Treatment Planning Sharon L. Johnson, in Therapist's Guide to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention, 2009 GRIEF Grief is a natural and normal reaction to loss. It can be worse when the loss is traumatic, sudden, or unexpected. It can be worse when there are losses in daily living/life...
they must adjust to life after their loss. However, they may also struggle with their new and unexpected reality. Depending on the kind of loss, they may have some trauma to work through.
Around lunchtime I strolled outside to check on her and found her laying on her side, her head facing downhill. From the patio I could see her big, fuzzy red belly moving slowly with even breath, so I jumped over the red gate and ran to her. The dirt and oak leaves around her le...
"Getting back to normal" after a devastating loss can't be rushed – and returning to work while you're still grieving can be a particularly challenging time. Chances are, you're still processing your emotions and feeling anything but "normal." If you've suffered a bereavement, or a long...
come too soon. Our first reaction is togrieve, and even though we may soon be encouraged to acceptclosureandlet go, the grieving can last a while. Butgriefis a very natural, human response to loss and can take the form of many unexpected emotions, from shock to guilt, anger and...
Death is, of course,inevitable, but sometimes we feel thepassingof a loved one has come too soon. Our first reaction is togrieve, and even though we may soon be encouraged to acceptclosureandlet go, the grieving can last a while. ...
grief experiences that are concerned with the loss, and they’re backward-looking. We’re trying to process or figure out what we’ve lost. Then the other category of experiences is forward-looking, where we’re trying to identify how we’re going to live in the world with this loss. ...
she was 66. Neither of us knew at that time that we were already running out of time to have meaningful conversations. I hope the disease process actually protected Mom from being aware of the loss of function as it happened, even when it seemed subtle. And I was young enough that I ...
Loss is individual Speaking of stages and process around loss can give structure to what is going on, but can also cause us to compare ourselves to others. Seeing that everyone moves at a different pace, for whatever reason, can be hard to manage. How do we feel when others seem to be...
, especially grief. We need to allow our colleagues to stay home when they lose a beloved pet, a childhood friend, an uncle, but especially a student or colleague. We need time to process how this job fits into our new, post-COVID world that has been twisted by the pain of loss....