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Консултиране при преживяване на значима загуба
Counseling when experiencing a significant loss

Author(s): Teodora Stoycheva Stoeva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: counseling; loss

Summary/Abstract: The study addresses the problem of experiencing a significant loss that can disrupt personal boundaries and destroy one's illusion of control and safety. The normal and pathological grieving process is examined in detail. In view of author's idea to illuminate the problem of psychological support when experiencing loss, the main focus is on abnormal reactions to grieving. Implications are drawn for loss counseling so that the experience of grief is not transformed into illness when the person becomes "stuck" at a particular stage of the loss syndrome.