Key Concepts & Definitions
Grief that is not socially acknowledged or supported, such as the loss of an ex-spouse.
What is Disenfranchised Grief?
A term for a loss that is often dismissed as "just a miscarriage."
What is Silent Loss?
The experience that often causes a person to realize their generation will be the next to pass.
What is the Death of a Parent?
This gender is more likely to face financial challenges but often has stronger social networks after spousal loss.
Who are Widows (or women)?
The job of a counselor in the DPM is to help clients navigate this "dangerous river."
What is the river of adjustment?
The buildup of multiple losses over time, often seen in later adulthood.
What is Cumulative Grief?
The death of a fetus between the 20th week and the time of birth.
What is a Stillbirth?
The term used to describe the death of a child as it upsets the expectation that the old die first.
What is the Ultimate Deprivation?
The process of redefining one's self-concept after losing a spouse or partner.
What is Identity Reconstruction?
A simple example of this stressor is a widower dealing with cooking, which was previously a spousal duty.
What is a secondary loss?
The type of griever who focuses on problem-solving and managing anxiety.
Who are Instrumental Grievers?
The percentage range of clinically confirmed pregnancies estimated to end in miscarriage.
What is 10-25%?
Unresolved conflicts or unspoken issues between the bereaved and the deceased.
What is Unfinished Business?
The joint management of stress and loss together by couples.
What is Dyadic Coping?
She proposed the five stages of grief, which are not always chronological.
Who is Elizabeth Kubler-Ross?
Emotional responses that occur before an expected death, often in cases of terminal illness.
What is Anticipatory Grief?
A common memorial practice, like naming the baby or planting a tree, helps validate grief.
What is Ritual (or memorialization)?
The ongoing identity and experience of parents who have lost a child at any age.
What is Bereaved Parenting?
The type of grief common in later life, complicated by physical decline and reduced social networks.
What is Cumulative Grief (or disenfranchised grief)?
The DPM acts as a tool for a counselor to help differentiate types of stress and pain.
What is a blueprint?
While Kubler-Ross focused on stages, the Dual Process Model includes Oscillation between Loss-Oriented coping and this second type of coping.
What is Restoration-Oriented (or Restoration-Orientated Stressors)?
Applying a Feminist Approach to this loss in therapy requires the clinician to deconstruct the dominant societal rule known as this.
What is the Norm of Silence?
The feeling of being more protective of their surviving children after a loss is a key behavior observed in these individuals.
Who are Bereaved Parents?
In later life, a widow facing health issues and social isolation is experiencing a combination of cumulative grief and this specific gender-related vulnerability.
What is Widower Isolation/Health Vulnerability (or the pattern more common to widowers/men)?
The DPM views the process of grief as an internal struggle, an external struggle, and this combined process.
What is a simultaneous (or dual) process?