Keeping Our Balance
The Profound Challenge of Loss
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20178800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lis Heath (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 291-301 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0362153714559922 |
| OpenAlex | W2095769558 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Processing loss can be one of the most psychologically challenging experiences humans encounter. This article addresses the question, “Why is the grieving process sometimes so profoundly challenging to our psychological equilibrium?” Using transactional analysis and the work of Wilma Bucci, the author considers ways of working with someone who is grieving and the usefulness of a contemporary view of the goal of grief work. She also discusses the homeostatic nature of script in transactional analysis theory. By integrating complexity theory, she makes the case for stability as a function of a linked yet differentiated system and argues for the value of destabilization
Epistemology · Grief · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Transactional analysis · Transactional leadership · Computer Science · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
Transactional analysis in psychotherapy
Health outcomes of bereavement
When Intimate Relationships End
Traversing the Fault Lines
Scripts and Permissions
The Defensive Function of the Game Scenario
Good Grief
Mind Structure and Ego States
Using Redecision Therapy to Resolve Postdivorce Impasses and Loss
Whither Scripts
Projective Identification and Game Analysis
Life Script Theory
Healing Good-Byes and Healthy Hellos
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
Psychic equilibrium and psychic change
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |