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REBT and Complicated Grief

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In our lifetime we may experience the loss through death of a significant other, with grief being a normal and universal human reaction to the loss. How do we adapt to the loss? What is an adaptive response? When is grief considered complicated? When is it appropriate to intervene?

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    Maladaptive and complicated grief signifies when grief goes awry; prolonged grief is a term suggested for diagnostic purposes.

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  1. International Center for the Study of Loss Bereavement and Resilience, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Ruth Malkinson

  2. Israeli REBT Center, 27 Gluskin St, 76470, Rehovot, Israel

    Ruth Malkinson

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Malkinson, R. (2019). REBT and Complicated Grief. In: Dryden, W., Bernard, M. (eds) REBT with Diverse Client Problems and Populations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02723-0_9

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