Grief And Loss

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Abstract

This paper will identify and analyze the main concepts ideas outlined in the learning goals of course grief and bereavement. The paper outlines the elements and stages of grief, as well as the complications that might arise from the process. The risk factors associated with the inability to resolve grief and the principles and techniques for effective grief therapy. The paper will also address the assessment and treatment of adults, children, and families with special attention to special types of loss and cultural considerations. The writer will identify her position on grief and bereavement and support the position with the appropriate literature.

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Grief is universal and experienced by all humans at some point in life. Worden (2002), states the people have been grieving for thousands of years, long before professionals were available to assist with the process. Grief is experienced by millions of American each year and each experience is unique and different. While most grief is experienced in the context of a loss to death; grief can come from other kinds of losses including divorce, losing a beloved pet, ending a friendship, infertility, giving a child up for adoption, and even saying goodbye to adult children as they leave for college or to live on their own. All of these involve loss and another person, yet none involve death. Other losses can include losing your job, your independence, relocating or losing a beloved pet. In each case, a lose resulting in grief, even though the focus of one’s grief is not necessarily on another human being.
This paper will focus on grief in the context of a loss to death. While grief is universal, no grief experience is exactly the same. One’s reaction to the death of their father can be very different from the reaction to the death of their mother, spouse, siblings or offspring. Individuals process their grief differently and some are able...