ABSTRACT.
With the topic of clinical psychology in situations of suicide, more specifically, of the role of the psychologist with bereaved parents, we aimed to defend that training in psychology can favor knowledge and experiences differentiated from other formations. To reach our goal, we analyzed how these parents are affected by the event, in publications, reports and interviews. Thus, themes such as death, bereavement, missing and clinical psychology were developed by a narrative review of the scientific literature. In conclusion, we defended the possibility of a psychological practice not restricted by manuals, which prescribe the behaviors to be expressed in such situations. Going beyond manuals means being able to follow the experience of grief without jargons or merely technical symbolisms, that is, being able, in the experience of one’s own grief in a serene and patient attitude, as developed by Kierkegaard and Heidegger, to remain close to pain or suffering, sustaining the possibility of an epiphanic moment, as shown by Clarice Lispector.
Keywords:
Grief; suicide; clinical psychology