Personal Pilgrimage Aids in Processing of Traumatic Grief in Survivors of Parent Suicide

A twenty-six-year-old female suffers traumatic loss after her father’s suicide. Client has endured approximately four months of complicated grief to date. She experiences, among other things, preoccupation with the end story, intense sorrow, sleeplessness, and appetite issues. Embarking on a series of 45-minute weekly sessions just two weeks prior, Client and I have thus far addressed her grief through re-membering exercises and an experiential therapy tactic called the Personal Pilgrimage.