NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN GRIEF THERAPY

1 January 1999

journal article
research article
Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Constructivist Psychology

Vol. 12 (1), 65-85
https://doi.org/10.1080/107205399266226

Abstract

The field of grief therapy is currently in a state of conceptual revolution, opening the prospect of reconfiguring our understanding of the human experience of loss along constructivist lines. In this article I outline some of the tenets of such an approach, proposing that the reconstruction of a world of meaning is the central process in grieving. I then present several narrative strategies for assisting bereaved people in making meaning of loss, and discuss indications, illustrations, variations, and precautions pertinent to each.

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