Bereavement and Loss

Question 1

Who’s is the preferred model of the mourning process?

Answer 1

Worden’s (2010) Tasks

Question 2

What did Worden (2010) say?

Answer 2

That there are tasks to achieve in mourning.

Question 3

What must mourning be remembered as?

Answer 3

A process.

Question 4

What are Worden (2010)’s tasks?

Answer 4

To accept the reality of the loss
To work through the pain of the grief
To adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing
To emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life

Question 5

What is one of the benefits of seeing grief as task-based?

Answer 5

Clients can have a task to complete and achieve

Question 6

What are some of the moderators of mourning?

Answer 6

Who the person was
Nature of the attachment
Mode of death
Historical antecedents
Personality variables
Social variables
Concurrent stresses

Question 7

What is an indicator of an abnormal grief reaction?

Answer 7

Shock/disbelief after a long time

Question 8

What do we need to be aware of with anger?

Answer 8

Where is it? If it’s not being expressed where is it going?

Question 9

What are the aims of facilitation of uncomplicated grief?

Answer 9

Increase the reality of the loss
Deal with expressed and latent affect
Overcome the various impediments that are a result of the loss
Find a way to remember the deceased and continue with their own life

Question 10

What is one of the most important things to consider when working with loss?

Answer 10

What does it mean?

Question 11

What do we need to consider early on when working with people who have difficulties with loss?

Answer 11

The end of therapy

Question 12

What is the main goal of grief therapy?

Answer 12

To give the client permission to grieve.

Question 13

What can be a helpful technique in working with bereavement?

Answer 13

Dipping in and out of the loss

Question 14

List some strategies to help in bereavement work.

Answer 14

Reminders/souvenirs
Writing letters
Memory books
Using evocative language

Question 15

What are older adults likely to present with in therapy?

Answer 15

More somatic problems.

Question 16

What is a key thing to think about when working with older adults?

Answer 16

How would we respond if their age wasn’t there?

Question 17

What are continuing bonds?

Answer 17

Being able to continue a relationship with someone when they are no longer there.

Question 18

Who described continuing bonds?

Answer 18

Silverman et al. (1996)

Question 19

What did Silverman et al. (1996) talk about in bereavement?

Answer 19

Continuing bonds

Question 20

What do continue bonds involve?

Answer 20

Internal representations of the deceased and the relationship

Question 21

What is a key consideration when assessing bereavement?

Answer 21

Attachment theory

Question 22

What are the three basic illusions that people use to keep peace of mind?

Answer 22

The world is benevolent
The world is meaningful
The self is worthy

Question 23

What are the two components to finding meaning in loss (Davis, 2000)?

Answer 23

Making sense of the loss

Finding benefits in the loss

Question 24

Who outlined the components which can help to find meaning in loss?

Answer 24

Davis 2000

Question 25

What are the four potential effects of loss in later life?

Answer 25

Awareness of own life stage
Fear of death
Loneliness
Recollection

Question 26

What is disenfranchised grief (Doka, 1989)?

Answer 26

Grief that is not socially acceptable

Question 27

Who describes disenfranchised grief?

Answer 27

Doka (1989)

Question 28

Why might someone experience disenfranchised grief (Doka, 1989)?

Answer 28

People with learning disabilities are assumed not to understand what death is
The relationship may not be recognised
Loss does not just equal death - it may not be expected that someone would grieve over other losses

Question 29

What is the dual process model of grief (Stroebe & Schut, 1999)?

Answer 29

Where people oscillate between the mixed feelings of emotions and coping.