There are 7 stages of grief in the grieving process. They include shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, and acceptance. This process helps people heal after experiencing loss.

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, ...