Alissa Drescher – Grief Treatment: Current Evidence Based Approaches to Care Across the Lifespan

Outline

Grief Theory Beyond Kübler-Ross Grief Theory Beyond Kübler-Ross

• Tasks of MourningTasks of Mourning
• Dual Process Model of CopingDual Process Model of Coping
• Continuing Bonds TheoryContinuing Bonds Theory
• Grief and Attachment TheoryGrief and Attachment Theory
• Potential criteria for “Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder”Potential criteria for “Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder”
• Two creative interventions articulating these theoriesTwo creative interventions articulating these theories

Circumstances of Bereavement Circumstances of Bereavement

• Implications of Specific losses Implications of Specific losses
  • Pre-loss factorsPre-loss factors
  • Relationship influenceRelationship influence
  • Type of and proximity to deathType of and proximity to death
  • Disenfranchised lossesDisenfranchised losses
  • Living lossesLiving losses

Grief Counseling Strategies Across the LifespanGrief Counseling Strategies Across the Lifespan

• Childhood and adolescence Childhood and adolescence
  • The occurrence of griefThe occurrence of grief
  • Developmental understanding of deathDevelopmental understanding of death
  • Grief responses and adaptation to lossGrief responses and adaptation to loss
  • Six creative age appropriate interventionsSix creative age appropriate interventions
• Young and middle adulthood Young and middle adulthood
  • Grief circumstancesGrief circumstances
  • Life stages and individual needsLife stages and individual needs
  • Assessments and interventionsAssessments and interventions
  • Family Systems Family Systems
    • The family narrativeThe family narrative
    • Use the Internal Family Systems ApproachUse the Internal Family Systems Approach
  • Six creative interventions appropriate for middle adulthoodSix creative interventions appropriate for middle adulthood
• Older adulthood Older adulthood
  • Type of lossType of loss
  • Grief responses and perception of deathGrief responses and perception of death
  • Treatment strategies based on developmental needsTreatment strategies based on developmental needs
  • Six creative interventions specific for older adultsSix creative interventions specific for older adults

Grief Treatment – Current Evidence-Based Approach to Care Grief Treatment – Current Evidence-Based Approach to Care

• Typical Trajectory Griever Typical Trajectory Griever
  • Limitations to grief counseling/assessing effectivenessLimitations to grief counseling/assessing effectiveness
  • Assessment toolsAssessment tools
  • Expressive artsExpressive arts
  • Companioning modelCompanioning model
  • Therapeutic presenceTherapeutic presence
  • Narrative therapyNarrative therapy
  • Creating space for sufferingCreating space for suffering
  • Limitations of the client-centered approachLimitations of the client-centered approach
• Complicated Griever Complicated Griever
  • Assessment toolsAssessment tools
  • CBTCBT
  • Complicated Grief Treatment ModelComplicated Grief Treatment Model
  • Grief and trauma interventionGrief and trauma intervention
  • Meaning reconstructionMeaning reconstruction
• Ethical Considerations Ethical Considerations
  • Socio-cultural contextSocio-cultural context
  • Gender biasGender bias
  • Pitfalls in treating the family systemPitfalls in treating the family system
  • Grief in the digital universeGrief in the digital universe
  • Spirituality and griefSpirituality and grief
  • Personal death anxietyPersonal death anxiety
  • CountertransferenceCountertransference
  • The wounded healerThe wounded healer
  • Occupational stressOccupational stress
  • The grieving therapistThe grieving therapist
  • Self-careSelf-care