The University Hospital of Muenster (UKM) offers psychological assistance to parents who are grieving after a miscarriage. An on-line therapy may also participate in parents who have lost their child shortly after pregnancy. For those interested there is now an open office hours via chat. There they can learn about the therapies and to ask general questions that relate to the loss of the child during pregnancy.

The on-line therapy consists of ten writing assignments that are done over a period of five weeks. In the first phase dealing with the loss of the participants, explained the psychotherapist, who developed the project. In the second phase, they write a supporting letter to an imaginary friend who has experienced the same thing. Thus, a new perspective should be taken on the loss. In the third phase involves a reactivation of a social network.

Therapy has a lasting positive

The offer has been around since approximately one and a half years now, the evaluation results were presented. A total of 52 women and two men participated in the treatment. With regard to the sadness, the traumatic experience, the general psychological distress, depression and anxiety as it was the participants after the therapy was significantly better than before, the UKM. Even three months after completion of treatment the condition of the participants was as stable as directly after the therapy.