Treatment Plan Overviews Grief and Loss

Part of our behavioral health resources, this is a broad overview of our treatment plan for the treatment of grief and loss. Age- and gender-specific resources are available for adults and juveniles (males and females). For more information, feel free to contact us or fill out our phone consultation form.

• Major Goals
• 1. Increased understanding of grief and loss
• 2. Accept responsibility for change
• 3. Correct irrational thinking relating to past grief and loss
• 4. Deal with uncomfortable feelings resulting from grief or loss
• 5. Decrease extreme grief and loss
• See Also

Major Goals

1. Increased understanding of grief and loss

Objectives/treatment focus:

• Develop vocabulary to describe feelings of grief and loss
• Develop a short-term action plan for dealing with grief and loss
• Identify grief and loss issues Link losses with dependencies
• Identify steps toward managing grief
• Gain awareness, and accept that his grief and loss is causing him problems

2. Accept responsibility for change

Address issues underlying feelings of grief and loss.

Objectives/treatment focus:

• Identify issues of grief and loss from the past and resolve or let go.

3. Correct irrational thinking relating to past grief and loss

Objectives/treatment focus:

• Identify specific areas of cognitive distortion (“Stinking thinking”)
• Challenge irrational thoughts with reality

4. Deal with uncomfortable feelings resulting from grief or loss

Objectives/treatment focus:

• Deal with feelings of guilt about his grief, survivor guilt, “should haves,” “if onlys”
• Deal with feelings of sadness

5. Decrease extreme grief and loss

Decrease extreme grief and loss, reduce potential for substance abuse or other harmful behaviors relating to these issues.

Objectives/treatment focus:

• Learn coping techniques to address feelings resulting from grief

See Also

The following pages may also be helpful:

Behavioral Health and Dual Diagnosis — specific behavioral health and dual diagnosis treatment planning and program resources for more than 20 DSM-IV diagnoses and issues, including anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD, ADHD, etc. Behavioral health resources include counselors' tools, model treatment plans, and client workbooks. [more]

Phone Consultation Form — fill out this form if you are interested in purchasing our treatment programs. [more]