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The meaning in loss protocol: A clinical trial of online grief therapy
Batista, João; Alves, Daniela; Pires, Nuno; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Mendes, Inês; Magalhães, Carina; Rosa, Catarina; Oliveira, João TiagoFor a minority of the bereaved, the loss of a significant other can trigger an overwhelming emotional reaction and impaired functioning across life domains, known as prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Hence, ongoing efforts have been made to refine existing treatments to increase their efficacy and to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of grief reactions. This study presents the results of an open clinical trial of th...
Validation of the Portuguese version of the Integration of Stressful Life Exper...
Albuquerque, Sara; Henriques, Mariana; Rosa, Pedro Joel; Delalibera, Mayra; Neimeyer, Robert A.; Coelho, Alexandra; Batista, JoãoThe Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale (ISLES) evaluates the ability to integrate stressful experiences into one's meaning system. This study aimed to validate ISLES for the Portuguese population, utilizing a sample of 242 adults who had lost a significant other. The sample was predominantly female, educated, married, or in consensual unions, and actively employed. Confirmatory factor analysis reve...
FIND: A Feedback Initiated Narrative Development Protocol to elicit resources i...
Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo; Magalhaes, Carina; Braga, Catia; Milhazes, Andreia; Batista, João; Neimeyer, Robert A.The FIND (Feedback Initiated Narrative Development) protocol was designed to foster the availability of clients' resources in psychotherapy. This protocol consists of two brief interviews and an observation of an early psychotherapy session, centered on the elicitation of the client's personal resources. The contents of both the interviews and the observed session are summarized for clients and therapists in th...
Innovative moments in grief therapy: reconstructing meaning following perinatal...
Alves, Daniela; Mendes, Inês; Neimeyer, Robert A.; Gonçalves, Miguel M.This article presents an intensive analysis of a good outcome case of constructivist grief therapy with a bereaved mother, using the Innovative Moments Coding System (IMCS). Inspired by M. White and D. Epston’s narrative therapy, the IMCS conceptualizes therapeutic change as resulting from the elaboration and expansion of unique outcomes (or as we prefer, innovative moments), referring to experiences not predic...
Innovative Moments in Grief Therapy: Reconstructing Meaning Following Perinatal...
Alves, Daniela; Mendes, Inês; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Neimeyer, Robert A.This article presents an intensive analysis of a good outcome case of constructivist grief therapy with a bereaved mother, using the Innovative Moments Coding System (IMCS). Inspired by White and Epston’s narrative therapy, the IMCS conceptualizes therapeutic change as resulting from the elaboration and expansion of unique outcomes (or as we prefer, innovative moments), referring to experiences not predicted by...