University:
Manchester University
Course:
PSYC 110 | Introduction to Psychology
Academic year:

2023
Views:

161

Pages:

10
Author:

Clint W.

Part 3 Coping strategies for the Death of a Love One • • • • Focus on happy memories Accept your feelings Join a support group Seek help from a grief counselor Changes in Family Circumstances • • • • Moving Financial Problems Illness and Disability Drug and Alcohol Abuse Moving • When a family moves, its members may miss their old friends and the familiar surroundings of their old home. • If a move follows the breakup of a marriage, children may miss the patent who no longer lives with them. Financial Problems • • • • • • Loss of a job Medical emergencies Overdue bills Impulse buying Credit card abuse All often lead to arguments Illness and Disability • Change their schedules to care for the sick or disabled person • Stress over medical decisions about types of care or treatments • Stress is sometimes reduce if family shares the reasonability Drug and Alcohol Abuse • Threatens the health of the entire family • Can cause family break down • Seek immediate help Coping with Family Changes • Communication is the key • Do what you can to help • Read books about the subject or talk to people who have faced a similar problem • Use Stress-management techniques Resiliency within the Family • Resiliency is the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis. • Resilient people can call upon their own strengths to deal with changes. • Resilient families pull together to cope with changing circumstances. Resiliency within the Family • When problems, occur, family members must identify the problem, evaluate how the problem is affecting the entire family, discuss what can be done to handle the problem, and draw upon family unity and strength to resolve the problem together.