Sofie Verdegem
Biographic Data
| ID | 5454446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofie Verdegem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofie |
| FAMILY NAME | Verdegem |
| SIGNATURE | VERDEGEM S |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8410-7179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can You Stay With Me? Existential Skills and Attitudes in Relating to Persons With a Persistent Death Wish Related to Psychiatric Suffering
Between Life and Death
This paper examines factors that may facilitate existential counseling or psychotherapy for persons with an enduring death wish related to unbearable psychiatric suffering (DWUPS) and explores how personalized care can be provided and conditions for change can be created. The study employed a generic descriptive–interpretative qualitative research method, analyzing 10 in-depth interviews of individuals with DWUPS. Despite ongoing, multilayered su…
The Reakiro Care Model for Persons With a Chronic Death Wish
Reakiro is a walk-in, care and expertise center for persons with severe, chronic psychiatric illness and a persisting death wish, leading to chronic suicidality and/or a euthanasia request. The aim is to introduce the Reakiro model, integrating principles from presence theory, recovery-oriented care, existential therapy, and palliative care, and to describe the population visiting Reakiro ( N = 505). 55.4% had not (or not yet) formally requested …
The Reakiro Care Model for Persons With a Chronic Death Wish
Reakiro is a walk-in, care and expertise center for persons with severe, chronic psychiatric illness and a persisting death wish, leading to chronic suicidality and/or a euthanasia request. The aim is to introduce the Reakiro model, integrating principles from presence theory, recovery-oriented care, existential therapy, and palliative care, and to describe the population visiting Reakiro ( N = 505). 55.4% had not (or not yet) formally requested …
Between Life and Death
This paper examines factors that may facilitate existential counseling or psychotherapy for persons with an enduring death wish related to unbearable psychiatric suffering (DWUPS) and explores how personalized care can be provided and conditions for change can be created. The study employed a generic descriptive–interpretative qualitative research method, analyzing 10 in-depth interviews of individuals with DWUPS. Despite ongoing, multilayered su…
The Reakiro Care Model for Persons With a Chronic Death Wish
Reakiro is a walk-in, care and expertise center for persons with severe, chronic psychiatric illness and a persisting death wish, leading to chronic suicidality and/or a euthanasia request. The aim is to introduce the Reakiro model, integrating principles from presence theory, recovery-oriented care, existential therapy, and palliative care, and to describe the population visiting Reakiro ( N = 505). 55.4% had not (or not yet) formally requested …
Can You Stay With Me? Existential Skills and Attitudes in Relating to Persons With a Persistent Death Wish Related to Psychiatric Suffering
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Wish (3 works) · Existentialism (2 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (1 works) · Epidemiology (1 works) · Epidemiology (1 works) · Gerontology (1 works) · Gerontology (1 works)