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Working effectively with traumatic grief
Nicola Dobson – Family Support Services Lead Willow Wood Hospice, Tameside
Working effectively with traumatic grief Nicola Dobson Family - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Working effectively with traumatic grief Nicola Dobson Family - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Working effectively with traumatic grief Nicola Dobson Family Support Services Lead Willow Wood Hospice, Tameside Overview What is grief? Models of grief Working with grief methods & impact Keeping ourselves safe
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Lois Tonkin’s ‘Growing Around Grief’
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Data from Apr-Dec 2017 – client categorisation at start of intervention
82.5% categorized with moderate to
severe psychological distress
29% categorized with severe psychological
distress
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Help people to see that grief is an
active process which requires them to meet challenges
Support people to use coping
strategies that work for them, and to develop new ones
Motivate people to resist the attractions
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Listen, suggest, rehearse, inspire,
comfort, console, debrief, normalise, acknowledge, validate…
Based on Attig, T. “How We Grieve” (1996)
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Resources
Practical
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Resources
Practical (Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs)
Physical (strength, agility, activities) Psychological (humour, memory,
intelligence, coping mechanisms)
Inter-personal (people and animals) Spiritual (faith and non-faith based)
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Data from Apr-Dec 2017 – client categorisation at end of intervention
88% categorized as healthy or with low
level or mild psychological distress
40% categorized as healthy 52% making significant movement of 3-5
categories
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Keeping ourselves safe
“You can’t wipe the tears from someone else’s face without getting your hands wet.” Zulu proverb
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