In regard to the recent article:
Grief Counseling Is Okay
By: Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
Senior News Editor
The article talks about how grief counseling does actually work, as opposed to earlier research stating that it did not.
But It states, "“The studies showing weak or null effects are usually those using recruited clients, many of whom enter the study two or more years after the loss they are presumed to be grieving." I assume this means that grief counseling does NOT work very well for people who are suffering from "complicated" or "chronic" grief. If this is true, what can people who suffer from this long term grief do if it has been several (or more) years? Is there a different type of counseling for this, or is there no hope unless counseling is done soon after the incident?
(What about EMDR, Or EFT since, I guess, this is a kind of trauma? Would these be helpful?)
Grief Counseling Is Okay
By: Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
Senior News Editor
The article talks about how grief counseling does actually work, as opposed to earlier research stating that it did not.
But It states, "“The studies showing weak or null effects are usually those using recruited clients, many of whom enter the study two or more years after the loss they are presumed to be grieving." I assume this means that grief counseling does NOT work very well for people who are suffering from "complicated" or "chronic" grief. If this is true, what can people who suffer from this long term grief do if it has been several (or more) years? Is there a different type of counseling for this, or is there no hope unless counseling is done soon after the incident?
(What about EMDR, Or EFT since, I guess, this is a kind of trauma? Would these be helpful?)
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Answers
I don't know for sure (((Shadow)))
It may be that with the recruited clients, they are not necessarily as in much grief as someone who has chronic or complicated grief.
Of course, people are different, and everyone grieves different, so it may be just the people who were involved in the study.
Personally, myself, I do believe grief counseling does work.
Best,
Clyde