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Bereavement Therapies for Chinese Preschool Children in Canada
(2016-04-01)
This manuscript thesis is a review of research conducted on several important issues associated with suitable bereavement therapies for Chinese preschool children residing in Canada. It includes developmental conceptualization ...
School Counsellor Support of Adolescents Who Have Lost a Parent
(2015-03)
The death of a parent is more common to adolescents than is often thought. Bereaved teens face a wide range of intense emotions, physical symptoms and challenges in addition to the normal difficulties that are a part of ...
How the Unexpected Loss of a Sibling During Adolescence Affects Future Romantic Relationships
(2011)
Sibling loss has largely been overlooked by grief studies. Surviving siblings are still to this day finding themselves as the forgotten mourners. However there is still lacking sufficient literature on the topic of sibling ...
An Exploration of Themes in Meaningful Objects Following the Loss of a Loved One
(2011)
Historical works on grief and loss suggest that relinquishing ties to the deceased is a goal of grief and not doing so is considered to be pathological. This view has been prominent well into the 20th century, with exception ...
Childhood Loss, Attachment, and Pathways to Growth: A Personal Growth Process
(2016)
In this thesis, I will present my own personal experience with childhood loss and grief as it has impacted my life, through my adolescence and into my adulthood. Using autoethnography as a method of research inquiry, I ...
Re-Storying My Experiences of Grief: An Autoethnography
(2016-11-30)
Grief is often misunderstood and feared in Western society, leading to the disenfranchisement, isolation, and marginalisation of the bereaved, their families, and communities. In this thesis, I use the autoethnographic ...
Potential for Personal Growth in Grief and Loss: A Personal Journey of Re-learning the World
(2016-12-15)
Grief and loss is a significant experience that can impact an individual’s way of being in many areas throughout the course of their lives. An experience of loss instigates grief, and grievers process the pain and suffering ...
The Lived Experience of Grief: A Heuristic Self-Inquiry
(2018-06)
Using the methodology of heuristic self-inquiry, this study explored the researcher’s lived experience of grief in order to contrast it with current literature. This lead to the research question: Is it possible that all ...