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DIPLOMA OF COUNSELLING
CHCCCS017
Provide Loss and Grief Support
Assessment Book

First Edition, January 2017
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Section 1
AN INTRODUCTION TO GRIEF AND LOSS
What is grief?
1.1 Describe, in your own words, what each of the terms in the table
below refer to. (Each response should be no more than 30 words)
Grief Grief is a misrey and sadness cauesed by someones
death or loss of something. Here Grief describe the
loss which are developmental, circumstances and
socioeconomic and cultural contact of loss.
Bereavem
ent
Bereavement is a condition of being deprived of
someones death or from some loss or from any bad
news.
Mourning Mourning is an expression of sadness of someones
death.In this it is used to explain the nature and
behaviour of individuals who participate in the
mourning of there relatives.
Types of loss
1.2 It is important to understand that clients may present with many
types of losses in counselling and many more may emerge as the
client’s history unfolds. Select which category of loss each of the
clients in the table below are facing.
Client loss issue Category of loss
Eva’s husband suffered personality
changes after a head-on motorcycle
accident.
Developmental loss
Arnold had been looking forward to
retirement but was surprised to find
himself feeling quite down after a few
weeks.
Developmental loss
Priya was distraught when she lost all
of her hair as a result of the
chemotherapy administered to treat
her cancer.
Loss of self
Tyron couldn’t understand why his
mother was so upset when he broke
the dusty old plate that had been
sitting on the mantelpiece.
Loss of treasured object
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Primary and secondary losses
1.3 Mere’s husband died as result of an assault by his cousin during a
family dispute, leaving her three children without a father or an
income, as he had been the primary breadwinner of the family. The
resulting court case has created significant problems in the family
and also amongst mutual friends.
a) Identify the primary loss that Mere and her children have
experienced. (Your response should be no more than 15 words)
primary loss of Mere and her children is that they had loose
breadwinner of family.
b) Identify three secondary losses that Mere and her children have
experienced. The primary loss. (Your response should be no
more than 30 words)
1. childern and mere has lost their support system
2. unstable financial condition
3. mother and children are left alone.
c) Mere’s husband’s death comes shortly after moving to Brisbane
from New Zealand, her grandmother’s death and a cancer
diagnosis. Which term is used to describe this build up of
multiple losses?
i. Primary loss
ii. Cumulative loss
iii. Secondary loss
iv. Integration of loss
Your response: ii
1.4 When a person accommodates and adapts to a loss event or
occurrence, this is called:
a) Primary loss
b) Cumulative loss
c) Secondary loss
d) Integration of loss
Your response: D
1.5 Briefly describe the impact that multiple losses may have on an
individual. (Your response should be no more than 30 words)
multiple losses leads to the loss persons ability to cope
effectively, also there is too much grief and pain and person is
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unable to manage their feelings
Impact of grief on the individual
1.6 List three examples of grief reactions for each category listed in
the table below. (Your total response should be no more than 50
words)
Emotions increased irritability
depression and loneliness
inability to experience joy
Cognitive inable to enjoy life due to thinking of past experiences
increased emotinal disturbances
irrational evaluation of loss event
Physical headaches
fatigue
exhaustion
Behaviour restlessness
inability to concentrate
disturbed sleep and nightmares
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1.7 Alfred tells his counsellor that he lost his wife Meg, who he had
been married to for 33 years, two months ago after a long illness.
He describes an intense wave of grief and loneliness every morning
when he realises his wife is not with him and often stays in bed for
hours, longing for her and thinking about their time together.
Alfred no longer reads or watches television, saying that he finds it
difficult to concentrate or focus on anything. Although his friends
keep popping in to check on him and invite him out, he pretends he
is not home most of the time, saying that he finds talking
exhausting and that being with them just reminds him that Meg is
not there anymore. Alfred describes finding it difficult to sleep and
he often stays up all night. He also describes how when he did go
out to do some shopping, he thought he saw Meg across the road
and rushed over to greet her, only to realise when he got there that
it was someone else.
Based upon the information given in the case study, complete the
table below by identifying the client’s emotional features of grief,
cognitive features of grief, physical features of grief, and
behavioural features of grief. (Your total response should be no
more than 100 words)
Emotional features feeling of lonliness after realising that his
wife is no more and all time loking and
thinkng for his wife every where they had
walked like on cross road, in the room and
shopping mall.
Cognitive features not watching television, not going outside
and visiting friends and family
Physical symptoms feels exhausting when being with people
and find it difficult to talk with them
Behavioural
symptoms
difficult to sleep at night time, oftenly does
not sleep
1.8 Describe how individuals may vary in how they respond spiritually
to loss. (Your response should be no more than 50 words)
some individuals may turn towards Lord as source of strength and
comfort through loss of a person and strong faith while some
individuls questions the God and their faith towards him and also
express abandonment towars God and also shows anger towards
him for taking their beloved ones.
1.9 Briefly describe how the effects of grief can impact on:
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