without finality bear a particular burden. Pauline Boss, the principal theorist of the concept of ambiguous loss, guides clinicians in the task of building resilience in clients who face the trauma of loss without resolution. Boss describes a concrete therapeutic approach that is at once directive and open to the complex contexts in which people find meaning and discover hope in the face of ambiguous losses.
https://www.amazon.com/Loss-Trauma-Resilience-Therapeutic-Ambiguous-ebook/dp/B07FPVZ3NC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Loss%2C+Trauma%2C+and+Resilience%3A+Therapeutic+Work+With+Ambiguous+Loss&qid=1589185995&s=books&sr=1-1
2006
(Research-based advice for people who care for someone wit...)
Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia Nearly half of United States citizens over the age of 85 is suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. "Loving Someone Who Has Dementia" is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members, friends, neighbors as well as educators and professionals - anyone touched by the epidemic of dementia.
https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Someone-Who-Has-Dementia-ebook/dp/B0056JIT6W/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Loving+Someone+Who+Has+Dementia%3A+How+to+Find+Hope+While+Coping+with+Stress+and+Grief&qid=1589186738&s=books&sr=1-1
2011
(The third edition of "Family Stress Management" continues...)
The third edition of "Family Stress Management" continues its original commitment to recognize both the external and internal contexts in which distressed families find themselves. With its hallmark Contextual Model of Family Stress, the third edition provides practitioners and researchers with a useful framework to understand and help distressed individuals, couples, and families.
https://www.amazon.com/Family-Stress-Management-Contextual-Approach-ebook/dp/B07D511QHR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Family+Stress+Management%3A+A+Contextual+Approach&qid=1589186868&s=books&sr=1-1
2016
Pauline Boss was born on July 11, 1934, in New Glarus, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Paul and Verena Grossenbacher.
Pauline Boss studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She got there a Bachelor of Science in 1956, a Master of Science in 1971, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1975.
From 1973 to 1981, Pauline Boss worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She held the position of a lecturer, assistant professor, and associate professor of child and family studies.
Then from 1981, Pauline worked at the University of Minnesota. In 1981-1984 she served as an associate professor. In 1984 Pauline Boss was a professor of family social science. Then, from 1984 to 1987, she held the position of director of the marital and family therapy program. In 1987-1991 Pauline was a director of graduate studies, and in 1982-1986 she was a chair of the human subjects committee for behavioral Research.
In 1980-1985 Pauline Boss served as a workshop presenter at the United States Army War College.
She was a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California in 1986 and a guest lecturer at Andrus Gerontological Center in 1988 and 1991. Also, Pauline was a guest lecturer at Texas Tech University in 1993.
Pauline Boss was a visiting professor at Harvard University in 1995-1996. She gave lectures at Syracuse University, McGill University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester, University of Iowa, University of Connecticut, and other educational institutions. She held the position of a conference speaker in the United States and abroad.
Since 1976 Pauline Boss is a family therapist in private practice.
In 1981-1983 Pauline was a clinical staff supervisor for internal systems issues at Operation de Novo Pretrial Diversion Project.
Besides, Pauline served as a director of the training program for family therapists at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 1981-1986.
In 1987 Pauline Boss was a coordinator and leader of the National Family Conceptual Frameworks and Methodology Project at National Council on Family Relations. In 1993 she became a co-chair of the family section at World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine.
Pauline Boss was a guest on media programs in the United States and elsewhere, including Good Morning America and 20/20.
In addition to Pauline Boss's teaching, she is a writer. She is the author of Family Stress Management, Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping with Stress and Grief.
Her book, Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss, was written for professionals and people who want to know how to ease the pain of ambiguous loss and how to help people to live with the "not knowing." Pauline has worked with families in New York who lost family members during 9/11 and families in Kosovo, who have lost family members as the result of ethnic cleansing and terrorism. She also has worked with families who have psychologically lost a relative as the result of Alzheimer's disease and other chronic mental illnesses.
Since 2005 Pauline Boss serves as an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota. Also, she is a presenter of seminars and workshops.
(Why do some families survive stressful situations while o...)
1988(Research-based advice for people who care for someone wit...)
2011(The third edition of "Family Stress Management" continues...)
2016("Learning for Health Improvement" offers creative ways to...)
2006(When a loved one dies we mourn our loss. We take comfort ...)
1999(All losses are touched with ambiguity. Yet those who suff...)
2006Pauline Boss draws on her research and her forty years of clinical experience to develop a flexible therapeutic approach to loss. The fundamental tools of the theory and practice, described by her in the Ambiguous Loss Online Training and her writings, are the six guidelines for therapists and practitioners as well as for concerned family members and friends who, despite the ambiguous loss, need to find new hope and meaning in life.
Quotations:
"I intentionally hold the opposing ideas of absence and presence, because I have learned that most relationships are indeed both."
"Unless there is some time for being together psychologically - emotionally and cognitively - the psychological family may disappear. Without time for talking, laughing, arguing, sharing stories, and showing affection, we are just a collection of people who share the same refrigerator."
"I can live with something meaningless... As long as I have something else in my life that is meaningful."
"Ambiguous loss makes us feel incompetent. It erodes our sense of mastery and destroys our belief in the world as a fair, orderly, and manageable place. But if we learn to cope with uncertainty, we must realize that there are differing views of the world, even when that world is less challenged by ambiguity... If we are to turn the corner and cope with uncertain losses, we must first temper our hunger for mastery. This is the paradox."
"Communication saves us from the mixed emotions that often result from ambiguity."
American Psychological Association , United States
National Council on Family Relations , United States
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy , United States
American Family Therapy Academy , United States
Council on Contemporary Families , United States
Groves Conference on Marriage and Family , United States
Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy , United States
Minnesota Council on Family Relations , United States
Phi Kappa Phi , United States
Phi Upsilon Omicron , United States
Kappa Omicron Nu , United States
Children, Youth, and Family Consortium
1990 - present
Pauline Boss was married to Kenneth Boss on December 25, 1953. They divorced in April 1982. Then she married Dudley Riggs on March 10, 1988. Pauline has two children: David Boss and Ann Marie Sheffels.