BREAVEMENT / GRIEF COUNSELLING
Presented by :Gwendolyn Wright
INTRODUCTION TO BEREAVEMENT
The bible talks about death and subsequent breathing of many people. I in the Old Testament we read the scripture of Joseph refusing to be comforted and David grieving over the lost of his infant son and the death in battle of his grown son Absalom. There is also Jeremiah lamenting the death of king Josiah.
WHAT IS BEREAVMENT?According to the World Book Dictionary
(2003) “Bereavement counseling is psychological counseling offered to the surviving family members who have lost a relative.
The cause of bereavementGrief (Bereavement) is a special kind of
separation anxiety generally take some time for people to accept death according to (Mark 1998)
(Collins 1988) postulates the view that grieving may be porlonged and more difficult (especially) some one young
BREAVEMENT/ GRIEF COUNSELING
ONE OF THE BEST APPROACH OR CONCEPT IN GOD
AND HIS WONDERFUL ABILITY IN HELPING HIS
FOLLOWER.
FOR CHRISTIANS, DEATH IS NOT THE END OF
EXISTENCE;IT IS THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ETERNAL.
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SUGESTION TO CHURCH FOR THE PERPARTIONFOR BEREAVEMENT GFIEF
NORMAL GRIEF IS A DIFFICULT, LONG TERM PROCESS OF HEALING.
THE IMPACT OF BEREAVEMENT ON INDIVIDUAL AND THE FAMILY
HARDER TO MAKE DECISIONSNOTHING SEEM IMPORTANT LESS COMMUNICATIONS PERSONALNEGLECTS FAMILY,FRIENDS OR CO-
WORKERSBECOMING FORGETFUL NEGLECTS PERSONAL GROOMING
THE MODE OF DEATH IS CONSIDERED IMCOMPREHENSIBLE SENSELESS
THE DRIVER OF THE CAR FEEL A SENCE OF GUILT IF IN A WRECK ONE DIES, HE WANTS TO DIE TOO
SADNESS OF BEREAVEMENTS
GRIEF ARISE BECAUSE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING OF VALUE HAS BEEN LOST
CLOSENESS
AGE
ONLY CHILD
MOTHER
FATHER
THE ROLE OF THE CHUCH WHO NEEDED SPIRITUAL HELP
IS THE BEREAVE PUTTING HIS /HER FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR
DEALING WITH GRIEF A FIRM BELIVE IN GOD
BELIVE IN THE RESURRECTION
JESUS OVERCOME DEATH
DEATH IS ON THE CROSS
WE CAN OVER COME BEREAVEMENT
BEREAVEMENT IMPACT ON THE FAMILY
ACCORDING TO CLINEBELL(1984) TRUBLE INDIVIDUL WON’T TELL ANYONE THAT THEY ARE SEFFERING.
SEEK TO HELPBEREAVEMENT COUNSELING SEEK TO
HELP SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS, DEAL WITH THERE GRIEF.
The effect of bereavementAccording to (Collin 1988): when grief is
pathological the survivors may show several of the following behavior
Period of shock, numbness, denial, intense crying and some time daintiness or collapse loneliness sleep disturbances
Unwilling to talk about the deceased with drawl and unwilling to talk about the deceased
With drawl and refuse to interact with others