Archive for Grief Articles for Beginners

What you really need to know about grieving stages is that, for the most part, they are a myth. It's…

I know this might sound controversial. Or, at minimum, unexpected from a grief writer and therapist. If you’ve spent any…

"How long does grief last?" is a logical, valid, and common question. Grief, especially early on, causes distress in many…

You don't know what it's like to grieve for someone significant until you're in the depths of it. I think…

It bends my mind to consider how universal and common the experience of losing a loved one is. How could…

Grief is human, but this doesn't mean you have to like it. (Note: we recognize that grief is not exclusively…

Though these words are often used synonymously in everyday speech, in mental health there is an important distinction between reactions…

Not too terribly long ago I was working with a bereaved dad. I was the second grief therapist he'd seen;…

Our experiences are complex, but for the sake of simplicity, let's break them down into two separate categories - inside…