@article{ref1,
title="Ambivalence in grief therapy: the interplay between change and self-stability",
journal="Death studies",
year="2015",
author="Alves, Daniela and Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo and Ribeiro, António P. and Ribeiro, Eugenia and Sousa, Inês and Gonçalves, Miguel M.",
volume="40",
number="2",
pages="129-138",
abstract="This paper explores the role of ambivalence in grief therapy within a narrative framework. From this perspective, change starts with the occurrence of Innovative Moments, which can be nullified by reaffirmation of the problematic self-narrative as a sign of ambivalence. This study analyzed ambivalence in six complicated grief cases using the &quot;Return to the Problem Coding System&quot;. Markers of ambivalence emerged in all cases, with a decreasing profile in cases with greater symptomatic improvement, suggesting an association between clinical change and ambivalence evolution in therapy. Addressing ambivalence may bring to light important aspects of client's self-reconstruction after a major loss.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2015.1102177",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2015.1102177"
}