Correspondence with the deceased

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Adults and older children who experience separation related distress and other troubling
feelings bearing on their relationship to their deceased loved one. Letter writing to the
deceased can be premature for clients who are preoccupied with troubling imagery, anger
or posttraumatic reactions to the circumstances of the death itself, which might call for trauma-
focused interventions before the attachment-related issues that are the focus of
corresponding with the deceased can be addressed.
Adults and older children who experience separation related distress and other troubling feelings bearing on their relationship to their deceased loved one. Letter writing to the deceased can be premature for clients who are preoccupied with troubling imagery, anger or posttraumatic reactions to the circumstances of the death itself, which might call for trauma-focused interventions before the attachment-related issues that are the focus of corresponding with the deceased can be addressed.
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