| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 諮商與臨床心理學系 === 99 === This study started out from one of the researcher’s self-reflections when working with the bereaved who lost their beloved due to traumatic deaths. It was, “why do I feel it’s a wrongdoing when I companioned the bereaved of traumatic loss? It triggers the research question of the present study, “what is the experience when a helper encounters the bereaved after the latter lost his or her family members?” This study aims to answer this question through the process of heuristic inquiry, developed by Moustakas (1990). There are six phases in the process: initial engagement, immersion, incubation, illumination, explication, and creative synthesis. The researcher and fourteen bereaved of traumatic loss jointly participated in the heuristic journey to understand the experience of one encounters the other after a traumatic loss, along with the researcher’s self-introspection in the process. About one hundred sessions of in-depth interviews with one participant and the researcher’s fieldnotes (from years 2004 to 2011) were used to answer the research question. The heuristic process presented itself that if one encounters the other with empathic companion and genuineness, it is likely that the other would experience support, feel safe, and express his or her grief and sorrow more freely. And this may empower the bereaved to process their grief. The researcher also discovered her own perspective of counseling practice from the heuristic process.
The present study suggests a family system perspective be added to the field of traumatic loss. A traumatic loss may pass impact on to all family members. Future studies may focus on both systematic and longitudinal aspects of a family to establish a better understanding of this phenomenon in the field of traumatic bereavement.
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