Hello, Annette,
I've used the Inventory of Complicated Grief (formerly the Inventory of Traumatic Grief - as found on the internet) by Holly Prigerson (1995), for a few of my grief counseling clients who appear stuck in their grief. The scores are correlated with what I clinically see as complicated grief. I've attended excellent trainings with Dr. Katherine Shear, the Director of the Center for Complicated Grief at Columbia University and I highly recommend her training programs in New York and San Mateo. She has provided a very clear curriculum to work with for these clients who score very high on the ICG. Her curriculum is 16 weeks long and focuses on the complications/blocks to the normal grief process, using elements of CBT, some exposure therapy for avoidance, aspirational goals, continuing bonds and self-observation/self-reflection with a grief monitoring diary. I highly respect Dr. Shear's work and recommend you check her out...
https://complicatedgrief.columbia.edu/------------------------------
Isabel Yuriko Stenzel Byrnes LCSW MPH
Mission Hospice and Home Care
Bereavement Coordinator
www.missionhospice.orgSan Mateo, CA 94402 USA
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-16-2017 22:20
From: Annette Kiser
Subject: Grief Inventory
Who is using the Inventory of Traumatic Grief as part of the bereavement assessment for bereaved caregivers? In what situations do you use it - do you have criteria to guide its use?
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Annette Kiser, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Chief Compliance Officer
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