Table 2.
The online group intervention: content and structure of each session
| Number | Content | Structure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
▪ Group discussion: participants introduce themselves and the deceased ▪ Group guides introduce the program ▪ Individual writing assignment: set grief-related therapy goals |
| 2 | The suicide mode |
▪ Video: a psychiatrist explains physical and psychological aspects of a suicide ▪ Group discussion on the suicide ▪ Individual writing assignment: circumstances of the suicide |
| 3 | My grief |
▪ Psychoeducation: grief tasks [36] ▪ Group discussion on grief ▪ Individual writing assignment: relationship with the deceased person |
| 4 | Suicide as traumatic event |
▪ Psychoeducation: symptoms of post-traumatic stress reactions ▪ Group discussion on symptoms ▪ Individual writing assignment: last hours of the deceased person |
| 5 | Meaning and the why-question |
▪ Video: a wife talks about meaning-making after the suicide ▪ Group discussion on rumination ▪ Individual writing assignment: positive behavioral activation |
| 6 | Guilt |
▪ Video: a mother talks about coping with guilt ▪ Group discussion on the functionality of guilt ▪ Individual writing assignment: letter to a friend |
| 7 | Own suicidality |
▪ Video: a mother talks about coping with her own suicidality ▪ Psychoeducation: warning signs, coping strategies ▪ Group discussion on suicidality ▪ Individual writing assignment: crisis plan |
| 8 | Shame and stigmatization |
▪ Video: a father talks about coping with stigmatization ▪ Group discussion on stigmatization ▪ Individual writing assignment: coping with stigmatizing reactions |
| 9 | To communicate the suicide |
▪ Video: a brother talks about his way to communicate with others about the suicide of his sibling ▪ Psychoeducation: gender differences, communication styles ▪ Group discussion on communication ▪ Individual writing assignment: letter to a friend |
| 10 | Grief rituals |
▪ Psychoeducation: grief rituals ▪ Group discussion on rituals ▪ Individual writing assignment: letter to the deceased person |
| 11 | Finding a new role in the future |
▪ Video: a daughter talks about how she regained her life after the loss of her father ▪ Group discussion on coping with grief in the future and plans for the future ▪ Individual writing assignment: letter from the deceased person |
| 12 | Goodbye |
▪ Group discussion about the intervention, changes and the group experience ▪ Individual writing assignment: goal attainment |