I’ve become keenly aware of the dual process model of grief lately. This model involves oscillation between loss-oriented and restoration-oriented responses to grief. Sometimes a griever feels the ...

Grief doesn’t move in straight lines. Understanding common psychological models can help you recognize where you are, and why ...

Traditional loss is typically considered a five-stage process, linear and time-bound, where a person moves from denial to acceptance. Generally, traditional loss is linked to death – such as the death ...

When we think of death, dying, and grief, no one therapist has had the impact and staying power as that of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. Her five-stage model, presented in her classic, On Death and Dying, ...

When we talk about chronic illness, we are talking about the loss of the healthy body. This loss leads to myriad challenges: changed relationships changed career possibilities, changed hobbies, ...

Grief is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to ...

The grief that follows a tragedy can make any situation unpredictable, and that includes Christmas. So what do you do when a time of happiness and getting together is foreshadowed by the death of a ...

Many men describe their grief experiences as feeling devoid of emotion and lacking tears. My father, Lou, was not like other men. He shared his loss and his grief openly, showing tears and savoring ...