Kara Thieleman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 108314 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kara Thieleman |
| PRENOMES | Kara |
| SOBRENOME | Thieleman |
| ASSINATURA | THIELEMAN K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2893-9792 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The quiet, beautiful, intentional space to grieve and remember”
Finding solace with others is a key benefit of grief-focused care farming. • Connection with animals and nature aids healing from traumatic grief. • Care farming is a valuable community model for parents grieving child loss. • Intentionally designed grief-focused spaces promote emotional safety. This cross-sectional study explored the transformative potential of a care farm intervention for individuals facing traumatic grief, primarily the death …
I would feel misunderstood and diminished
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) was recently added to DSM-5-TR. However, concerns remain about its applicability in various bereaved subgroups. This study examined views toward a grief-related diagnosis among a sample of 755 bereaved adults that was diverse regarding relationship to the deceased and manner of death, with over half having lost a child and 36% meeting PGD criteria. Most were between the ages of 45 and 64 years. The majority (72.2%) …
I Don’t Feel Judged. I Just Feel Love”
This study explored the ways in which nonhuman animals were perceived to provide social support for grievers. A content analysis was conducted and four key qualities of nonhuman companion animals were identified: 1) presence, 2) continuity and purpose, 3) mutuality and connection, and 4) nature of response. Results suggest that people perceive animals to play an important role in providing emotional support through their presence and tactile expe…
Impairing Social Connectedness
A study is currently underway in the United States using the opioid antagonist naltrexone to treat prolonged grief, which is conceptualized in the study’s proposal as an addiction disorder. The researchers’ stated intention is to use the pharmaceutical agent to disrupt the griever’s capacity to engage in social bonding to eliminate craving for the person who died. We believe this approach is misguided for a number of reasons. It demeans the impor…
What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief
Social support seems to enhance wellbeing and health in many populations. Conversely, poor social support and loneliness are a social determinant of poor health outcomes and can adversely affect physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Social support is especially important in traumatic grief. However, the ways in which grieving individuals interpret and define social support is not well understood, and little is known about what specific beha…
Perhaps something of beauty can grow
Care farming has been used to alleviate distress and increase wellbeing in various populations. This study provides an overview of how bereaved adults ( N = 115) experienced a grief-specific care farm through a content analysis of open-ended survey questions. The care farm's nature spaces and interactions with animals emerged as important components of the experience, interacting with grief-related activities and experiences. Together, the spaces…
I grieve because I loved her
Mindfulness-based interventions have recently been applied to grief-related distress. However, little is known about how bereaved participants experience them. This study explored bereaved parents' experiences of a mindfulness-based grief retreat through semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. Interview transcripts were thematically analyzed to gain an understanding of how participants experienced the retreat and its perceived effect on …
Evaluating care farming as a means to care for those in trauma and grief
The interrelationships between nature, health, and wellbeing are increasingly recognized and incorporated into therapeutic interventions. Care farming, the concept of utilizing agricultural places and practices for providing care, therapy, and rehabilitation, is a paradigmatic example of this shift. This mixed method study empirically evaluates the efficacy of care farming as an intervention for individuals affected by traumatic grief, a complex …
Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Retreat on Distress and Well-Being in Bereaved Parents
Purpose: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a grief-focused mindfulness-based retreat on psychological distress (trauma, anxiety, and depression) and well-being (mindfulness and self-compassion) in bereaved parents. Method: A quasi-experimental design with two nonequivalent groups (intervention, comparison) and three observations was used. Results: Mixed-model repeated-measures analysis of variance showed significant reductions in distress…
As if Nothing Happened”
Prior research has found high levels of distress in parents who experience the death of a child; however, Romanian parents, whose experiences are influenced by the nation's shared historical trauma, have not been studied. This mixed-methods study found very high levels of distress in a sample of 237 bereaved parents in Romania, primarily women. Specifically, 89% of respondents scored above the clinical cutoff for trauma responses, 66% did so for …
The Long Road to Farewell
Families of dying children are profoundly impacted by numerous interactions with health-care providers before, during, and after their child's death. However, there is a dearth of research on these families' direct, qualitative experiences with health-care providers. This study presents findings from interviews with 18 family members, predominantly parents, regarding their experiences with health-care providers during a child's terminal illness, …
Women Reentering the Community
Women represent 26% of those arrested for serious crimes; many have posttraumatic stress and co-occurring substance use disorders, which may influence recidivism. This study examined 57 women residing in a community re-entry program after exiting prison. Participants completed the Trauma Symptom Inventory and Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory. A discriminant function analysis accounted for 34% of between-group variability and provided a …
We Rise Out of the Cradle into the Grave
The Hutterites are a closed ethnoreligious community whose funeral traditions have remained unchanged for centuries. Few researchers have had the opportunity to study this unique group. This study is an ethnographic exploration into the experience of child death and ritual on a Hutterite colony utilizing participant-observation and interviewing. Three recurrent themes emerged: ritual/tradition, spirituality/faith, and social cohesion and integrat…
