When dealing with grief, it takes time but it brings about change. Change comes gradual though and it can take time. One cannot rush the changes grief brings about in a person as the person learns to exist without the loved one and form new relationships with others.
The article, “In the first year of grief, walk the perimeter” by Michael Chancellor, the first year of grief is examined. He states,
“I often tell my clients it takes a year to get a sense of the loss we have experienced. I compare it to a person who has purchased a piece of land and walked out the perimeter before he agreed to the purchase. He does that to become familiar with the land he is planning to purchase. Grief is like that. It takes a year to walk out the perimeter of our loss. What happens in a year that is so important?”
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Grief is a life long journey. There is truly no recovery but adaptation to the loss. A new balance of accepting the loss and living with the new.
Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification to learn more about the nature of grief and also to help others learn to cope with it and make a healthy transition. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals.