ABSTRACT
As this book amply demonstrates, there are myriad methods on which clinicians can draw in working with bereaved clients. These range from emotion modulation strategies and mindfulness practices through techniques for renegotiating the continuing bond and honoring the loved one’s memory with expressive arts modalities. But given the great range of techniques, how can professionals choose one that is appropriate with a given client, suffering a specific loss, at a particular moment in therapy? My goal in this brief chapter is to illustrate how the Two-Track Model of Bereavement (TTMB; Rubin, 1999) can help therapists coordinate therapeutic interventions in light of the client’s needs, by drawing on it for conceptual, assessment and intervention purposes. Bereaved individuals and families typically find this framework helpful as well (Rubin, Malkinson, & Witztum, 2012).
