CYC 802 Chapter Notes - Chapter Articles: Exposure Therapy, Suicide Watch, Prolonged Grief Disorder

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 802
• Professor: Anne Black

Document Summary

Intersections between grief and trauma: toward an empirically based model for treating. Grief theory focusing on mourning, with a focus on working through feelings and remembering the deceased. Trauma literature examines responses to exposure to negative events, psychological and physical aspects, treatment aimed at eradicating intrusive images. Trau(cid:373)a a(cid:374)d grief are(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)ays (cid:373)utual, ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er trau(cid:373)ati(cid:272) grief is e(cid:373)ergi(cid:374)g. Grief is viewed as normal, high emotional levels viewed as having a goal to help the person move on, stages of mourning (lasting between 1-2 years) Stroebe and schut view grief as both the realization of loss and the continued fight against the reality of the loss. Freud described the work of mourning as a process by which the bereaved reminisces and emotionally experiences the memories as a step towards letting go. Clinical theorists promote the need to confront grief-related emotions, expressing both positive and negative emotions.