Compassion-Focused Therapy for Prolonged Grief Symptoms

CFT for PGD symptoms in the present project is inspired by two well-established CFT treatment manuals. The first is used for treatment of PTSD (Lee \& James, 2011) and the other for treatment of anger (Kolt, 2011). The manual for CFT for PGD adopts both structure and techniques from these into an 8-week, group-based program with weekly 2 1/4-hour sessions. Each session contains elements of psychoeducation on uncomplicated and prolonged grief reactions, identifying unhelpful strategies for self-protection and facilitating use of more helpful strategies, and training an open and compassionate management of grief-related distress through CFT exercises. Between the sessions the participant will train the exercises introduced at the previous session.