A Personal Journey through the Grief and Healing Process with Virginia Satir, Dr. E. Kubler-Ross, and J. William Worden
Author: Blevins, Sharon
Source: The Satir Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, 2008 , pp. 89-105(17)
Publisher: Satir Institute of the Pacific
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Abstract:
This article explores the author's personal experience undergoing the process of grief, mourning, and healing after the death of her parents. The author then integrates the works of three clinical theorists who assist those who are dying or experience grief from the loss of a loved one. She begins with Virginia Satir's Process of Change. Next, she integrates Dr. Kubler-Ross' Five Stages of Psychological Reactions to examine the processes that the person who is dying goes through. Finally, she offers J. William Worden's Four Tasks of Mourning that supports one on the journey of healing while grieving a loss.The author states: "I am aware that I am not through the full impact of accepting their death and embracing a new way of being in the world without them. Since their deaths, however, I have taken a new direction in the field of counseling. I no longer am pursuing marriage and family therapy, but focusing on grief and loss. My spiritual beliefs about the world and about people have both deepened because of my search for answers around the meaning of life and death."Document Type: Research article
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