What Do You Say Before You Say Good-Bye? The Psychotherapy of Grief

Relational loss, death, and mourning are all part of life and human relationships. Protracted and compounded grief occurs when something interferes with the normal grieving process. The psychotherapy of grief is described and two primary relational approaches are emphasized: face-to-face psychothera...

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Published in:Transactional analysis journal 2014-10, Vol.44 (4), p.279-290
Main Author: Erskine, Richard G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
appreciation
bereavement
compounded grief
contact
contact interruption
empty chair
experiential psychotherapy
Fritz Perls
grief
love
protracted grief
relational psychotherapy
resentment
unfinished business
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Summary:Relational loss, death, and mourning are all part of life and human relationships. Protracted and compounded grief occurs when something interferes with the normal grieving process. The psychotherapy of grief is described and two primary relational approaches are emphasized: face-to-face psychotherapy and the use of internal imagery via the empty-chair technique. In both approaches, the aim is to provide a balanced expression of affect, including emotional pain, anger, resentment, appreciation, and love. Several case examples are provided.
ISSN:0362-1537
2329-5244
DOI:10.1177/0362153714556622