Grief

Process and Integrate the Loss

Client will increase ability to process and integrate the emotional impact of the loss.
Patient will develop greater insight into how the loss has affected thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, and daily functioning.
Client will increase ability to acknowledge and express grief-related emotions in adaptive ways.
Patient will develop a more integrated understanding of the loss and its significance within their broader life experience.

Client will increase use of adaptive coping strategies to manage grief-related distress.
Patient will improve ability to regulate difficult emotions associated with the loss.
Client will strengthen ability to tolerate periods of sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, or emotional overwhelm.
Patient will maintain daily functioning while developing healthier ways to respond to grief-related distress.

Client will strengthen sense of identity and continuity following a significant loss or life transition.
Patient will increase engagement in meaningful activities, roles, and responsibilities affected by the loss.
Client will develop a renewed sense of meaning, purpose, and direction while adapting to changes associated with the loss.
Patient will establish routines and future-oriented goals that support continued adjustment and well-being.

Client will increase ability to identify, access, and utilize appropriate sources of social and emotional support.
Patient will strengthen communication of grief-related needs, emotions, and boundaries within important relationships.
Client will reduce grief-related isolation and increase meaningful interpersonal connection.
Patient will develop healthier ways of navigating changes in relationships and social roles following the loss.

Client will increase ability to adapt to the ongoing impact of the loss while maintaining engagement in meaningful areas of life.
Patient will develop an adaptive relationship with the loss that allows continued emotional connection without preventing forward movement.
Client will increase acceptance of changes associated with the loss while identifying opportunities for continued growth and engagement.
Patient will integrate the loss into an ongoing sense of self, relationships, values, and future without requiring the loss to be forgotten or minimized.