Development of Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Parents Who Lost a Child

Summary

Many parents who have lost a child use counseling or other resources to help with the emotional burden of their loss. The aim of this study is to begin to test a new counseling program for parents who have lost a child.

Conditions

• Parents Who Have Lost a Child

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy (MCGT)

MCGT is a manualized, one-on-one intervention that uses psychoeducation, experiential exercises, and homework focusing on themes related to meaning, identity, purpose, and legacy. Post-intervention qualitative exit interviews will assess acceptability of the MCGT intervention (see Appendix I). Participants randomized to MCGT will provide their feedback about MCGT and the measures (n = 33).

BEHAVIORAL

Supportive Psychotherapy (SP)

"SP is the comparison condition in this study and is a standardized, manualized intervention developed by the MSK Psychiatry Service and utilized in our completed and ongoing RCTs of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy."

BEHAVIORAL

questionnaires assessments

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Memphis

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Hawaii

  collaborator OTHER

• Adelphi University

  collaborator OTHER

• Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Southern California

  collaborator OTHER

• The New School for Social Research

  collaborator OTHER

• Monash University

  collaborator OTHER

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Talia Zaider, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-05-31

Primary Completion

2026-05-31

Completion

2026-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations