2007
DOI: 10.1177/1074840706297484
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The Soul of Sorrow Work

Abstract: The courage and willingness to walk alongside families in grief calls forth particular beliefs and practices in nurses and other health care professionals. In this second phase of a study on grief and grief interventions, the researchers examine experiences of bereaved family members who received care in a grief support program and explore program clinicians'explanations of the work that they do with the bereaved. Findings of this interpretive study suggest that it is not so much models of grief intervention b… Show more

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“…Some of the reasons are about wanting to make a contribution, about wanting the experience to count for something, about wanting to help others, but there are times that people volunteer because they have a story that needs to be told and heard. It has been shown through research and clinical literature that research that involves talking about difficult subjects and suffering does not retraumatize people; rather, it is an aspect of healing (Moules, Simonson, Fleiszer, Prins, & Glasgow, 2007).…”
Section: Process Of the Research: Therapeutic Value Of This Kind Of Imentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some of the reasons are about wanting to make a contribution, about wanting the experience to count for something, about wanting to help others, but there are times that people volunteer because they have a story that needs to be told and heard. It has been shown through research and clinical literature that research that involves talking about difficult subjects and suffering does not retraumatize people; rather, it is an aspect of healing (Moules, Simonson, Fleiszer, Prins, & Glasgow, 2007).…”
Section: Process Of the Research: Therapeutic Value Of This Kind Of Imentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fraley and Shaver (1999) demonstrate that reorganization of attachment models (rather than a simple detachment or affective 'cutting off' of attachment bonds with deceased) was central to healthy bereavement in Bowlby's model" (Bradley & Cafferty, 2001, p. 211). Moules, Simonson, Fleiszer, Prins, and Glasgow (2007) describe grief work as an effort to "incorporate loss into their lives, and to shift to new changed, but continuing relationships with their deceased loved ones, they enter uncharted territories that involve questioning, meaning making, and life recalibration" (p. 118). An attachment figure need not be physically present in order to provide relief in times of stress for the individual, but the individual does need to be able to conjure a "mental representation," which can temporarily serve the purpose of close physical contact with the attachment figure (Field, Gao, & Paderna, 2005).…”
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confidence: 98%
“…Furthermore, while there is a realm of literature surrounding the human experience of grief, there is very little known about the specific interventions offered to families around their grief (Moules et al, 2007;Walsh & McGoldrick, 2004;Worden, 2009). With our shifting understanding of what grief is comes a necessary shift in how helping professionals assist those who are grieving.…”
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confidence: 98%