Prolonged Grief Therapy within the National Health Service setting (UK): A Multiple loss case example

Description

Evidence-based treatments for persistent grief are not routinely available in the National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom. Sarah will introduce the development of a treatment pathway for Prolonged Grief Disorder within the service she is based, and share clinical outcomes from a service evaluation of patients who have been through the pathway. Sarah will illustrate the use of Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy with a case example when working with multiple losses. The case will illustrate the assessment process and choice of therapy for the patient and explore how the model can accommodate working with multiple losses.

About the Presenter

Sarah Goff is a professional lead in an NHS-Talking Therapies Service in Devon, UK and is accredited with the British Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapists (BABCP) as CBT practitioner and supervisor. Sarah has worked in adult mental health services, across a range of settings for 31 years, practicing CBT for over 25 years and EMDR for 13 years. Sarah has an interest in working with grief and has introduced a clinical pathway into the Devon NHS Talking Therapies – service, offering PGDT as part of routine care within the service. A recent service evaluation has evaluated clinical outcomes for patients who have been offered PGDT (in press).