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Grief-resolution therapy: reliving, revising, and revisiting

F T Melges, D R DeMaso

American Journal of Psychotherapy

|January 1, 1980

Summary

Grief-resolution therapy helps individuals overcome prolonged grief reactions using guided imagery to process loss. This technique facilitates emotional detachment and reinforces future-oriented choices for healing.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Mental Health Treatment
Trauma Therapy

Background:

Unresolved grief reactions persisting over one year require specialized intervention.
Traditional therapeutic approaches may not fully address prolonged grief.

Observation:

Grief-resolution therapy utilizes present-time guided imagery.
The technique involves reliving, revising, and revisiting loss events.

Findings:

The therapy reawakens attachment yearning and associated emotions.
Patients are guided to detach from the deceased by undoing emotional binds.
New choices bridging past and future are reinforced.

Implications:

Offers a structured approach for treating complicated grief.
Facilitates emotional processing and promotes adaptive coping mechanisms.
Aims to improve long-term psychological well-being after significant loss.

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