Psychological support for loss due to death

To endure an event such as the loss of a loved one due to death means in most cases to be able to „get yourself together“ – emotionally, in your thoughts and actions; to maintain a connection with reality. The more unexpected this event is, the more a person has the need to find external support, especially in the first moments – a loved one, an acquaintance, a relative. When the event has occurred far from acquaintances and loved ones, the sufferer again has this same need. Then the emergence of a trained crisis intervention specialist – a doctor, medical nurse, psychologist, operative.
The crisis intervention guide offered by Desislava Ruseva, Doctor of Medical Psychology and Clinical Psychologist-Psychotherapist, is a reflection of her own many years of experience in contact with relatives of the deceased in hospital settings and in incidents outside the deceased's home.
In the traced world experience of specialists in conducting psychologically sustained intervention in an acute crisis situation, as well as based on her own experience, it is evident that the specialist must be able to lead the sufferer, with few words and with spiritual presence, to master the strong painful emotions and only then to mobilize the mind and willpower to stay in reality. To achieve this effect, it is necessary not only to hand over the „crutch“, but rather to mobilize the strength of the sufferer to „take up the crutch“. Without it, grieving is a risk of losing mental balance and social activity; going off the rails of life and developing a mental disorder in the sufferer himself.