On the Psychology of Loss

Lamers, William M.

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“…By creating trusting, playful experiences creative responses will follow when working with children and in hospice palliative care settings this must be the first step.Music is one creative form that touches the dying person, their family or whanau. For many adults and children it creates a visual memory that can be recalled easily in moments of stress, anxiety, fear, fun, joy, family ritual or other times of sharing and communicating.Communication and expression of feelings are enhanced by music suggestsLamers (1999). I confirm this as I recall a piece of music my father always had played during family celebrations.…”

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Sacred Memories: Creative Art Therapy for Children in Grief

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<p>This paper explores the creative opportunities children might have to attend to their emotions and feelings following the death of a parent, grandparent or close friend. It presents the position that often children are left out of the process of caring for an adult when they are terminally ill and that has long term psychological implications. It also suggests that this has antecedents for the white New Zealand culture that were noted historically. Hospice palliative care services in New Zealand identify the need to be proactive in their holistic care for the family when a person is dying and this care must include the family which invariably includes children. In this research the author describes a personal journey that has shaped her current work as a hospice practice manager. She has chosen to highlight a neglected aspect in services in New Zealand. The writer explores literature in psychological aspects of removing children from the dying room, creative therapies and the importance of sacred memories for the living child to be enfolded in through their life. The need to create memory that will embrace the child as a cloak enfolds them in their crisis stimulated the writer to offer a text in the personal narrative form. This text is presented in this form to enable other clinicians to access their own memories as survivors of grief in their own families. Through enabling children and family to explore the importance of relating in the palliative phase of a person’s life journey it is suggested that doors open that build good memories for the survivors. I regard my specific form of interest as pursuing the idea of building memory creative ‘corners’ and fun experiences for children at my work. The reasons why such an experience would be beneficial now and in the future for children and their families will be the focus for conducting my literature research. Children were important in the final days of her father’s life. He directed the family to accept the roles he saw would be theirs. Memories became their treasures.</p>

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“…Other authors have suggested music and art in the form of photos to concretize these memories. The visual impact of music Lamers (1999) suggests recalls moments previously shared and brings a closeness, a feeling of being wrapped within the cloak of security as the tender moment is recalled in times of need. Kelley (1999) brings another dimension to the cloak when he states "art offer(s) families a way to create special memories and conversations during the dying process and a way to remember and grieve during bereavement (p. 141).…”

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“…This must be considered along with the future mental heath of this child in their adult life. Worden (1996) and Lamers (1999) write of the benefit of providing opportunities to explore through creative experiences during fearful times critical experiences or events in the life of the child.…”

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“…Emotional reactions stemming from these experiences affect the child throughout life and need addressing in a positive open manner to prevent the child's imagination from being stretched beyond their coping ability to create inner turmoil.EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTSLong term human reactions to loss through death have been explored in psychological and psychiatric health as an important factor in presenting stories of people experiencing long-term anxiety and depressive disorders. The last words spoken in a dying moment are etched into the memory for the family to be revisited at successive deaths in adulthood Lamers (1999). wrote, "early childhood experiences of separation and loss set a pattern for the way adults respond to loss" (p.22).…”

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“…Grandchildren ask for 'granddad's music' as it is referred to in the family and sit with thoughtful smiles as they recall the words and actions from the first time they had heard the music. A cloak of closeness to the dying person is the wayLamers (1999) refers to such recall Furth (1988). wrote of the value of drawing whereby symbols meet in our unconscious space and reflect the relationship between this space and the given moment in our time.…”

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