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Mourning and sudden losses: Contributions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

2011; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5935/1808-5687.20110007

1982-3746

Lissia Ana Basso, Ricardo Wainer,

Palliative and Oncologic Care

Currently, death is still seen as taboo, surrounded by mysteries and beliefs, and people, often, not prepared to deal with human finitude. When death occurs sudden, tragic, tends to cause many changes in a person’s life, leading, many times, loss and changes, especially in emotional and cognitive function. At this time, the bereaved may use a psychologist and this tends to prioritize the receiving and listening to the patient. Therefore it is suggested some essential points of cognitive behavioral therapy, because it is believed that he tends to have an important contribution regarding in the handling of grief. The objective of this paper is to enrich and provide the reader with some aspects of a therapeutic aid grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a stressful event that is sudden loss of a loved one. Lissia Ana Basso 1 Ricardo Wainer 2 Artigos / Articles 1 Especialista em Psicologia Clinica Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamental (Psicologa Clinica) Porto Alegre RS Brasil. 2 Psicologo. Doutor em Psicologia (PUCRS); Mestre em Psicologia Social e da Personalidade (PUCRS); treinamento avancado em terapia do esquema (New Jersey/New York Institute of Schema Therapy, USA) (Professor da Faculdade de Psicologia (PUCRS); diretor e responsavel tecnico pelo curso de especializacao em Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental da WP Centro de Psicoterapia CognitivoComportamental). WPCentro de Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamental. Correspondencia: Rua Sao Manoel, 1970-203 Rio Branco, Porto Alegre RS. CEP: 90620110. Recebido em 5/9/2011. Palavras-chave: luto, perdas, terapia cognitivo-comportamental.