In a 2017 study of 771 bereaved that were 55 or older, around 25% of participants still experienced “persistent” grief after six years. Others eventually experienced less or no grief symptoms within ...

When a family grieves a loss, a barrage of different emotions, reactions, and coping mechanisms will emerge, likely at different paces. The process of grief may include shutting down, crying, sleeping ...

Earlier this year, my father passed away. As a therapist who has worked extensively with grief, and a person who has experienced many loses in recent years, in ways this was familiar terrain. Yet, ...