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Los(t)s in Transitions: How Diverse Families Are Grieving and Struggling to Achieve a New Identity

par D'Amore, Salvatore ;Scarciotta, Lidia
Référence Journal of family psychotherapy, 22, page (46-55)
Publication Publié, 2011

Article révisé par les pairs

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[en] Diverse families are constantly confronted with multiple losses.In psychotherapeutic consultation, they often appear as ``grieving''systems whose identity is built on a loss. New theories of grief focuson family meaning-making processes. Unresolved grieving entailslimited emotion sharing as well as poor family meaning-making.Moreover, some factors inhibit this process while others stimulate it.Using clinical illustration, this article tries to prove the relevanceof such concepts. It suggests working to re-create, review, andreconstruct the family ties around its losses or break-ups. However,this work would remain reductive if it would not take account ofthe benefits and gains that often, within the experience of grief,families do not consider or anticipate.