“Griefworks”
Integrating Emotional Processing and Meaning-Making into Grief Therapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21638444 |
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| Authors | Ileana Ungureanu (0000-0002-9194-444X, Division of Psychology and Counseling, Governors State University, University Park, IL, USA, corresponding author), Cadmona Hall (0000-0001-9717-2965, Couple & Family Therapy, Adler University, Chicago, IL, USA) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 457-462 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Family Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1066-4807 • E-ISSN: 1552-3950 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10664807251318983 |
| OpenAlex | W4407413754 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
In recent years, we experienced a global pandemic, which forced us to face grief in myriad ways. To stress the magnitude of our collective experience in the past years, the scientific community decided it is time to introduce another diagnosis for grief (prolonged grief disorder) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), specifically to address what is expected to be a common occurrence for years to come as a result of the loss, grief, and trauma we experienced during the COVID-19 years. With this ever-growing need in mind, we want to present a model of working with grief addressing two aspects of processing loss that we found paramount for successful outcomes in therapy: emotional processing and cognitive/meaning-making. To exemplify the two components of grief work, we created a composite case with aspects from different real cases we have worked with over the years
Cognition · Complicated grief · Disenfranchised grief · Grief · Meaning-making · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Traumatic grief · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Mental Health via Writing · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
Meaning reconstruction & the experience of loss.
Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Parental response to child loss across the life cycle
Predictors of grief following the death of one's child
Grief Therapy and the Reconstruction of Meaning
Family Matters in Bereavement
“Unbreak My Heart”
Broken Together”
The Soul of Therapy
Cycling Around an Emotional Core of Sadness
| Highly cited | No |
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