Resilience and the Kubler-Ross Model: A Detailed Case Study Analysis

This essay delves into the concept of resilience, particularly in the context of grief, by analyzing a detailed case study. It applies Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's model, which outlines five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—to understand the emotional journey of an in...Read More

Resilience

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
ESSAY.............................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Resilience is considered as the ability of changing oneself according to situation in
critical situations (Arrogante, and Aparício-Zaldivar, 2017). The concept of resilience is related
to capacity of an individual to develop recovery in relation to hard events of life. It is essential
for a person to develop resilience in life in order to cope up with healthy and wealthy life. In the
recent times, due to increase of various mental diseases resilience is considered as most critical
approach. This project will cover analysis of a case study in order to develop key approach in
understanding resilience. The report will cover theory of Elizabeth Kubler Ross and its stages in
order to develop effective approach in dealing with the problems. The project also includes
recommendations for a case study to develop a major understanding of course of actions
according to the situation.

MAIN BODY
ESSAY
In the stressful life, individuals face many problems related to mental health and general
areas. The concept of resilience come from United States of America's study which is conducted
with the support of longitudinal study. In the late 1980s and 1970s, various scholars and
researchers started to explore the way children came from risky population presented with
physical and mental health. The humans face critical challenges and issues in their day to day
life. The Resilience and its measurement is important for a person with the help of various tests
developed by researchers (Ávila, Corrêa, and Lucchetti, 2018). The Davidson- Conor also
developed a resilience in the year 2003, in the approach 22 Questionnaire with a 5 point scale.
The resilience can be increased by different methods and techniques like connection with friends
and family, colleagues, check with each other and ask for help. The person should focus on
increasing healthy thoughts which are based on peaceful mind. The healthy thoughts can be a
major approach in order to deal with mental status development. There are various benefits of
mindfulness which lead to minimise risk associated with the health.
The mindfulness colouring, breathing, exercise, visiting nature and meditation in order to
develop healthy exercise. The anxiety and depression should be eliminated by an individual in
order to remain healthy throughout the life span (Resilience in mental health, 2022). Parents
who’s child experienced a life altering accident and who had resilience showed less
psychological distress over a longitudinal time compared to those that were less resilient or had
no resilience. Denial can be a temporary defence for an individual who used to think about things
which cannot be happen in real life. It consist both conscious and unconscious thinking to
believe that something happen is true. It is one of stage in which people trying to believe that
their loved ones are not dead and lived with them. In context of Oluwakemi, high mothers death
is shocking for him as he was lived in London and was not able to meet his mother for few
months and also he express his grief in Denial. Anger: It is next stage after Daniel as if Daniel
does not come to them then they enter in this stage. In this, individual feel like things only
happened to them which is not right. It is one of feeling which dominate emotions of a person
and it can be difficult for other person to provide support to them. It cannot be possible for other
person to show care for them as they feel envy.

Implementation of it in study of Oluwakemi, it has been seen that there is anger develop in him
as he was not able to meet his mother during Covid-19. Due to this, there is strong emotion occur
in him as last when talk with his moether was results in argument and due to this he feel guilty.
He also found himself helpless and also feel anger issues.
Bargaining is the next that includes hope in an individual. This hope is linked with
expectation of individual in which they want to delay death and postpone that death of their
people whom they love. Mostly negotiation is made for purpose of prolonged life for exchange
of redesigned lifestyle of a person. It consist statement in which a person regret for what have
been done now and what have been done before death of a person. In situation of fiance of
Oluwakemi, she cannot get the change for purpose of meeting with Queenie. Due to this,
Oluwakemi also get feeling that what if both of them can get change to meet Queenie before
death. Depression is the stage in which individual reach to depression phase where sadness as
well as grief dominate over them in their life. In this stage, feeling of a person to miss someone
who are passed away has started (Clayton, 2018). As a result, a person become deny for support,
refuse to talk, become silent, spend most ODF their time over crying as well as grieving for loss.
In situation of Oluwakemi, he remain with heavy heart at time when his mother passed away
and he distance himself from his fiancé and other friends.
The analysis of case states, Qluwakemi is living London and the age is 23, completed the
degree in London only. The mother of Qluwakemi whose name is Quenie has died in
Birmingham. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a major issue and obstacle among Quenie
and Qluwakemi and they did not met for a long time. The Qluwakemi and Quenie spoke over a
phone call and there was a clash between them over money. The Qluwakemi is engaged and the
husband of Oluwakemi is engaged and their partner has never met Queenie. In order to analyse
the case in a precise and systematic manner, the theory of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross including five
major stages. The Oluwakemi suffers from mental problems as Danial does not come to give
sympathy. It was very much essential for Oluwakemi to take support of Danial in order to
overcome from the critical situation.
The Elizabeth Kubler Ross model was developed in the year 1969 and is used widely all
over the world. It is key role of an individual to focus on implementation of Oulawakemi in order
to develop focus on well being. The grief as per this model is considered as universal and key

