When someone you love dies, the world as you’ve known it is totally upended. “In the actual book, she talked about more than five stages,” Kessler said. “Think about the context of 1969 — doctors and ...

After loss, the experience of trauma often emerges. When you lose someone or something that’s important to you, you’re invited to dance with the power of loss and grief. It’s not simply a sad story, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Emotions may feel like a rollercoaster after experiencing a loss. Whether you’re grieving the death of a ...

The end-of-the-year holidays can be a difficult time for anyone grieving a loss. Here's what you can do to cope and help ...

Understanding that we are in fact undergoing psychological processes of grief can help us cope and respond as effectively as ...

Grief affects us all – but not in ways we always consider. People die, yes, but so do pets. We can grieve dreams, jobs, our health, past versions of ourselves. Grief is not linear; it does not come in ...

Phase Four in particular, while perhaps not narratively as connected as its preceding Phases, has a particular connection to the process of grieving that is a bit unlike anything before it: Phase Four ...

(CNN) — When someone you love dies, the world as you’ve known it is totally upended. One way people cope, psychologist Sherry Cormier said, is by trying to find some sort of certainty. This need for ...

Grief and psychology experts and academics have criticized the framework for not being thoroughly supported by research, suggesting that the bereaved move through grief sequentially or implying one ...