Grief
God, Grief and Therapy
The Quest for Meaning after LossRenowned grief expert David Kessler shares what can grief work teach us about the role of religious beliefs in therapy. Read more
A Diary of Precious Time
When Even Good News Is Hard NewsWhen cancer recurs, there's no easy way to cope with the sense of loss that accompanies a growing awareness of mortality. Read more
FREE Clinical Worksheets
Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering LoveThis month’s free practice tool is from David Kessler and offers clients a way to accept losses and express the unexpressed. Read more
Grandma Chin's Funeral
Reflections on Grief and BelongingA bicultural daughter of immigrants struggles to make sense of her identity as she mourns a grandmother she barely knew. Read more
Love, Loss & Retraumatization
Preventing PTSD in GriefA personal experience of excruciating loss becomes a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief. Read more
Releasing Guilt in Grief
The Vital Shift from Prevention to PostventionWhen preventing death or tragedy is no longer an option, we need to enter a radically different headspace. Read more
When Caregiving Ends
Managing Grief and ReliefWhat is certain is that, at some point, caregiver duties will come to an end. The impact of that moment catches many caregivers off-guard, and the flood of... Read more
Death and a Lifelong Love
Bracing for a Future without MarilynA psychotherapy icon grapples with the imminent death of his wife as she moves from palliative care to hospice care. Read more
A Script for Male Dementia Caregivers
Helping a Husband Be More Than a 'Pillar of Strength'Many spousal dementia caregivers struggle emotionally watching their life partners slowly decline. But I also knew that male caregivers, especially spouses... Read more
Moving Through Grief Using Emotionally Focused Therapy
A Conversation with Leanne CampbellBased on her article in our July/August issue, EFT trainer Leanne Campbell talks about how to handle grief. Read more
The New Grief
Long, Long Day's Journey Into NightThe increasing ability of modern medicine to arrest or slow terminal illness means that never before has death been such an extended process for so many. But... Read more
Coping After Tragedy
A Conversation on Collective Grief, Trauma & HealingNetworker talks with grief experts Andrea Dorn and David Kessler in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting about grief and healing as a community. Read more
Wartime Trauma Treatment
Reflections from a Therapist Treating Ukrainian SurvivorsA therapist specializing in trauma treatment in the wake of human-made and natural disasters shares what she's seeing in her work with survivors of the war in... Read more
Should I Hand My Crying Client a Tissue?
Reading Between the Tears, Permission-Giving, and MoreWhen clients cry in therapy, should you pass the tissues? And what do you say? One clinician worries his clients might interpret passing tissues as him rushing... Read more
Is Prolonged Grief a Disorder?
Exploring the New DSM DiagnosisAccording to grief experts, does a new diagnosis in the DSM pathologize a critical component of the human experience? Read more
Moving Through Grief
An Emotionally Focused ApproachOnce blocks to the organic grief process are identified and removed, how can therapists choreograph corrective emotional experiences? Read more
The Inheritance of Loss
A Therapist and Client Grieve TogetherWhile grief can be a familiar creature that lives inside us, we often treat it as a stranger Read more
Editor's Note: July/August 2022
Moving on from 'Move On' CultureLivia Kent introduces the July/August 2022 issue on grief and how therapists deal with it both personally and professionally. Read more
Attachment Grief
Living with the Loss of a ChildFor someone who has survived the death of their child, describing grief as a journey perpetuates the myth that, eventually, there’s an end point. Read more
VIDEO: Prolonged Grief Disorder
Does This New Diagnosis Help or Hurt?What does the diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder mean to clinicians and grieving individuals? Read more
The Five-Minute Meditation
Finding Compassion and Kindness During Tough TimesI’ve been finding a particular short meditation practice helpful in supporting my clients during this period of sadness, loss, and exhaustion. It’s more... Read more
Unshed Tears
Helping Kids Work through Unresolved GriefMany of the ways that children grieve differently from adults can go unrecognized and unprocessed. Read more
Is There Meaning in Loss? (Part 2)
Four More Therapists Weigh InOur last Clinician’s Quandary on helping clients—and ourselves—navigate grief work received an overwhelming number of responses. So many, in fact, that... Read more
COVID Trauma
The Invisible PandemicWhat can we do in the face of our current crisis? There are no clear answers or easy fixes. As providers, we must endeavor to do what we teach our patients: in... Read more
Is There Meaning in Loss?
Helping Our Clients and Ourselves Navigate Grief WorkMany grief specialists talk about helping clients finding meaning after loss. But often, loss feels meaningless. One therapist working with grieving clients... Read more
When you do the work that we do, it’s important to find ways to take care of yourself. You can’t always carve out lots of time to devote to self-care, but... Read more
Grief Anniversaries
Acknowledging Loss a Year LaterIt’s critical for clinicians to recognize anniversary reactions. When clients describe their experiences as depression, we naturally think of solutions like... Read more
This special edition of the Networker came together because of the great love so many people feel for Rich. Read more
On the Death of My Friend
A Reflection on Bipolar Disorder and SuicideHelping our community understand the suicide of one of modern psychotherapy’s most cherished public figures. Read more
The Transformative Power of Loss
Helping Clients Cope with Aging and GriefFacilitating bereavement support groups for aging clients. Read more