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