Stephen J Fleming
Professor
Department of Psychology
York University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Fleming is a professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, at York University in Toronto. The author of numerous book chapters, articles, and presentations on the grief experience of children, adolescence, and adults, he has lectured in Canada, the United States, South America, Asia, and Europe. In addition to teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on the Psychology of Death, Dr. Fleming has qualified as an expert witness in litigation involving trauma, and he has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Palliative Care and Death Studies.
Research Interest
adjustment to loss, particularly the grief of parents following the death of a child; the relationship between grief and trauma; meaning reconstruction when someone we love dies; distinguishing grief and major depressive disorder, and the role of counterfactual thinking in relieving suffering, preparing for the future, and enhancing the illusion of control in the aftermath of traumatic death
Publications
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Buckle J., and Fleming S J (2011) Parenting after the death of a child: A practitioner’s guide. New York: Routledge
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Tolstikova K., Fleming S., and Chartier B (2005)Grief, complicated grief, and trauma: The role of the search for meaning, impaired self-reference, and death anxiety. Illness, Crisis, and Loss 13:293-13.
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Nissim R, Rennie D, Fleming S, Hales S, Gagliese L etal. (2012)Goals set in the land of the living/dying: A longitudinal study of patients living with advanced cancer. Death Studies 36:1-31
