Grief Counseling Programs: When Does Grief Become Pathological?

Grief Counseling Programs: Grief a Disorder?

The past discussions of grief as a disorder or a pathology have died with many of Freud’s ideas on grief.  Grief counselors, especially certified grief counselors,  deal with basic human grief as a natural reaction to loss.  However, in some cases, grief can become complicated.  In these cases, grief can become classified as a disorder when accommodation and adaptation never comes after grief.

Kevin Hartnett of the Boston Globe writes about this in his article, “Is Grief Really a Disorder”.
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Grief counseling programs can help prepare you for grief counseling and help certify you.
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