The Grief Elaboration Process in the Pandemic Scenario: A Group Intervention

S. Lordello, Isabela Machado da Silva
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The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed thousands of victims worldwide. To deal with loss is a formidable challenge for all, especially those who experienced losing their loved ones. The grief elaboration process is complex, and the pandemic adds some specific challenges, such as the restrictions to funerals and farewell rituals or the impossibility of saying goodbye due to the sanitary measures. This chapter presents a group psychological intervention aimed at people who lost their relatives to COVID-19. The therapeutic groups were carried out virtually through six sessions and brought together people from all over Brazil. Narrative therapy was the theoretical model adopted. The participants mentioned the moment of diagnosis as decisive for experiencing the disease\'s terminality and anguish, promoting guilt and anxiety in the family. In the group, the participants found space to share the painful experience, and throughout the sessions, they were able to develop coping resources. They mentioned strategies, such as activating the family and social support network, recalling legacies and moments they shared with the deceased, and elaborating farewell rituals adapted to the pandemic circumstances. The participants evaluated the group intervention as very important for reframing the pain of loss and restoring future projects since they counted on the help and inspiration of the other participants who went through this painful experience in similar circumstances.
大流行情境下的悲伤细化过程:一种群体干预
2019冠状病毒病大流行已在全球造成数千人死亡。面对失去对所有人来说都是一项艰巨的挑战,尤其是那些失去亲人的人。悲伤的阐述过程是复杂的,大流行增加了一些具体的挑战,例如葬礼和告别仪式的限制或由于卫生措施而无法告别。本章介绍了针对因COVID-19失去亲人的人的群体心理干预。治疗小组实际上进行了六个疗程,并将来自巴西各地的人们聚集在一起。叙事疗法是采用的理论模式。参与者提到诊断的那一刻是经历疾病的终结和痛苦的决定性时刻,在家庭中增加了内疚和焦虑。在小组中,参与者找到了分享痛苦经历的空间,在整个疗程中,他们能够开发应对资源。他们提到了一些战略,例如激活家庭和社会支持网络,回顾他们与死者分享的遗产和时刻,以及制定适应大流行情况的告别仪式。参与者认为,小组干预对于重塑失去亲人的痛苦和恢复未来的项目非常重要,因为他们依赖于在类似情况下经历过这种痛苦经历的其他参与者的帮助和启发。
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