Meaning-centered grief therapy Book Section
| Authors: | Lichtenthal, W. G.; Napolitano, S.; Roberts, K. E.; Sweeney, C.; Slivjak, E. |
| Editor: | Breitbart, W. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Meaning-centered grief therapy |
| Abstract: | Parents who lose a child to cancer often face challenges to their sense of meaning, identity, and purpose. Meaning-centered grief therapy (MCGT) attempts to systematically address these common existential issues, providing multiple pathways to enhancing meaning and coping with intense grief symptoms. Efforts are made to minimize pathologizing grief. Instead, the focus is on parents' ability to choose their attitude-that is, the way they think about and respond to situations-in the face of circumstances beyond their control and to connect with sources of meaning in their lives. This includes strengthening the connection they have to their deceased child. Although efforts to develop and evaluate MCGT have focused on bereaved parents, the concepts and principles have the potential to assist those who have experienced other types of losses. Future endeavors will help extend the application of MCGT to additional bereaved populations, tailoring it as needed while keeping a meaning-centered approach. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Keywords: | childhood cancer; grief; parents; coping; grief therapy; meaning-centered psychotherapy |
| Book Title: | Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting: Finding Meaning and Hope in the Face of Suffering |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-983722-9 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication Place: | New York, NY |
| Date Published: | 2017-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 88 |
| End Page: | 99 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | 2016-61203-007 |
| PROVIDER: | Ovid Technologies |
| PROVIDER: | psycinfo |
| DOI: | 10.1093/med/9780199837229.003.0007 |
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| Notes: | Book Chapter: 7 -- Source: PsycINFO |
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