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  1. Loss and Suffering: The Role of Social Work

    Suffering affects personal relationships, personal performance, personal transcendence or meaning, even one's personhood (Cassel, 1991). Loss and suffering often go hand-in-hand, and social work frequently entails working with individuals who have experienced, or are experiencing, loss. Examples include settings such as nursing homes, cancer ...

  2. Grief Counseling Techniques and Interventions in Social Work

    Common Signs of Grief. Most theories and models of grieving agree on its common symptoms and manifestations: Shock, disbelief and denial that the loss has occurred or will occur. Sadness, despair and loneliness. Anger and resentment. Regret, guilt and shame. Anxiety, helplessness, insecurity and fear.

  3. Grief and Loss: Reflections Along the Journey to Healing

    Ess entially, this essay lays bare the truth. about my expe riences of loss, ... Grief and loss theory in social work practice: All changes involve loss, just as all losses require change.

  4. Compound loss, complex grief: Social work during a pandemic

    Experiencing grief during a pandemic can cause loss of motivation, concentration, or inability to see clearly, and can create a sense of failure to live up to one's normal standards. Social distancing measures present severe challenges for grieving processes which rely on being touched or being in community, compounding the loss.

  5. Grief and loss theory in social work practice: All changes involve loss

    Abstract. Working with and recognising grief and loss issues have long been identified as one of the core skills of social work practice. Despite its centrality, the exploration and application of grief and loss theory from a perspective other than death and dying has received sporadic attention in social work literature.

  6. Grief and Loss: A Social Work Perspective

    Jennifer E. Simpson. Despite the wealth of research that exists in the area of death, grief, and loss, the scarcity of literature examining the impact upon social work practitioners is troubling. This article initially draws upon a case study to explore this impact through the theoretical framework of disenfranchised grief.

  7. Grief and Loss: Reflections Along the Journey to Healing

    knowledge about resilience to undergraduate social work students. Essentially, this essay lays bare the truth about my experiences of loss, grief, and healing as an African-American female academician. In the first portion of this narrative, I analyze my grief experience through the lens of Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' model-the Five Stages of ...

  8. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and the Five Stages Model In Selected Social Work

    Professional social work is a discipline in which practitioners often find themselves engaged in addressing issues related to illness, crises, and loss. Professional social work is also a discipline with links to many associated disciplines, especially those in the social sciences such as psychology, sociology, and gerontology, as well as ...

  9. Forget the "Five Stages": Ask the Five Questions of Grief

    Forget the "Five Stages": Ask the Five Questions of Grief. The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted widespread loss, most notably as the result of over 1 million deaths; however, we are also mourning lost jobs, relationships, schooling, security, rituals of transition (e.g., graduations, marriages, funerals), and a sense of security.

  10. Grief and Loss

    Summary. This article summarizes the history of grief theory and provides an overview of major theoretical frameworks for understanding grief and grief work. Specific types of losses are defined and described, including the newer concept of community grief and loss. Interventions for individuals, groups, and communities are outlined, followed ...

  11. PDF The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work

    Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural factors involved in grief and loss. 2. Identify social work values and ethics involved in grief work. 3. Demonstrate a basic working knowledge of grief reactions experienced by children, adults, ... Papers turned in after class begins are considered late. On subsequent days, papers must be submitted ...

  12. Grief and loss: a social work perspective

    Despite the wealth of research that exists in the area of death, grief and loss, the scarcity of literature examining the impact upon social work practitioners is troubling. This article initially draws upon a case study to explore this impact through the theoretical framework of disenfranchised grief. Further comment is made regarding the possible factors which have led to the profession as a ...

  13. Grief and Loss: A Social Work Perspective

    Despite the wealth of research that exists in the area of death, grief, and loss, the scarcity of literature examining the impact upon social work practitioners is troubling. This article initially draws upon a case study to explore this impact through the theoretical framework of disenfranchised grief. Further comment is made regarding the possible factors that have led to the profession as a ...

  14. By sharing our loss, we fight: Collective expressions of grief in the

    Through appropriating diverse online platforms and rituals, individuals find empowerment in performing activism and seeking social change by sharing their personal experiences of loss (Al'Uqdah and Adomako, 2018).Aiming to explore the potential of digital mourning for social movements, this essay delves into the existing research and theories surrounding online collective mourning, mapping ...

