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 ...

Joan Didion, author of "The Year of Magical Thinking," speaks at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California in February, 1977. Grief is a profound and complicated experience. The process of grief ...

When my dad called last week to tell me that my grandmother had passed away peacefully at the age of 98—the last of my grandparents—his voice was steady, practical, and to the point. He simply let me ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

Everyone grieves in their own way and in their own time, whether triggered by the death of a loved one or any major life change — even the ones that seem positive can leave an empty space in heart and ...

Grief therapists share what unresolved grief looks like so you can identify it and seek the support you need to move forward. Maskot via Getty Images Grief is a normal, natural reaction to loss — such ...

In Someone Spectacular, now off-Broadway, six bereaved individuals are left to process their grief alone when their counselor mysteriously disappears. This absence forces the characters into raw, ...

Ambiguous grief is the experience of loss without closure, often prolonged and rarely fully recognized by society. Grief is a natural response to loss, often associated with death. However, there is ...