Journal Title:  PSICOBIETTIVO

Author/s: Antonio Onofri, Teresa Dantonio

Year: 2009 Issue: 3 Language: IT
Pages: 23 Fulltext PDF:257 KB
DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2009-003004
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Abstract:
Gli Autori descrivono il processo del lutto secondo la teoria dell’attaccamento e la prospettiva evoluzionista. Passano quindi in rassegna i principali interventi preventivi descritti in letteratura e le attività di psicoeducazione e counseling rivolte alle persone in lutto, quindi le tecniche cognitivo- comportamentali più usate e infine l’approccio EMDR, particolarmente utile nei casi di lutto complicato o traumatico.

Emdr. the treatment of complicated grief. Preventive interventions, psychoeducation, cognitive-evolutionary perspective, EMDR approach - The Authors describe the process of mourning from the perspective of the attachment theory and the evolutionary psychology. Then, they review the preventive and psychoeducational interventions, the grief counseling, then the cognitive-behavioral techniques and the EMDR approach, quite useful for complicated or traumatic mourning.

Keywords: Mourning; Grief; Loss; Prevention; Psychoeducation; Grief Counseling; Cognitive Psychotherapy of Mourning; EMDR