Spirituality, resilience, and narrative: Coping with parental death

Author(s): Dennis, B. G., Dumain, L. E.

Journal/Book: Fam Soc J Contemp Hum Serv. 1998; 79: 11700 West Lake Park Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53224. Family Service Amer. 615-630.

Abstract: This article considers the therapeutic use of reminiscence and storytelling in the bereavement process of an adult-child adjusting to the death of a parent. Founded on the client's journey of adjustment, the work looks at how the individual reconfigures and incorporates the trauma of loss into a narrative of personal and spiritual resiliency wherein the goal is discovery rather than recovery.

Note: Article Angell GB, E Carolina Univ, Sch Social Work, Greenville,NC 27858 USA

Keyword(s): SOCIAL-WORK-PRACTICE; REMINISCENCE; PERSPECTIVE; EDUCATION; ISSUES; BEREAVEMENT; ADAPTATION; ADJUSTMENT; RELIGION; WOMEN

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