Application of life history as a technique for making visible and addressing the multiple losses and grief in cases of violence

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to describe how the application of the life history technique serves to make visible, address, and treat the multiple losses and grief in contexts of violence. this is done through the analysis of the life history of a 62-year-old Mexican woman from the state of Guerrero. this is a qualitative study that takes up robert A. Neimeyer’s theory of multiple grief, who conceives grief as a situation triggered by the death of a close person, but also by a loss that is generally minimized and not well attended by society. This way, the life story technique has significant advantages for the treatment of multiple grief or losses in violent contexts. The narrative helps people to integrate thoughts and emotions about the losses they have suffered into a consistent and meaningful experience