Grief therapy

Grief therapy is a kind of psychotherapy used to treat severe or complicated traumatic grief reactions,^[1], which are usually brought on by the loss of a close person (by separation or death) or by community disaster. The goal of grief therapy is to identify and solve the psychological and emotional problems which appeared as a consequence. They may appear as behavioral or physical changes, psychosomatic disturbances, delayed or extreme mourning, conflictual problems or sudden and unexpected mourning).

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Grief therapy may be available as individual or group therapy, and is usually very effective.^{[citation needed]} A common area where grief therapy has been extensively applied is to parents of cancer patients.

See also

• Grief
• Grief counseling
• Grief & trauma counseling
• List of counseling topics

References

1. ^ Jacobs, Shelby, Carolyn Mazure, and Holly Prigerson. "Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Grief." Death Studies 24 (2000):185–199