approach which is natural or universal reaction to loss that is expressed by behaviour, thoughts
and feelings. The main reasons behind grief is death of a closed person, situations hardships and
abuse. The Elizabeth Kubler Ross model is considered as major approach which includes five
major stages that are supportive related to individuals mind alert as natural progression of
emotions . The experience which is felt by oneself, when someone closed is passed away and
they feel very emotional (Foster, Roche, and Furness, 2019). The emotional state of an individual
should be regularised by creating major psychological approach. The Elizabeth Kubler Ross
model focuses on different stages of grief which an individual suffers from are explained in a
well defined manner. The first stage in this model is related to denial which states that a person
can develop defence in a temporary manner which is felt when things are happening in a fictional
manner. The grief and its suffering is considered as major thing which is essential for an
individual to focus upon. The Oluwakemi will have a lifetime regret of the incident which has
happened recently with her mother. The social networks are important in an individual's life in
order to develop healthy relationships with different people. Social network includes relationship
with different people in the society in order to increase effectiveness in relationship. The
development of social networks is essential in life of a person to increase the effectiveness of
bonds. It is crucial role of an individual to develop positiveness in order to develop effective
approach (Koelmel, Hughes, and Ehde, 2017). The event of death of Queenie will negatively
impact on the social network of Oluwakemi. All the relatives of Oluwakemi will put a blame and
question mark on her that she did a clash with her mother. Also the relatives will put emphasis
on social support and they will make taunts against her. The life of Oluwakemi will be also
affected in a negative manner with the support of key strategies and choices.
Social networks also plays a major role in increasing moral and emotional support to an
individual in the busy life. It is necessary for an individual to take assistance and support of
social networks in order to move ahead in the life. Mental strength is the key aspect of an
individual in order to increase the chances of overall personality development. Oluwakemi must
take moral support from the individuals in order to gain systematic growth in life after the
incident. Relatives of Oluawakemi should provide moral support to her and also give her
assurance that everything will be alright soon. Relatives should also give precise support to
Oluwakemi by giving essential advice to her for future (Lenz, 2021). The key advantage of
giving precise advice to others include key focus on developing most of the visual approaches. In
the recent times, all major individuals focus on taking suggestions from society to develop a key

focus on lifestyle. It is major role of an individual to analyse all the challenges and issues which
are attached with personal life and formulate key solutions to the problems. The social support
also develops psychological understanding and provide clear observations related to current
surroundings (Ways to increase resilience in the critical situations, 2022). The social support is
also necessary for an individual to develop consciousness in relation to the current happenings.
Resilience is one of the important and valuable aspect of the human life which is related to the
capacity of the person which is used by them to recover from any difficulty or the negative
aspect. It is one of those skill which should be present in the personality of the person because it
enables them to face different types of problems in their life. There are many ways are present
which helps to enhance the resilience of a person and the brief discussion is conducted
(Mohamed, and Thomas, 2017) One of the important measure which can enhance the resilience
of the person is the availability of effective support system. There are different stakeholders are
present in the life of the individual such as their friends, families and relatives. Oluwakemi must
take support of the stakeholders in order to recover from the situation. If all these stakeholders
becomes supportive to the person then it becomes very easy for them to overcome from different
types of difficulty. Another important measure which can make the person more resilient in the
market is their positive relationships in the market. If the person are having too many external
connection then it becomes positive and easy for them to overcome from the wicked situations.
Oluwakemi and their fiancé should adopt key ways to deal with current situation which is
existing in a negative manner. Psychological and moral support should be developed by an
individual to gain competitiveness. In the recent times, due to increase in medical practices the
support is available in an immense manner. All major hospitals related to mental health should
treat patients with equality in order to provide them with key quality treatment. A person must
analyse key external and internal factors associated with self development after suffering from an
incident. Plans and policies suggested by relatives must be implemented by a victim in a precise
manner in order to achieve fruitful results (Moore, and Woodcock, 2017) Lifestyle based
patterns should be also developed by an individual to create key focus on different activities and
functions related to day to day life. Routine management is also one of the major factors which
needs to be considered by Oluwakemi in order to increase the approach to deal with problems.
The different types of problems which are faced by an individual should also include situational
analysis to get better outcomes. The key role of an individual is to analyse major factors which
are associated with key areas of mental strength.

