Enhancing Psychodynamic Therapy with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Grief

Working with grieving clients requires an understanding of the affects, cognitions, and relational factors influencing clients’
unique process of mourning. Much has been written from the perspective of psychodynamic theories and techniques as well as
from a cognitive-behavioral perspective to assist clients who are grieving. However, combining the approaches offers a unique
opportunity to draw on the strengths of each theoretical framework as the included case descriptions illustrate, specifically
in the areas of counterfactuals and guilt, inhibited grief, and adjusting to the psychosocial aspects of loss.