Grief Isn’t Something to Get Over

How do memories and emotions interface with loss to produce the experience of grief? Through psychological research and personal stories, the grief process is examined for its underlying memories and emotions and its impact upon an individual's future path, identity, and self-definition.

• Describe the various ways in which memory and emotion interface with loss to create the experience of grief.
• Discuss why the concepts of acceptance and closure do not apply to loss.
• Assess the importance of how grief operates through continued bonds, triggering events, and shame in clients.

Mary Lamia, PhD