Wienstien 2002 Grief And Loss

Front 1

Loss is divided into 3 catagories

Back 1

Developmental change and loss
Circumstantial loss
Social and Cultural influences on change and loss

Front 2

Developmental change and loss

Back 2

birth (location in family); school (independent social development); changing school (transitions and change); leaving school (making new life choices); forming significant relationships (friendships); establishing permanent relationships (marriage / partnership); creating (or not) a family (birth of children); development of self (career, occupation, beliefs, philosophies); retirement (leaving work, leisure, old age); death (timely)

Front 3

Circumstantial loss

Back 3

broken and damaged relationships (separation, divorce, child / elder abuse etc)

Physical / mental illness / disability (acute or chronic incapacity)

Unfulfilled ambitions / disappointment (for example childlessness)

Death (sudden, traumatic, untimely)

Front 4

Social and Cultural influences on change and loss

Back 4

Positive social and cultural context
(political and economic advantage)
(social integration)


Social and cultural deprivation
(political and economic disadvantage)
(marginalised)
(social isolation)
(disenfranchisement)

Front 5

Weinstein (2002) Stages

Back 5

Concrete loss
Developmental loss
Abstract loss
Loss of self
Loss of other people

Front 6

Concrete loss

Back 6

money, personal possessions, job

Front 7

Developmental loss

Back 7

hair, hearing, fertility, youth, bodily functions etc

Front 8

Abstract loss

Back 8

dreams, faith, identity

Front 9

Loss of self

Back 9

illness, physical / mental health, substance misuse, role

Front 10

Loss of other people

Back 10

lover, partner – through death, separation or geographical moves

Front 11

affects of Loss is that it can result in

Back 11

Grief and its complications
Increased maturity
Anxiety states
Substance misuse
Depression
Mental ill health
Psychosomatic disorders
Autoimmune and endocrine reactions
Increased mortality

Front 12

Loss and Social Work Practice

Back 12

Everyone, including practitioners, experience ‘loss’
Loss is integral to the majority of service provisions
Symptoms of loss can be physical, environmental
and emotional
The Social work role is one of a facilitator of change
Transition is key to the overall process

Front 13

Theoretical Considerations

Back 13

Loss begins the day we are born

The ability to manage loss is located within the construct of our emotional template

Theories of psychosocial development and attachment are key to our response to loss and our grief patterns