Grief program looking to have long-term impact
Aundrea Eichman
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: News
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"I also try to help students understand that it is OK for your grades to slip a little bit because you're distracted by a loss," Kintigh said.
The group process is not right for everybody, Crawley said, but students help one another, and it all has to do with the students' comfort level.
Kintigh said she has worked with Calabrese before with a faculty and staff grief group.
"He and I are a really nice match because I have the counseling background but he also has the grief facilitation background," Kintigh said.
Calabrese said he went through a seven-week grief-training program in 1989 for the WARM Place.
"Grief comes like waves unexpectedly," Calabrese said.
Calabrese said his role in the group is to "provide a safe environment where people who are grieving a death can process what they are going through."
Caitlin Christensen, a sophomore secondary education major, said she lost her grandmother last year and she just wanted to be with her father. She said she is the kind of person who likes to handle things on her own and did not tell a lot of people about her grandmother's death.
Christensen said she probably would not attend counseling because death is part of life and, in her case, it was somewhat expected.
Grant Gossett, a sophomore history major, said if someone was not able to go home immediately after a death in the family, the group would be helpful because someone with professional help is available if needed.
Crawley said 9.5 percent of students who responded to a national health behavior survey conducted this year experienced the death of a family member or friend.
"You're supposed to be focused on socials, your career and graduating," Crawley said.
She said the three places students might find help for grief from loss and death is at campus life, the counseling center or University Ministries.
The group process is not right for everybody, Crawley said, but students help one another, and it all has to do with the students' comfort level.
Kintigh said she has worked with Calabrese before with a faculty and staff grief group.
"He and I are a really nice match because I have the counseling background but he also has the grief facilitation background," Kintigh said.
Calabrese said he went through a seven-week grief-training program in 1989 for the WARM Place.
"Grief comes like waves unexpectedly," Calabrese said.
Calabrese said his role in the group is to "provide a safe environment where people who are grieving a death can process what they are going through."
Caitlin Christensen, a sophomore secondary education major, said she lost her grandmother last year and she just wanted to be with her father. She said she is the kind of person who likes to handle things on her own and did not tell a lot of people about her grandmother's death.
Christensen said she probably would not attend counseling because death is part of life and, in her case, it was somewhat expected.
Grant Gossett, a sophomore history major, said if someone was not able to go home immediately after a death in the family, the group would be helpful because someone with professional help is available if needed.
Crawley said 9.5 percent of students who responded to a national health behavior survey conducted this year experienced the death of a family member or friend.
"You're supposed to be focused on socials, your career and graduating," Crawley said.
She said the three places students might find help for grief from loss and death is at campus life, the counseling center or University Ministries.
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