Citation

Levin BG. Int. J. Emerg. Ment. Health 2004; 6(1): 25-31.

Affiliation

babs.levin@comcast.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Chevron Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15132000

Abstract

The stories of survivors of traumatic events can be instructive to professionals who provide crisis intervention and/or psychotherapy to the bereaved. This paper provides excerpts from an interview with a middle-age married couple who lost two children in the 1996 explosion of TWA 800 over Long Island Sound. Their story illustrates important methods of coping with grief and sheds light on the value to survivors of recovering victims' remains. This case study is followed by a discussion about some elements of the interview that are helpful to an understanding of the grief process.

Language: en