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Abnormal grief — The problem of therapy
Author(s) -
Hodgkinson Peter E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1982.tb01478.x
Subject(s) - grief , psychotherapist , psychology , psychoanalysis , complicated grief
A mode of therapy for severe problems of abnormal grief has been described by several authors (Ramsay, 1976; Lieberman, 1978; Mawson et al. , 1981). This article reports the use of a cathartic therapy with a series of 10 clients with severe but clear‐cut grief problems. Three case histories are given and the process and components of therapy are discussed.