1 / 13

Understanding and Coping with Grief: A Comprehensive Guide

Join Betty Dillingham, ACSW, LCSW, for an insightful seminar at Gibson General Hospital’s Senior Enrichment Program at Hope House, Princeton, IN. Explore what to expect during grief, including emotional upheavals and changed eating and sleeping patterns. Learn effective coping strategies to navigate grief’s pain. The seminar covers the importance of seeking support, avoiding isolation, and being patient with yourself. Discover how to transform your relationship with your loss and gain tools to foster healing. For details, contact 812-385-9287 or email bdillingham@gibsongeneral.com.

bluma
Download Presentation

Understanding and Coping with Grief: A Comprehensive Guide

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. WALKING THROUGH GRIEF Betty Dillingham, ACSW, LCSW Gibson General Hospital Senior Enrichment Program at Hope House Princeton, IN (812-385-9287) bdillingham@gibsongeneral.com

  2. LEARNER OBJECTIVES: • BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT TO EXPECT DURING GRIEF • BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO COPE WITH THE PAIN OF GRIEF

  3. WHAT IS GRIEF?

  4. WHAT TO EXPECT DURING GRIEF What is Normal? • Eating and sleeping patterns are disrupted • Inability to concentrate • Roller coaster emotions • Shift in role • Responses of others

  5. EATING AND SLEEPING PATTERNS • Eating too much or not enough • Dehydration • Sleeping too much or not enough • Flashbacks • Dreaming/nightmares

  6. INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE • Cannot focus on what is being said or read • Not seeing

  7. ROLLER COASTER EMOTIONS • Disbelief • Feelings of going crazy • Sadness • Emptiness • Regret • Guilt • Loneliness • Anxiety • Crying/inability to cry • Anger • Upsurges of grief • Relief

  8. PHYSICAL ACHES/PAINS • Aches: stomach, head, neck, back • Unexplained pains throughout body

  9. SHIFT IN ROLE • Becoming the primary breadwinner (financial woes) • Emotional conflict (who will I turn to ?) • Family responsibilities • Household responsibilities • Change in place of residence • We to me

  10. RESPONSES OF OTHERS • People being overly protective (bossy) • People minimizing a person’s loss • People stating or implying that a person has grieved long enough (It is time to move on, get over it)

  11. WAYS TO COPE WITH GRIEF • Turn into the pain • Look at beliefs • Move away from asking why • Avoid isolation • Seek out caring people • Avoid making major life changes • Allow for time between endings and new beginnings • Be attentive to health • Be patient with self and others • Look for a “corner turning” • Seek professional help • Create a new relationship with the loved one

  12. Resource Acknowledgements • The Journey of Grief series, Doug Manning, In-Sight Books,Inc. Oklahoma City, OK • Taking the Time You Need to Grieve Your Loss, Kathlyn S. Baldwin, LCSW, Care Notes, Abbey Press, St. Meinrad, IN

  13. Resources (cont.) • Motherless Daughters, The Legacy of Loss By Hope Edelman A Delta Book, Published by Dell Publishing New York, NY

More Related