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 Dezelic  &  G.  Ghanoum  ©2013   STAGES  OF  DEATH,  GRIEF,  &  
PROCESSING  THROUGH  LOSS,  GRIEF,  TRANSITIONS  AND   TRANSITION:  
4  STAGES  OF  GRIEF:   TRANSFORMATION:   u DENIAL  
u ANGER  
u NUMBNESS   A  Meaning-­‐Centered  Existen;al  Approach  
u YEARNING  &  SEARCHING   u BARGAINING  
u DEPRESSION  
u DISORGANIZATION  &  
u ACCEPTANCE
DESPAIR  
 

-­‐E.  Kübler-­‐Ross  &  D.  Kessler  

u REORGANIZATION  
                                   -­‐J.  Bowlby   THE  CONTINUAL  PHASE:  
MEANING-­‐CENTERED  
RECOVERING  MEANING   GRIEF  MODEL:  
IMPORTANT  
Life0me  Journey  of  Recovery  
 

CONSIDERATIONS  THAT   vProcessing  Through  

IMPACT  GRIEF:   Grief:  (Not  Linear)  
vNature  of  Death,       -­‐Spiraling  and  processing  
       Sudden  or  Prolonged   through  all  of  the  Stages,  
(Experienced  During  The  Various  Stages)   Depression  
vType  of  Death,  Suffering   Unavoidable   Feeling  &  Emo=ons,  
Suffering   EXISTENTIAL FRUSTRATION
vA9achment  Style,                    DESPAIR                    LOSS  OF  HOPE   while  experiencing:  
       Nature  of  Rela=onship       Tragic   EXISTENTIAL  VACUUM   Neuro=c   Soma;c  Pain  (Body),  
       with  Deceased   u Staying     Triad  
Inner  Pain  
Triad  
Outer  Expression  
Psychic  Distress  (Mind),  
vFormer  Losses,                Connected  with        Guilt   Death   Aggression   u Ongoing  Process  
Addic0on   and  Spiritual  Uncertainty  
       Trauma=c  Exposure            Loved  One   u Surviving  Through   (Spirit).  
vCurrent  Support     the  Loss   -­‐Valida=ng  and  being  
u Con0nuing  to  
       Network   present  with  one’s  inner  
Create  Meaning   u Acceptance  that   and  outer  experience,  
vAge  of  Griever,  Gender,  
       Culture,  Faith  Beliefs   with  Loved  One   Loved  One  is  No   mul=-­‐dimensional  levels  
vAddi=onal  Stressors     and  Self   Longer  Physically   of  pain  
       In  One’s  Life   u Crea0vity,  New   Present,  Yet  Can   vCon;nual  Phase:  
-­‐Recovering  Meaning  
Experiences,   Con0nue  to  Have  
(Meaning  in  Life)  
TRANSCENDING  LOSS  MODEL:   AFtude   a  Presence  in  Life   -­‐Accessing  Resources  of  
u SHOCK   u Meaning  in  the   u Growth  &  Thriving   the  Spirit  
u DISORGANIZATION  
Moment   u Resilience   -­‐Healing  through:  
u RECONSTRUCTION   Meaning,  Memory,  
u SYNTHESIS        uUl0mate     u Transcendence  
Restora;on  and  
u TRANSCENDENCE                Meaning     Re-­‐Ac;va;on  
-­‐A.  Davis  Bush  
 
-­‐M.  Dezelic  &  G.  Ghanoum  

MEANING  RECONSTRUCTION:  
u Death  validates/invalidates   6  “R”  PROCESSES  OF  MOURNING:  
construc0ons  or  is  a  novel  experience   u AVOIDANCE  PHASE  
u Grief  is  a  personal  process   -­‐DEFIANT  POWER  OF  THE  SPIRIT-­‐                1.  Recognize  the  loss  
u Grieving  is  something  we  do,  not  
something  done  to  us    
-­‐NEW  RELATIONSHIP  WITH  DECEASED-­‐   u CONFRONTATION  PHASE  
             2.  React  to  the  separa0on  
u Reconstruc0ng  personal  world  of   -­‐SELF-­‐TRANSCENDENCE-­‐                3.  Recollect  and  reexperience  
meaning                4.  Relinquish  the  old  aXachments          
u Feelings  as  signals  to  state  of  meaning                            and  assump0ve  world  
making  efforts   u ACCOMODATION  PHASE    
u Construct  &  reconstruct  iden00es  in   “Keeping  your  Loved  One  Sacred  and  Present,                  5.  Readjust  to  move  adap0vely    
nego0a0on  with  others                6.  Reinvest  
                                                   -­‐R.  Neimeyer   while  Recovering  Meaning  in  Your  Life.”  (M.D.  &  G.G.)                                                            -­‐T.  Rando