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
1 - Overview 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
Multidimensional Grief Therapy (MGT) is a strength-based intervention designed to carry out a range of important therapeutic tasks with bereaved children and adolescents. These tasks include (1) reducing unhelpful grief reactions (grief that keeps kids “stuck” and unable to adjust); (2) promoting adaptive grief reactions (grief that helps kids to feel and cope better after a death); (3) reducing associated symptoms of psychological distress (e.g., posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms), and (4) helping bereaved children and adolescents to lead healthy, happy, productive lives. Consistent with its assessment-driven, flexibly tailored design, MGT is divided into a pretreatment assessment interview and an assessment feedback interview, followed by a two-phased treatment approach.
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- Multidimensional Grief TherapyA Flexible Approach to Assessing and Supporting Bereaved Youth, pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023