Grief and loss
Legacy Inventory: Identifying Inherited Strengths and Values
The client's identity feels diminished by the loss.
Following a significant loss, a client’s sense of self can feel hollowed out. They may be able to articulate the admirable qualities of the person they lost, yet they feel disconnected from that legacy. The client’s identity seems diminished, as if the deceased’s strengths and values were buried with them, inaccessible now. This leaves them feeling cut off from an important source of personal meaning and continuity.
This directive provides a concrete method for the client to map the persistence of those positive traits within their own character. It moves beyond abstract remembrance to build a tangible inventory of their inherited qualities. The client walks away with a clearer, more integrated picture of how the deceased’s legacy continues through their own actions and principles.
Legacy Inventory: Identifying Inherited Strengths and Values
This is an inventory of what you carry forward from the person who died. In the table below, document the positive qualities you observed in them and where those same qualities now exist in you.
| Inherited Quality or Value | Specific Memory of Them | How I Carry It |
|---|---|---|
You do not need to fill this out in one sitting. Add to it as memories and connections come to mind.
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