negative emotion words had fewer doctor visits than those who used a very high or very low frequency of negative emotion words. Although this is not an exhaustive review of the literature on the therapeutic benefits of writing emotional experiences, I do believe I have presented adequate empirical and theoretical evidence to support my position that writing should be the modality of choice for interventions aimed at meaning reconstruction in the bereaved parent population. In addition to being effective clinically, writing also lends itself to new forms of computer analysis that will allow researchers to glean new insights into the psychological processes and benefits to advance our knowledge in this area. Section III In this section, I will explore the concept of adding quality to a life posthumously and the techniques of framing and retrospective re-evaluation. I will explain how these techniques can aid in the process of meaning reconstruction for the bereaved parent. I will also explore the concept I have termed co-destiny. I will explain how I derived this concept from my personal bereavement process and how it can be applied to foster growth in parents who have suffered a loss of a child. I will conclude this section with an analysis of my son’s eulogy, which I wrote shortly after his death. I will explain how I unknowingly applied the concepts and principles discussed in this paper to my personal bereavement process and explain the reasons why this process was instrumental for my meaning reconstruction and subsequent posttraumatic growth. Posthumous Events Affect Perceived Quality of Life When a parent a child to death, they inherently undervalue the quality of the child’s
negative emotion words had fewer doctor visits than those who used a very high or very low frequency of negative emotion words. Although this is not an exhaustive review of the literature on the therapeutic benefits of writing emotional experiences, I do believe I have presented adequate empirical and theoretical evidence to support my position that writing should be the modality of choice for interventions aimed at meaning reconstruction in the bereaved parent population. In addition to being effective clinically, writing also lends itself to new forms of computer analysis that will allow researchers to glean new insights into the psychological processes and benefits to advance our knowledge in this area. Section III In this section, I will explore the concept of adding quality to a life posthumously and the techniques of framing and retrospective re-evaluation. I will explain how these techniques can aid in the process of meaning reconstruction for the bereaved parent. I will also explore the concept I have termed co-destiny. I will explain how I derived this concept from my personal bereavement process and how it can be applied to foster growth in parents who have suffered a loss of a child. I will conclude this section with an analysis of my son’s eulogy, which I wrote shortly after his death. I will explain how I unknowingly applied the concepts and principles discussed in this paper to my personal bereavement process and explain the reasons why this process was instrumental for my meaning reconstruction and subsequent posttraumatic growth. Posthumous Events Affect Perceived Quality of Life When a parent a child to death, they inherently undervalue the quality of the child’s
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