Book contents
- Multidimensional Grief Therapy
- Reviews
- Multidimensional Grief Therapy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Overview of Multidimensional Grief Therapy
- 2 Multidimensional Grief Theory
- 3 MGT Pretreatment Assessment Interview
- 4 Caregivers as “Cofacilitators” of Children‘s Grief
- References
- MGT Session
- Index
2 - Multidimensional Grief Theory
The Foundation of Multidimensional Grief Therapy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2023
- Multidimensional Grief Therapy
- Reviews
- Multidimensional Grief Therapy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Overview of Multidimensional Grief Therapy
- 2 Multidimensional Grief Theory
- 3 MGT Pretreatment Assessment Interview
- 4 Caregivers as “Cofacilitators” of Children‘s Grief
- References
- MGT Session
- Index
Summary
Both multidimensional grief theory and multidimensional grief therapy (MGT) draw upon a rich history of the clinical and scientific study of child and adolescent (hereafter youth) bereavement. This history offers a diverse array of conceptual lenses and therapeutic tools that support a broad, integrative approach to understanding, assessing, and intervening with bereaved youth and families. As a theory derived from decades of field study and clinical practice, multidimensional grief theory is both practical and powerful in its ability to describe, explain, predict, and therapeutically address a broad range of grief reactions. As we will discuss, the theory is an outgrowth of three major streams of clinical research, theory, and practice: attachment theory, existential philosophy, and disaster mental health (Layne, 2021b).
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- Multidimensional Grief TherapyA Flexible Approach to Assessing and Supporting Bereaved Youth, pp. 5 - 17Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023