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- Title
Unrecognized Grief: Counseling Interventions for Injured Student-Athletes.
- Authors
Protivnak, Jake J.; Tessmer, Staci S.; Lockard, Nicole L.; Spisak, Tiffany
- Abstract
Injured student-athletes often experience loss and grief due to not being able to participate in sports. According to Riebschleger and Cross (2011), when a person suffers a loss that is not understood, recognized, or socially supported, it is identified as disenfranchised or unrecognized grief. This experience of grieving without support or understanding has been described as "sadness in a vacuum" (Jackson, 2003, p. 12). The purpose of this article is to review the concept of unrecognized grief experienced by injured student-athletes, models of the grief process, and provide interventions for counselors working with those clients. Interventions include individual counseling models (e.g., Integrated Model, Life Development Invention Model), group counseling (e.g., Retired Athletes in Transition), advocacy, and collaboration with support services on a college campus (e.g., career and academic advising, learning assistance, disability services, and alcohol/drug prevention programs). Recommendation for ways counselors can gain competency in providing services to student-athletes are provided.
- Subjects
GRIEF therapy; ATHLETES with disabilities; STUDENT counselors; COLLEGE athletes; GROUP counseling; COUNSELING; EDUCATORS; EDUCATION of counselors
- Publication
Journal of Counselor Practice, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
2473-3369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22229/aws8975026