Meaning reconstruction 70 years later: Processing older adults’ unfinished business in a drama therapy group.
Shoshi Keisari,
Dani Yaniv,
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg
et al.
Abstract:Unfinished business (UB), when individuals appraise their relationship with others or themselves as incomplete or unresolved, entails difficult emotions such as regret, remorse, and guilt. UB is often associated with bereavement and is considered to be a predictor of complicated grief. Here we report two case studies describing the processing of the sudden death of a significant other in the context of a randomized controlled study of 12-week drama therapy groups for older adults. The intervention followed the… Show more
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