Major function of a psychiatrist is to conclude effective ways to deal with the situation of
a patient. The different individuals should consider mental health as a major priority in order to
set targets for products. In the recent times, key organisations related to mental health suggests
that yoga and exercise are two main factors which impact on significant growth of mindset. The
perception of an individual is important to be taken into consideration in order to develop
psychological circumstances. In the healthcare sector, there are different ways which can help a
person to cope up with negative factors. Support of family and friends is always necessary for
the individual to increase mental and pressure (Nwaogu, Chan, and Tetteh, 2021).. It is major
role and responsibility of an individual to focus on analysing the importance of exercise and
yoga to develop effective ways. The advice of psychiatrist is important for an individual to be
considered for better treatment and mental well being. This is one of the crucial role of a person
to focus on staying in a positive environment for development of effectiveness in mental status.
Oluwakemi must also evaluate key ways which are important for making necessary changes that
increase chances of well being. The medical practitioners should also gain knowledge related to
the psychological aspects in their study. Professional approach and training and development
should be helpful in increasing the chances of personal development. Oluwakemi should develop
a precise routine based time table and follow it in a well defined manner to reach optimum
health. The other factors like colouring mindfulness is key responsibility of an individual to
focus on key growth aspects. The person should focus on taking regular treatment and follow the
medical prescription to get a healthy treatment (O’Sullivan, Gogan, Doyle, and Donohue, 2021).
The person should also focus on key concepts of medical science in order to conduct regular
practices for awareness increasing. If the individual follows regular time table and adopt key
ways of doing exercise then it will help in increasing mental awareness and health. Growth of
mental health should be considered by an individual and take medicines in order to increase the
chances of getting right treatment. In order to increase the overall potential of medical treatment,
it is essential for an individual to take into consideration key ways to develop healthcare. The
main elements associated with mental health should be regularly taken into focus by an
individual for getting advantage in treatment. Specific factors which impact on the psychological
health of an individual should be considered in order to gain desired results.
It is essential for an individual to be aware about counsellor burnout. There are different
types of strategies to be adopted by therapist in order to help a person for recover themselves

from emotional causes. These strategies can be includes exercise, make a time for solitude, learn
from failure, get out more and experienced life. Exercise is one of positive activity and doing
exercise on daily basis make a person more refreshing and also make them happy. It is important
as it provide fresh thought among them and also helps them to overcome of sadness. It allow
them to be stress free and allow them to be involved in development of new thoughts. Learn
from failure is another strategy which also helps individual in order to overcome of failure and
lasso helps them to focus on things present to them, it allow a person to focus on project on
which they are working and helps them to forget about failure (Psychological Resilience, Mental
Health, and Inhibitory Control Among Youth and Young Adults Under Stress, 2022). Another
strategy included in this is related to engage in positive self talk. This strategy create positive
thinking among a person by talk to themselves. It helps them to overcome of sadness and allow
them to enjoy life in positive and effective manner. Get out to more as well as experienced life
helps them for purpose of getting involved in new things which allow them to forget about past
and allow them to live in present. It is also important for a person to get out from depression and
live life happily. Life of a person can be exhausting sometime and due to which individual
struggle in their life. But involvement of a person in self care helps them for purpose of
overcome of that depressed life and helps them to focus on themselves (van der Meulen, and van
Veldhoven, 2020). There are different types of low resilience felt by a person like depressed,
hopeless, victimised, disconnected, stress out and other things. All these things create negative
impact over mindset of aIt is essential for an individual to be aware about counsellor burnout.
There are different types of strategies to be adopted by therapist in order to help a person for
recover themselves from emotional causes. These strategies can be includes exercise, make a
time for solitude, learn from failure, get out more and experienced life. Exercise is one of
positive activity and doing exercise on daily basis make a person more refreshing and also make
them happy. It is important as it provide fresh thought among them and also helps them to
overcome of sadness. It allow them to be stress free and allow them to be involved in
development of new thoughts. Learn from failure is another strategy which also helps individual
in order to overcome of failure and lasso helps them to focus on things present to them, it allow a
person to focus on project on which they are working and helps them to forget about failure.
Another strategy included in this is related to engage in positive self talk. This strategy create

positive thinking among a person by talk to themselves. It helps them to overcome of sadness
and allow them to enjoy life in positive and effective manner.
Get out to more as well as experienced life helps them for purpose of getting involved in
new things which allow them to forget about past and allow them to live in present. It is also
important for a person to get out from depression and live life happily. Life of a person can be
exhausting sometime and due to which individual struggle in their life. But involvement of a
person in self care helps them for purpose of overcome of that depressed life and helps them to
focus on themselves. There are different types of low resilience felt by a person like depressed,
hopeless, victimised, disconnected, stress out and other things. All these things create negative
impact over mindset of a person and make them alone where they isolated themselves from this
world, their family, friends and other ones (Factors affecting resilience and mental health in
everyday life, 2022). By working on themselves, individual can improve their life and can feel
happy as it will helps them to overcome of failure and sadness. This feeling make them ill in
both physical and mental manner and also does not allow them to be involved in productive
work. person and make them alone where they isolated themselves from this world, their family,
friends and other ones. By working on themselves, individual can improve their life and can feel
happy as it will helps them to overcome of failure and sadness. This feeling make them ill in
both physical and mental manner and also does not allow them to be involved in productive
work.

CONCLUSION
From the above stated report it can be concluded that it is essential for an individual to
focus on increasing approach towards a healthy life. Resilience is considered as key approach in
managing healthy life in order to create effectiveness in life. This project concludes the role
played by researcher in order to increase the chances of well being. The above discussion also
concludes the importance of strategic and planning framework. This report concludes that in
order to deal with mental and physical health related concerns it is major role of an individual to
take advice of concerned authority. The project also concludes key advantage of counselling and
its aspect to gain effectiveness in health management.

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