The role of narrative therapy in managing grief in children and adolescents
Abstract
Purpose: This study evaluates Narrative Therapy’s effectiveness in managing child and adolescent grief, focusing on how the investigation of the combination of theoretical and practical knowledge in order to examine their degree of effectiveness in the population of grieving children and adolescents.
Methods: A qualitative literature review was conducted using PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. The analysis included peer-reviewed empirical studies published between 2015 and 2025 focusing on narrative interventions for grieving minors.
Results: The findings of the present dissertation are consistent with and, in some cases, extend the results of existing research studies that indicate the crucial role of narrative therapy in managing grief during childhood and adolescence.
Conclusions: Narrative Therapy is a developmentally appropriate and non-pathologizing approach for working with bereavement. While Narrative Therapy has proven effective in promoting resilience, further empirical studies are needed to develop narrative tools for younger populations.
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