Grief & Family Systems Flashcards
Grief is the__ of attachment
“Flip side”
Attachment
Connectedness between human beings (This is challenged and feels lost when we experience grief)
Each loss that occurs in a family is__ of the death of the family itself, leaving the primary task of establishing a “new” family from the remaining members of the “old” family.
Symbolic
Families vary in their ability to
Express and tolerate feelings
Why do we address grief from a family perspective?
To minimize pathology
Murray Brown recommends completing a___ looking back ___ generations to assess unresolved family grief.
“Family Loss History;” Two generations
Patterns of Complicated Mourning in Families
Communication Shut down, Role disruption, Coping with judgment or conflict, boundary and coalition alteration, creation of family secrets, damaged assumptive world
Resiliency is not merely a reflection of inherent strengths but is a term used to describe_
what a person or family does in specific stressful situations.
__ Is an ability to maintain a level of functioning that adapts to a situation of extreme stress, including exposure to trauma.
Resilience
What are the protective factors of resiliency?
Personality, cultural, social & environmental, and family systems
Resiliency is the ability to see__ and __
Benefits; negative experiences
Resiliency is being able to see __ in the “struggle.”
positives
Resiliency is shifting priorities during a crisis, and as a result__
Being able to enjoy an enhanced appreciation for life.
Resiliency is an improved sense of __ after weathering difficult and life-changing events.
self-efficacy
Resiliency is seeing oneself as a __, not a victim.
“survivor”
