Grief counseling is designed to help patients work through the stages of grief by participating in individual or group counseling sessions. The major goals of grief counseling are summarized below.
- Helping the patient to accept the event (e.g., cancer diagnosis) by helping him or her to talk about the event.
- Helping the patient to identify and express feelings related to the event (including anger, guilt, anxiety, helplessness, and sadness).
- Helping the patient to live with the event and to continue making decisions and function in daily life.
- Identifying and providing support at times that may be particularly stressful for the patient such as holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries.
- Educating the patient about the normal grieving process.
- Helping the patient to understand his or her methods of coping.
- Identifying coping problems the patient may experience and making recommendations for professional grief therapy if needed.
Grief counseling is designed to help patients work through the
stages of grief by participating in individual or group counseling
sessions. The major goals of grief counseling are summarized below.
Helping the patient to accept the event (e.g.,...
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Dr. Nimesh Nagarsheth of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Grief counseling is designed to help patients work through the stages of grief by participating in individual or group counseling sessions. The major goals of grief counseling are summarized below.
Grief counseling is designed to help patients work through the stages of grief by participating in individual or group counseling sessions. The major goals of grief counseling are summarized below. Helping the patient to accept the event (e.g.,... More
