本研究旨在探討本土喪親母女接受悲傷諮商後的家庭整體、母女個人的悲傷歷程變化。本研究以本土母親與女兒為研究參與者，喪親事件為九年前父親突發疾病過世，母女接受六次悲傷諮商，諮商主述為女兒在父親過世三年後罹患腦瘤，八年後離婚，該離婚事件影響妻子及女兒悲傷適應。研究方法以質性研究法及重要事件訪談法收集資料，並以持續比較法來分析資料，資料來源包括：一次諮商前訪談、六次諮商、六次諮商後訪談及五個月後的兩次追蹤訪談。研究結果如下：一、喪親家庭悲傷歷程表現在家庭結構及家庭角色上。 二、案家母女呈現不同的個人悲傷主題。(一)妻子有 13 個主題：(1)「擔心女兒」貫穿會談歷程；(2)對女婿觀點從憤怒到感謝；(3)喪親夢境的變化從有罣礙到上天國；(4)對孫子觀點從擔心到放心；(5)角色調適從「不知所措」到「自己也擔的起」；(6)信仰帶來支持；(7)放下對先生的未竟事件；(8)家庭外系統的協助；(9)懷念先生美好的安慰；(10)孩子比不上先生優點的感慨；(11)大家庭相處仍舊不適應；(12)接受先生死亡是上帝的安排；(13)諮商帶來的好處從孤獨到心寬。(二)女兒有 11 個主題：(1)離開孩子心情的轉變從在意到欣慰；(2)疾病適應的焦點從擔心到交託；(3)接受離婚不見得不好；(4)對自我工作能力的觀點從無信心到自我肯定；(5)對父親的未竟事件；(6)表裡不一的悲傷；(7)回憶父親美好形象的情感滿足；(8)手足衝突讓她成為代罪羔羊；(9)信仰成為心靈寄託；(10)對父親死亡的認知從不捨到有尊嚴；(11)孩子減低失去父親的悲傷。
兩人歷程互有交錯，最後共同交集找到失落意義 ─「逝者到上帝身邊幫忙」，將失落意義永恆整合進家庭信仰裡。最後研究針對相關議題進行討論，並對實務工作與未來研究提出相關建議。

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the grieving process of a bereaved family. Method: The wife who’s husband had died from a sudden onset of a disease and an adult daughter participated in the study. The family received six grief counseling sessions and were interviewed before the sessions, after each session, and 5 months after the final session. Results: The study concluded that: (1) The grieving process of the family was affected by the family structure and family roles; and (2) The grief themes of the wife and daughter were different. The wife had 13 themes: worries about the daughter, not blaming ex-son-in-law, dreams about her husband ranging from guilt to relief, not worrying about her grandchildren, feeling from “No, I can’t” to “Yes, I can”, the support of religion, her husband’s unfinished business, the support of neighbors, missing the comfort of her husband, not comparing her children to her husband, inability to adjust to the extended family, the death of her husband as God’s will, and the positive result of counseling.
The daughter had 11 themes: missing her children, adjusting to illness, accepting divorce as being good for her, inability to find a job due to being ill, her father’s unfinished business, inconsistent grief, missing her father; being the scapegoat in her family, the support of religion, feeling from “don’t want to let her father go” to “retaining her father’s dignity”, and being with her children shifting the focus away from the bereavement.
Despite having different grief themes, the wife and daughter eventually found new meaning in their loss. The research discussed the application of grief counseling in Taiwan, and offered suggestions to counseling practitioners and future studies.

喪親家庭; 悲傷歷程

Bereaved Family; Grieving Process