In this presentation, Dr. Dan Wolfson will highlight how the principles and practices of Prolonged Grief Treatment (PGT) can be utilized proactively with any grieving client to support the process of adaptation to loss and help protect against some of the complications that might otherwise lead to Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD).
Following an introduction to the framework of acute and integrated grief as well as the three pillars central to the process of adapting to loss, Dr. Wolfson will explore his work with a 28-year-old male client that began following the sudden death of the client’s partner. Although this client began therapy during the phase of acute grief, techniques of PGT including grief monitoring, psychoeducation, situational revisiting, imaginal revisiting, and goals work were all utilized to help facilitate the client reaching a place of integrated grief.
This presentation is well suited to any clinician working with grieving clients, including the bereaved who do not meet the diagnostic criteria for PGD.
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will learn the differences between acute and integrated grief 2. Participants will develop an understanding of the pillars of adaptation to loss including accepting the reality of the loss, continuing bonds, and hopefulness for the future self 3. Participants will be able to identify PGT strategies that can be incorporated into their clinical work with grieving individuals to help facilitate the process of adaptation to loss