About Grief and Loss
What is grief?
The Grief
® Recovery Institute says that grief is a normal reaction to
any kind of loss emphasizing that grief is not pathological
Loss for the purposes of our discussion is defined by Rando (1993)
as the physical or psychosocial removal, often injuriously, of something
of value.
Why is it Important to Address Grief and Loss
- It is estimated that up to 25% of depression related diagnoses
are, in fact, related to unresolved grief reactions and one in
11 adults who face significant loss experience complicated grief
(Hirsch, 2002).
- There are numerous therapeutic endeavors and psychoeducational
resources that have proven efficacy in facilitating opportunities
to use this difficult life experience as a means for growth and
transformation.
- The need for grief education (psychoeducational) programs is
universal.
- Grief is a vehicle for transformation after loss of any kind.
- Grief is very important to the process of psychospiritual development.
Because no two grief journeys are alike; each has its own gifts.
- Grief is not a linear process; rather it reflects much back
and forth movement and pain can resurface without predictability.
- Grief therapy can not be harmful and is always worth a try in
individuals without psychosis.
- In fact, GRIEF THERAPY WORKS!
- GriefRecovery®
Outreach Programs work even better!
Information on Efficacy of Complicated Grief Therapy
approaches:
Efficacy of Grief Therapy Approaches
Please visit these sites to learn more about griefwork.
GriefRecovery®
is a registered trademark of The GriefRecovery
Institute®.
http://www.grief.net/testimonials
Family Focused Grief Therapy: A Randomized,
Controlled Trial in Palliative Care and Bereavement
David W. Kissane, M.D., M.P.M.,
F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., F.A.Ch.P.M.
Maria McKenzie, B.B.Sc.(Hons.)
Sidney Bloch, M.B.B.Ch., Ph.D.,
F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., F.R.C.Psych.
Chaya Moskowitz, Ph.D.
Dean P. McKenzie, B.A.(Hons.)
Imogen O’Neill, B.A.(Hons.),
M.Psych.(Hons.)
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/163/7/1208.pdf
Specialized Grief Therapy Outdoes Standard Psychotherapy
for Bereavement
By Tom Ewing, MedPage Today Staff Writer
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
May 31, 2005
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Depression/tb/1129
Innovative Therapy Shows Efficacy in Complicated Grief
Articles by Bender, E.
Psychiatric News July 15, 2005
Volume 40 Number 14
© 2005 American Psychiatric Association
p. 16
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