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Family-based grief counselling

D W Kissane1

  • 1Cancer Service, Monash Medical Centre.

Australian Family Physician
|April 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

This study presents a model of family bereavement responses, contrasting adaptive patterns with maladaptive ones like avoidance or amplified grief. It offers guidelines for supporting families through the mourning process.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • The family unit plays a crucial role in the grieving process.
  • Understanding diverse family responses to loss is essential for effective support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a model of family response patterns during bereavement.
  • To differentiate adaptive family grieving from maladaptive patterns.
  • To provide clinical guidelines for working with grieving families.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual model development.
  • Literature review on family systems and grief.
  • Clinical case examples (implied).

Main Results:

  • A model contrasting adaptive family bereavement with maladaptive patterns (avoidant, distorted, inflexible, grief amplification).
  • Identification of specific maladaptive grief responses within family systems.

Conclusions:

  • Family dynamics significantly influence bereavement outcomes.
  • Interventions should address specific maladaptive family patterns.
  • Clinical guidelines can aid in supporting families through grief.

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