Interventions for suicidal crisis
Group therapy and Emotional focus therapy can be used to work with clients who are going through suicidal crisis. When a teenager for example takes his or her life, there are several persons who could be affected. The parents, the crisis worker, their peers, teachers, other relatives and friends. James and Gilliland (2013) points out that supportive group therapy can be effective as it allows parents to be able to vent their feelings; develop a coping mechanism for the parents, giving support and reassurance, work on gaining new perspective on the loss, dealing with anger and talking about the good times with the individual before the crisis. Supportive group therapy is said to help parents who are going through painful grief, guilt, shame, confusion and overwhelmed feelings after losing a child (Hattan &Valente,1981) .In addition, Hattan and Valent(1981) expressed that within a group therapy patients announce that they felt understood and accepted. The Emotional Emotionally Focused Therapy can also be used to work with patients to help them express the hidden emotions that may occur due to the distress of the suicidal crisis (Kurian, 2014). Limitations of interventions Theories are developed to help counselors develop treatment plans or interventions for clients who seek counseling. However all interventions had its strengths and limitations. While group therapy is evaluated to be an effective approach when working with suicidal crisis, there is the concern that confidentiality may not be realistic within group sessions (Davis, 1980). In regards to the Emotional focused therapy , researchers believe that it can be a useful tool to assist patients in suicidal crisis but has its limitations’ in that the tenets focuses mainly on the client emotions which may overlook other problems that the patients may be going through (Kurian,2014). Interventions for personal loss Going through grief can be an emotional and distress situation for anyone who loss a family member but can be extremely difficult for adolescents losing a parent at such early age. …show more content…
Kubler-Ross stages of grief would be an appropriate intervention for me to use with individuals going through grief. James and Gilliland (2013) points out that adolescents’ sometimes do not have the understanding as to how to behave during these moments of grief. What I like about the Kubler-Ross stages of grief is that the theory provides a framework which allows the counselor to go through the denial stage, the anger stage, the bargaining stage, the depression stage and the acceptance stage with the clients who may still be in shock and denied that the loss happen (Bolden, 2007; James & Gililand, 2013) noted that when clients go through the stages, it will help clients to reflect and move on with their lives. The limitations of intervention Kubler –Ross stages of grief has been around for many years and has proven to be one of the most well used theory with clients going through grief. However, no theory is totally perfect as clients react differently to interventions .The theory could give the impression that you can only go through grief if you follow this particular order. While I am a lover of Kubler –Ross model and will use it in the future; what I realized that in the moment of grieve when I lost my father suddenly, I felt that I was at the bargaining stage first. James and Gilliland (2013) said “there are no stages of grief that fits all persons. Culture consideration with survivors Culture