Witness to Suffering
This study used a survey to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among 41 volunteers and professionals at an agency serving the traumatically bereaved. Compassion fatigue comprises two aspects: secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Because prior research suggests that compassion satisfaction may protect against compassion fatigue, the authors hypothesized that (a) mindfulness would …
When a Child Dies
The upcoming fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has incited vociferous debate among academics, clinicians, and the general public. Two contested changes are eliminating the bereavement exclusion from the major depressive disorder diagnosis and creating a new category for intense and prolonged grief called persistent complex bereavement-related disorder. This article critic…
The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion
Journal Article The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion: A Call for Critical Evaluation Get access Kara Thieleman, Kara Thieleman e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Joanne Cacciatore Joanne Cacciatore Kara Thieleman, MSW, is a doctoral student, and Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 N Central Avenue, 822K, Phoeni…
Witness to Suffering
This study used a survey to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among 41 volunteers and professionals at an agency serving the traumatically bereaved. Compassion fatigue comprises two aspects: secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Because prior research suggests that compassion satisfaction may protect against compassion fatigue, the authors hypothesized that (a) mindfulness would …
Evaluating care farming as a means to care for those in trauma and grief
The interrelationships between nature, health, and wellbeing are increasingly recognized and incorporated into therapeutic interventions. Care farming, the concept of utilizing agricultural places and practices for providing care, therapy, and rehabilitation, is a paradigmatic example of this shift. This mixed method study empirically evaluates the efficacy of care farming as an intervention for individuals affected by traumatic grief, a complex …
The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion
Journal Article The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion: A Call for Critical Evaluation Get access Kara Thieleman, Kara Thieleman e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Joanne Cacciatore Joanne Cacciatore Kara Thieleman, MSW, is a doctoral student, and Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 N Central Avenue, 822K, Phoeni…
Women Reentering the Community
Women represent 26% of those arrested for serious crimes; many have posttraumatic stress and co-occurring substance use disorders, which may influence recidivism. This study examined 57 women residing in a community re-entry program after exiting prison. Participants completed the Trauma Symptom Inventory and Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory. A discriminant function analysis accounted for 34% of between-group variability and provided a …
When a Child Dies
The upcoming fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has incited vociferous debate among academics, clinicians, and the general public. Two contested changes are eliminating the bereavement exclusion from the major depressive disorder diagnosis and creating a new category for intense and prolonged grief called persistent complex bereavement-related disorder. This article critic…
Impairing Social Connectedness
A study is currently underway in the United States using the opioid antagonist naltrexone to treat prolonged grief, which is conceptualized in the study’s proposal as an addiction disorder. The researchers’ stated intention is to use the pharmaceutical agent to disrupt the griever’s capacity to engage in social bonding to eliminate craving for the person who died. We believe this approach is misguided for a number of reasons. It demeans the impor…
Perhaps something of beauty can grow
Care farming has been used to alleviate distress and increase wellbeing in various populations. This study provides an overview of how bereaved adults ( N = 115) experienced a grief-specific care farm through a content analysis of open-ended survey questions. The care farm's nature spaces and interactions with animals emerged as important components of the experience, interacting with grief-related activities and experiences. Together, the spaces…
I grieve because I loved her
Mindfulness-based interventions have recently been applied to grief-related distress. However, little is known about how bereaved participants experience them. This study explored bereaved parents' experiences of a mindfulness-based grief retreat through semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. Interview transcripts were thematically analyzed to gain an understanding of how participants experienced the retreat and its perceived effect on …
When a Child Dies
The upcoming fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has incited vociferous debate among academics, clinicians, and the general public. Two contested changes are eliminating the bereavement exclusion from the major depressive disorder diagnosis and creating a new category for intense and prolonged grief called persistent complex bereavement-related disorder. This article critic…
The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion
Journal Article The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion: A Call for Critical Evaluation Get access Kara Thieleman, Kara Thieleman e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Joanne Cacciatore Joanne Cacciatore Kara Thieleman, MSW, is a doctoral student, and Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 N Central Avenue, 822K, Phoeni…
We Rise Out of the Cradle into the Grave
The Hutterites are a closed ethnoreligious community whose funeral traditions have remained unchanged for centuries. Few researchers have had the opportunity to study this unique group. This study is an ethnographic exploration into the experience of child death and ritual on a Hutterite colony utilizing participant-observation and interviewing. Three recurrent themes emerged: ritual/tradition, spirituality/faith, and social cohesion and integrat…
Witness to Suffering
