THE MANY FACES OF GRIEF A presentation by Darlene Tetreault

The Many Faces of Grief

•Grief is defined as the physical, mental, or emotional condition bought on by loss, such as death, as well as a number of other types of loss including

The Many Faces of Grief

• Loss of safety after a trauma

• Death of a pet

• Divorce or relationship breakup

• Loss of health

• Loss of financial stability

• A miscarriage

• A loved ones serious illness

• Loss of a friendship

• Retirement

• Death of a pet

• Loss of a cherished dream

• Divorce or relationship breakup

A Brief Description of EMDR Therapy Eye Movement Desensitizing and Reprocessing

Three Pronged Protocol

Past Memories

Present Disturbance

Future Actions

The Goal of EMDR

• Process completely the experiences that are causing the problem, and to include new ones that are needed for full health. • “Processing” does not mean talking about it

• It means setting up a learning state that will allow experiences that are causing problems to be “Digested” and stored appropriately in your brain

• Inappropriate emotions, beliefs, and body sensations will be discarded• Negative emotions, feelings and behaviors are generally caused by

unresolved earlier experiences that are pushing you in the wrong directions

The goal of EMDR

• The goal of EMDR therapy is to leave you with the emotions, understanding, and perspectives that will lead to healthy and useful behaviors and interactions

Eight Phases of Treatment

Phase One: History and Treatment Planning

• Therapist takes thorough history of client and develops treatment plan • Discussion of specific problem that has brought them into

therapy

• Behavior stemming from that problem and his symptoms

• Therapist develops targets from this information • Target include events from the past that has created the

problem, the present situation that cause distress, and key skills or behaviors that the client needs to learn from his future well-being

Phase Two: Preparation

• Clinician teach specific techniques • Rapidly deal with emotional disturbance that may arise

• Primary goal of the preparation phase is to establish relationship between patient and therapist