Grief Therapy

Overview

Grief therapy is a form of psychological support that helps people cope with the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to the loss of someone or something significant, most often the Death of a loved one. It provides a structured setting in which a person can express and make sense of feelings such as sadness, anger, guilt, and longing, adjust to life after the loss, and gradually restore a sense of meaning and function. Grief therapy may be offered individually or in groups and is distinguished from ordinary mourning support by its focus on those whose grief is especially intense, prolonged, or complicated, where professional intervention can aid adaptation. As a topic within the study of Death, dying, and bereavement, grief therapy connects clinical psychology, counseling, and the social dimensions of loss. The journal Death publishes peer-reviewed, open-access research on mortality, bereavement, and the human responses to dying and loss. This page gathers open-access work relevant to grief therapy for readers seeking primary research and scholarly perspectives on supporting people through grief.

Research published in this journal

1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.

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