  15. Grief and loss theory in social work practice: All changes involve loss

    Grief and loss are frequently encountered across the breadth of social work practice contextsincluding the significant loss of a loved one-with many authors contributing to a wide range of ...

  16. Disenfranchised Grief: When Grief and Grievers Are Unrecognized

    There are three primary concepts that serve to disenfranchise someone's grief: 1) the relationship between the griever and the deceased is not recognized, 2) the death or loss is not recognized, and 3) the griever's ability to grieve is not recognized (Corr, 1999). This article will address these three concepts through the use of case examples.

  17. Supporting Individuals Experiencing Loss and Grief

    Loss can be defined as "a condition of being bereaved or deprived of someone or something". Loss takes many forms, from the bereavement of a loved one to the loss of a door key. Loss can give rise to feelings ranging from deep mental anguish to feelings of annoyance. Grief or deep mental anguish rises from a great significant loss, a loss ...

  18. Supporting Social Work Colleagues Coping with Grief

    We can all become part of the self-care support system for colleagues coping with forms of grief and loss. Dr. Veronica L. Hardy, LCSW, is a Professor of Social Work at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Dr. Hardy is a social justice advocate, professional consultant, author, and mentor to new social workers and junior faculty members.

  19. Personal Grief and Loss

    Introduction. The complicated nature of life explains why grieving is a necessary process. The loss of a beloved person can trigger numerous emotions such as guilt, anger, disbelief, and sadness. Coping with sudden death can result in a major challenge. It is agreeable that most of these reactions and emotional responses to loss are natural.

  20. Behavioral Health Brief: The Intersection of Grief and Trauma

    The following case study examines the intersection between trauma and grief in the aftermath of the death of a first responder in the line of duty by applying the concept of order, disorder, and reorder to the event.2. Case Study. Order: The daily rhythm, routine, and structure of our lives. From the age of 14, Connor wanted to be a firefighter.

  21. Grief and loss theory in social work practice: All changes involve loss

    Working with and recognising grief and loss issues have long been identified as one of the core skills of social work practice. Despite its centrality, the exploration and application of grief and loss theory from a perspective other than death and dying has received sporadic attention in social work literature.

  22. The Five Stages Of Grief Cycle Social Work Essay

    The five stages of grief cycle include the denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. There are a few short term and long term effects of death of child on child being discussed in this paper. Besides, intervention programmes and their effectiveness were also being mentioned in this paper. Keywords: death, bereavement, parents.

  23. Grief and loss theory in social work practice: All changes involve loss

    Working with and recognising grief and loss issues have long been identified as one of the core skills of social work practice. Despite its centrality, the exploration and application of grief and loss theory from a perspective other than death and dying has received sporadic attention in social work literature. This paper begins with a personal reflection from practice, which provided the ...

  24. Grief: Coping with the loss of your loved one

    Coping with the loss of a close friend or family member may be one of the hardest challenges that many of us face. When we lose a spouse, sibling or parent our grief can be particularly intense. Loss is understood as a natural part of life, but we can still be overcome by shock and confusion, leading to prolonged periods of sadness or depression.

  25. The Power of Sharing Your Story of Loss

    The bereaved may find it difficult to remain in the "present" moment. Sharing your story can be a powerful and healing experience. Loss can frame your life in unexpected way. This week, there's a ...

  26. Full article: Culture and grief: Ethnographic perspectives on ritual

    Recent approaches to grief in psychology and the social sciences have clearly indicated that grief is a multidimensional range of experiences following a loss (Bonanno, Citation 2001, pp. 494-495) and that these experiences are predicated upon and shaped by social, cultural, historical, and political factors.From both within and beyond anthropology, there have been calls for research that ...

  27. Mourning the Death of a Spouse

    Going out after the death of a spouse. When your spouse dies, your world changes. You are in mourning— feeling grief and sorrow at the loss. You may feel numb, shocked, and fearful. You may feel guilty for being the one who is still alive. At some point, you may even feel angry at your spouse for leaving you. All of these feelings are normal.

  28. The Many Faces of Grief: A Systematic Literature Review of Grief During

    From a highly personal grieving for one's self (bereavement for self) (Albuquerque et al., 2021) due to the effects of being quarantined, lockdown, loss of work, social isolation, loss of life events and milestones, to a higher order of grief manifested for the loss of the natural environment (ecological grief) (Crossley, 2020). Two other ...