This study used a survey to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among 41 volunteers and professionals at an agency serving the traumatically bereaved. Compassion fatigue comprises two aspects: secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Because prior research suggests that compassion satisfaction may protect against compassion fatigue, the authors hypothesized that (a) mindfulness would …
Women Reentering the Community
Women represent 26% of those arrested for serious crimes; many have posttraumatic stress and co-occurring substance use disorders, which may influence recidivism. This study examined 57 women residing in a community re-entry program after exiting prison. Participants completed the Trauma Symptom Inventory and Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory. A discriminant function analysis accounted for 34% of between-group variability and provided a …
The Long Road to Farewell
Families of dying children are profoundly impacted by numerous interactions with health-care providers before, during, and after their child's death. However, there is a dearth of research on these families' direct, qualitative experiences with health-care providers. This study presents findings from interviews with 18 family members, predominantly parents, regarding their experiences with health-care providers during a child's terminal illness, …
As if Nothing Happened”
Prior research has found high levels of distress in parents who experience the death of a child; however, Romanian parents, whose experiences are influenced by the nation's shared historical trauma, have not been studied. This mixed-methods study found very high levels of distress in a sample of 237 bereaved parents in Romania, primarily women. Specifically, 89% of respondents scored above the clinical cutoff for trauma responses, 66% did so for …
Evaluating care farming as a means to care for those in trauma and grief
The interrelationships between nature, health, and wellbeing are increasingly recognized and incorporated into therapeutic interventions. Care farming, the concept of utilizing agricultural places and practices for providing care, therapy, and rehabilitation, is a paradigmatic example of this shift. This mixed method study empirically evaluates the efficacy of care farming as an intervention for individuals affected by traumatic grief, a complex …
Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Retreat on Distress and Well-Being in Bereaved Parents
Purpose: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a grief-focused mindfulness-based retreat on psychological distress (trauma, anxiety, and depression) and well-being (mindfulness and self-compassion) in bereaved parents. Method: A quasi-experimental design with two nonequivalent groups (intervention, comparison) and three observations was used. Results: Mixed-model repeated-measures analysis of variance showed significant reductions in distress…
What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief
Social support seems to enhance wellbeing and health in many populations. Conversely, poor social support and loneliness are a social determinant of poor health outcomes and can adversely affect physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Social support is especially important in traumatic grief. However, the ways in which grieving individuals interpret and define social support is not well understood, and little is known about what specific beha…
Perhaps something of beauty can grow
Care farming has been used to alleviate distress and increase wellbeing in various populations. This study provides an overview of how bereaved adults ( N = 115) experienced a grief-specific care farm through a content analysis of open-ended survey questions. The care farm's nature spaces and interactions with animals emerged as important components of the experience, interacting with grief-related activities and experiences. Together, the spaces…
I grieve because I loved her
Mindfulness-based interventions have recently been applied to grief-related distress. However, little is known about how bereaved participants experience them. This study explored bereaved parents' experiences of a mindfulness-based grief retreat through semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. Interview transcripts were thematically analyzed to gain an understanding of how participants experienced the retreat and its perceived effect on …
Impairing Social Connectedness
A study is currently underway in the United States using the opioid antagonist naltrexone to treat prolonged grief, which is conceptualized in the study’s proposal as an addiction disorder. The researchers’ stated intention is to use the pharmaceutical agent to disrupt the griever’s capacity to engage in social bonding to eliminate craving for the person who died. We believe this approach is misguided for a number of reasons. It demeans the impor…
I Don’t Feel Judged. I Just Feel Love”
This study explored the ways in which nonhuman animals were perceived to provide social support for grievers. A content analysis was conducted and four key qualities of nonhuman companion animals were identified: 1) presence, 2) continuity and purpose, 3) mutuality and connection, and 4) nature of response. Results suggest that people perceive animals to play an important role in providing emotional support through their presence and tactile expe…
I would feel misunderstood and diminished
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) was recently added to DSM-5-TR. However, concerns remain about its applicability in various bereaved subgroups. This study examined views toward a grief-related diagnosis among a sample of 755 bereaved adults that was diverse regarding relationship to the deceased and manner of death, with over half having lost a child and 36% meeting PGD criteria. Most were between the ages of 45 and 64 years. The majority (72.2%) …
The quiet, beautiful, intentional space to grieve and remember”
Finding solace with others is a key benefit of grief-focused care farming. • Connection with animals and nature aids healing from traumatic grief. • Care farming is a valuable community model for parents grieving child loss. • Intentionally designed grief-focused spaces promote emotional safety. This cross-sectional study explored the transformative potential of a care farm intervention for individuals facing traumatic grief, primarily the death …
Psychology (14 obras) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (13 obras) · Grief (9 obras) · Psychotherapist (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Psychiatry (7 obras) · Distress (5 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras)