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Process and change in psychotherapy sessions with a grieving ındividual: a thematic analysis of systemic therapy
(İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2022) Algan, Nilhan; Söylemez, Yudum
ABSTRACT: This is a qualitative single case study of individual therapy process conducted with a grieving woman. The aim of the study was to investigate the process and change in psychotherapy sessions with a grieving individual. A total of 7 sessions were selected and examined in detail the attain the aims of the study. Thematic analysis was used for coding. The analysis revealed four main themes, namely 1) feeling the loss of the husband, 2) emotional responses to the husband’s death, 3) increased self-awareness, 4) showing agency. The first theme includes four sub-themes of remembering hospital stay and feeling desperate, nightmares about husband’s death, being a single mother and good memories in the past. The second theme consisted of anger, guilt, feeling overwhelmed and fear of loss. Childhood experience and seeking for change, new perspectives and understanding, positive thinking were the sub-themes of third theme. Finally, emotional resilience, thinking about re-establishing relational boundaries and mandatory vs. free choice were explained under the fourth theme. Results were discussed with the current literature, along with their therapeutic implications and limitations of the study and suggestions for future research.