Luto materno crônico: análise de caso de uma cuidadora

Abstract

This article was the result of the experiences of the Supervised Internship II Emphasis on Psychological Care Clinic to people living with conditions Chronicles (APC). The death and loss are generally difficult and stressful events. The way the adult experiences the separation of a significant person can be linked to the linking of experiences with attachment figures in childhood, which are decisive in the structuring of core beliefs schemes. An individual, who in childhood, past experiences of abandonment and develops helplessness scheme as an adult before a stressful event, like the death of a significant person, can activate your core belief, leading him to behave in a dysfunctional way and maladaptive, and therefore live a complicated grieving process. Among these, the delayed mourning, which is characterized as a delaying process of mourning where one can have normal behavior after a loss or some symptoms of distorted grief as overactivity, identification with the symptoms of dead and isolation. The main objective of the study was to analyze a case in which he conducted psychological intervention through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in case of delayed maternal grief. techniques were used and the Emotions Scale, Letter Writing for Missing Source, reliving for photos. The main results refer to the experiences and the grief process. In conclusion, the therapeutic gains achieved in this process, reaffirm the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in case of Grief Complicated. Are planned interventions beliefs identification focusing on relaxation of thoughts and thus a better quality of life.