Containing families' grief: therapeutic group work in a hospice setting.
This article explores the literature relating to the needs of bereaved children and families and describes the course of a family bereavement group run in a hospice. The interventions involved dramatherapy and other creative arts media. The group comprised of four families all of whom had had a parent die in the hospice. Their ages ranged from 6-46 years. Two one-day workshops were followed by six closed-group evening sessions. The aims and interventions for each session are outlined and a short commentary on the process given. Significant aspects of containing families' grief through the use of therapeutic group work is highlighted.
Kirk
Kate
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Isle of Man.
McManus
Mick
M
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001155:Art Therapy; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006126:Group Processes; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011577:Psychodrama; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support