{"id":31093,"date":"2018-03-10T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/counsellingtu.onpressidium.com\/?p=31093"},"modified":"2023-08-15T14:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:09:40","slug":"working-with-grief-and-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/counsellingtutor.com\/working-with-grief-and-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"071 \u2013 Working with Grief and Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\"Counselling\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t071 – Dual-Process Model of Bereavement – Hard-to-Help Clients – Dementia and Validation Therapy\n\t<\/h1>\n\t
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In episode 71 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes talk about the dual-process model of bereavement. ‘Practice Matters’ focuses on hard-to-help clients. Finally, the presenters discuss working with clients with dementia, including using validation therapy.<\/p>\n\t

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\n\t\tDual-Process Model of Bereavement (starts at 2.26 mins)\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

Loss is a theme that emerges frequently in the counselling room. This may be through death, or may involve the loss of other important parts of the client’s self and life, e.g. work, relationships or health.<\/p>\n

The dual-process model<\/a> (illustrated below) was developed by researchers Margaret Stroebe and Henk Schut. It is an oscillation model, showing the natural movement between loss-oriented and restoration-oriented behaviours in bereaved people.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"dual\n\t

Sometimes, people may get stuck in one or the other mode, or between the two modes. This causes them difficulty and means they are not grieving in an effective way. The model can help counsellors understand what is happening for a client, facilitating therapeutic work with them.<\/p>\n

Some clients may present with recent loss, while others may have been bereaved a long time ago but have not been able to deal with this properly until now. Clients may be experiencing practical problems as a result of their loss. It is common to see feelings of loss in drugs and alcohol services, where stopping using the substance often leads to a sense of bereavement.<\/p>\n

As a counsellor, you need to have looked at and worked through your own experiences of loss in order to be able to be there fully for bereaved clients.<\/p>\n

You can watch a lecture on loss and bereavement by Rory in the Counselling Study Resource<\/a> (CSR). The following video shows another model of grief: that of Elisabeth K\u00fcbler-Ross.<\/p>\n\t