ABSTRACT

Adults and adolescents burdened with “unfinished business” with the deceased, whether in terms of intense separation distress, anger, guilt or other issues, or who simply want to reorganize an ongoing bond with them of a more fluid and accessible kind. Facilitated dialogues using chair work may be contraindicated for clients who struggle with intense traumatic distress, who are unable to suspend disbelief to engage in an imaginal conversation, or who hold religious beliefs that preclude symbolic conversations with the dead.