Integrating Buddhist Psychology into Grief Counseling

Wada, Kaori; Park, Jeeseon

doi:10.1080/07481180903012006

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“…It also has to be considered that mindfulness might not work for every person and situation in the same way. Even if mindfulness is explicitely recommended to informal caregivers by some authors, others also voiced their concerns [34, 37, 38]. Future studies are needed to assess how much additional support would be practicable and beneficial to ease the mindfulness practice for informal caregivers even in difficult times.…”

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The feasibility and acceptability of short-term, individual existential behavioural therapy for informal caregivers of patients recruited in a specialist palliative care unit

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BackgroundExistential behavioural therapy (EBT) is a recently developed intervention to support informal caregivers of patients in a specialist palliative care unit and was initially established as a six-session group programme. This pilot study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of an adapted short-term, individual approach of EBT in preparation for a randomized controlled trial (RCT).MethodsThe study was conducted in a prospective, mixed methods design including four quantitiative assessments with embedded qualitative interviews at one assessment.The intervention offered two one-hour therapeutic sessions focusing on (1) mindfulness and (2) existential meaning-in-life as a source of strength provided by a trained psychotherapist. To test the feasibility of the intervention, doubling of the participation rate, compared to the previous group study (13,6 %) as well as an attrition rate of less than 30 % were set as thresholds. To test the acceptability of the intervention, self-rated usefulness of individual aspects of the intervention and the frequency of implementing therapeutic elements by the carers were set as criteria. Acceptability testing also included the number of participants who completed both sessions, where we expected more than 75 % as a criterion for acceptability. Return rates of quantitative questionnaires were set as criteria for the feasibility of data collection (<33 % loss expected within the study period). Qualitative interviews were used to collect additional data on feasibililty and acceptability and to explore potential harms and benefits of the intervention.Results44/102 (43,1 %) of eligible informal caregivers agreed to participate in the study. Due to attrition of 13 caregivers (attrition rate: 29,5 %), 31 caregivers were included in the trial. Self-rated usefulness showed sufficiant results for all but one individual aspect. Frequency of implementing therapeutic elements showed wide inter-item as well as inter-participant ranges and decreased over the study period. All participants completed both sessions. Return rates of the questionnaires were within the expected range. According to the interviews, the intervention was associated with several participant-identified benefits. No severe adverse effects were observed.ConclusionsFindings suggest that the short-term, individual EBT proved feasible and mostly acceptable.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12904-016-0160-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The feasibility and acceptability of short-term, individual existential behavioural therapy for informal caregivers of patients recruited in a specialist palliative care unit

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“…Self-compassion acknowledges that suffering exists and is visible because something of value, such as health or wellbeing has been lost (Leary et al, 2007;K. D. Neff & Vonk, 2009;Wada & Park, 2009). This acknowledgment of suffering means that the person has made a choice not to deny suffering.…”

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Self-Compassion

Reyes

2011

J Holist Nurs

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This concept analysis uses a modification of the evolutionary method (Rodgers, 1989) to identify the antecedent, attributes, and consequences of self-compassion. The antecedent to self-compassion is suffering, experienced in six possible realms: an event, a situation, an emotional response, a psychological state, spiritual alienation, or a physical response to illness or pain. Suffering has three dimensions: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and contextual. Suffering manifests as a pattern of decreased self-care, decreased ability to relate to others, and diminished autonomy. The attributes of self-compassion are self-kindness, mindfulness, commonality, and wisdom. The consequences of self-compassion are the opposite of the antecedent: self-compassion manifests as a pattern of increased self-care capacity, compassion for others, and increased relatedness, autonomy, and sense of self. Ideal, borderline and contrary cases of self-compassion provide examples of the concept. The article concludes with a discussion of implications of the concept of self-compassion for nursing practice and research.

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“…Thus, we need to examine their state of mind for a longer time with more interview sessions, and if this therapy is not effective even though there are many sessions, other kinds of interventions like mindfulness [31,32], cognitive behavior therapy [33], or support group might be effective.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%