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L’esperienza del lutto in età evolutiva nel lavoro clinico cognitivo-comportamentale
Titolo Rivista: QUADERNI DI PSICOTERAPIA COGNITIVA 
Autori/Curatori: Katia Aringolo, Laura Di Giunta 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2014 Fascicolo: 34 Lingua: Italiano 
Numero pagine:  26 P. 79-104 Dimensione file:  152 KB
DOI:  10.3280/QPC2014-034006
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Il presente lavoro intende illustrare le reazioni, del bambino e della figura di accudimento rimasta in vita, alla morte di un genitore. Si delineano poi le caratteristiche del processo di valutazione e del procedere terapeutico, descrivendone gli obiettivi, il setting, le modalità di trattamento, le strategie e gli strumenti d’intervento. Nel fare questa disamina si pone un’enfasi particolare sugli aspetti essenziali e le condizioni di base dell’intervento cognitivo comportamentale in età evolutiva che potrebbero costituire un’impalcatura terapeutica adeguata per perseguire gli obiettivi dell’intervento sul lutto in età evolutiva ed implementare l’intervento. Infine si descrive un trattamento specifico basato sull’evidenza empirica (il Family Bereavement Program) per bambini e adolescenti che hanno subito un lutto.


Keywords: Lutto in età evolutiva, reazioni nei bambini alla morte del genitore, reazioni della figura di accudimento rimasta in vita, assessment e intervento nei bambini che hanno subito la perdita del genitore

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