Bereavement Support Groups

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the idea of support groups for daughters mourning the loss of mothers and discusses how group therapy focusing on daughters who lost their mothers can be of great help during the grieving process. The paper explains that daughters and mothers share a very particular and unique bond and women in such a group can lend support and comfort when family and friends have left to go on with their lives. The paper discusses the dynamics of such a group and stresses the benefits of support from those who have been in the same situation themselves.

Contents:
Introduction
Theoretical Orientation
Group Composition
Group Structure
Role of the Leader
Rules and Norms
Evaluation Process

From the Paper:

"In a hospice situation the focus in terms of death and bereavement is usually upon the dying patient and the immediate family. When the patient has died, grief normally becomes lost in elements such as funeral arrangements and accommodating family members who traveled for the sake of the funeral. When all the administration and arrangements have been finished, those closest to the demised person often suffer delayed feelings of grief. This often occurs alone, as the public display of the death is now over. The reality of the death, while still present, now takes a second position to the activities of the living going on with their lives."

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