Experiencing an Inability to Trust After Loss
- General
- Eleanor Haley
Well-known developmental psychologists like Erik Erickson and Jean Piaget say that our ability to trust begins to develop in infancy.…
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Grief, Loss, and Intolerance of Uncertainty
- General
- Understanding Grief
- Eleanor Haley
I worry because I have a low tolerance for not knowing everything will be okay. It's as simple as that.…
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What are Stuck Points in Grief?
- Coping with Grief
- Understanding Grief
- Eleanor Haley
What are "stuck points"? In 1992, researchers Resick and Schnicke first described the term "stuck points" in their work exploring…
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Seeking Order In The Aftermath Of Loss
- Coping with Grief
- Understanding Grief
- Litsa Williams
Eleanor wrote a pretty great post on shattered assumptions about the world after a death, and she described the following…
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Death, Grief, and Shattered Assumptions
- Emotion
- For Professionals
- Understanding Grief
- Eleanor Haley
“Some people's lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That's what trauma does. It…
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