Evaluation of Grief Therapy Approaches for Bereaved Parents

Parent Participant Inclusion Criteria: * A biological, adoptive, step-parent or legal guardian from across the United States who lost a child diagnosed with cancer as indicated by self-report * Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report * Experienced the loss of a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report * Elevated prolonged grief (PG) symptoms (PG-13-R scores of 30 or above) * Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? °(Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate Support Provider Inclusion Criteria: * Must be age 18 or over as indicated by self-report * Has been identified by the bereaved parent participant as a support or someone important to bereaved parent * Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? °(Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Family Participant Inclusion Criteria: * A biological, adoptive, step-parent or legal guardian from across the United States who lost a child diagnosed with cancer as indicated by self-report * Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report * Experienced the loss of a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report * Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? °(Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Training Case Inclusion Criteria: * A biological, adoptive, step-parent, or legal guardian from across the United States as indicated by self-report * Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report * Experienced the loss of a child at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report * Score of 29 or below on the PG-13-R OR lost a child to a cause other than cancer OR child's additional guardian has consented as a Parent Participant and has not provided permission to share participation status OR past participants who indicate an interest in serving as a training case and, in the judgment of the Principal Investigator, would be appropriate to enroll as a training case * Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? ° (Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Training Case Support Provider Inclusion Criteria: * Must be age 18 or over as indicated by self-report * Has been identified by the bereaved parent training case participant as a support or someone important to bereaved parent * Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? ° (Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Parent Participant Exclusion Criteria: * Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator/study staff's judgment, to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or informed consent * Inability to access a functional device for videoconferencing and declines offer to use a study loaner device as indicated by self-report * Prisoners * Participants unable to consent Support Provider Excl