Phyllis R. Silverman

Phyllis R. Silverman

Phyllis Rolfe Silverman, Ph.D. (July 10, 1927–June 10, 2016), authored many books on bereavement. She taught that grief is a normal life cycle transition, and that mourning means finding a new sense of self that incorporates a continuing bond with the deceased.

Dr. Silverman earned a BA from Brooklyn College, Master's degrees from the Smith College School of Social Work and the Harvard School of Public Health, and a PhD from the Heller School at Brandeis University. Emerita Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University. She was a founder of The Children's Room in Arlington, MA.

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