The death of a friend is a form of
disenfranchised grief - one not taken so seriously or afforded such significance.
"The death of a friend is a form of
disenfranchised grief 6 one not taken so seriously or afforded such significance.
the death of a friend is a form of
disenfranchised grief -- one not taken so seriously."
This is called
disenfranchised grief. Other people says their life does not have any meaning because their loss is so significant to them.
Ideally, the therapist will also be available for follow-up visits or reanalysis.1 When the therapist dies prior to planned termination, the frame shifts drastically, leaving the client simultaneously in an interrupted therapeutic process and in the state of hidden sorrow or
disenfranchised grief that occurs when clients (or indeed all persons) "incur a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported" (Doka, 1989, p.
As did a kind of term-of-art mentioned later by a counselor who deals with traumas: "
disenfranchised grief." I looked up the term and it refers to grief that is not recognized by society.
The theory of
disenfranchised grief resonated with me as I thought about the circumstances of the change at my institutions.
Some veterans are told to forget their experiences; however, many veterans struggle with a lifetime of
disenfranchised grief and spend years trying to reconcile wartime experiences (Aloi, 201 I).
Disenfranchised grief. New Directions, Challenges and Strategies for Practice.
The normal grief can lead the person to
disenfranchised grief or complicated grief (Selby, 2007).
Drawing on psychology, she names this "
disenfranchised grief" and concludes that "because there's no marked loss for others to visualize, it is not understood or accepted."