Grief is a process by which we adapt to any loss....the pain can seem unbearable. The manifestations of grief can be social (in our relations with other people), physiological (in our bodies), psychological (in our minds), and spiritual (in our souls or spirits). These manifestations are normal and experienced by many going through grief. They will come and go, increase and decrease in intensity, and change often as we are going through the grieving process.
Along the grief journey people experience distinct phases or stages of grief. The stages are in no way separate, they intertwine and overlap. We move in and out of these stages in no specific order during bereavement. These stages are painful but also healing. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross identified these stages as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Even though responses to loss may be similar, each grief experience is unique. Through counseling people move towards growth and healing.
Along the grief journey people experience distinct phases or stages of grief. The stages are in no way separate, they intertwine and overlap. We move in and out of these stages in no specific order during bereavement. These stages are painful but also healing. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross identified these stages as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Even though responses to loss may be similar, each grief experience is unique. Through counseling people move towards growth and healing.
There is no grief
like the grief
that does not speak.
--Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
like the grief
that does not speak.
--Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
