Elementos para uma Intervenção em Aconselhamento Psicológico com Pais Enlutados

Abstract

This study aimed to list the main elements that compose a program of interventions in Counseling Psychology to bereaved parents, from the needs of couples who lost their children. It is a collective case study developed with five couples who were interviewed individually and then in pairs, totaling 15 interviews. The results allowed the construction of three categories, which are the key elements to be considered in proposing a program of Counseling Psychology: (1) the need for emergency care of suffering, (2) marital relationships and (3) spiritually/religiosity. Based on the experience of the parents surveyed, it is recommended to provide individual brief interventions, or in couple, with a focus on reception and promotion of adaptive resources arising from marital relationships and spiritual/ religious practice.