Coping with Grief

The feelings of loss and grief can seem overwhelming, without end. It hits you in the gut, spreads throughout your heart, and makes you feel hopeless. The feeling of grief can last for hours, day, weeks, and even months. Feelings of loss can last just as long, even if someone close to you hasn’t died.

How do you cope with grief? How do you cope with loss? These are questions that are not easily answered, because the answer varies from person to person. No two people experience grief the same way. So even though most of go through something like the 5 stages of grief, not all of us will experience them all, nor in any particular order. The good news is that you won’t experience these feelings forever — even though it may feel like you will.

We’ve compiled this library of articles on grief and loss to help you better understand this normal human condition. You may want to start off with our Grief Quiz to help you understand exactly how much grief you’re experiencing right now. If you need emotional support from others for your feelings of grief or loss right now, consider joining our online grief and loss support group. It costs nothing to join and participate in.

Coping with Grief & Loss

5 Stages of Grief and Loss By Julie Axelrod

The Truth About Grief & Loss By Maud Purcell, LCSW, CEAP

Preparing for Grief By Jane Collingwood

Coping with the Loss of a Spouse By Ben Martin, Psy.D.

Acceptance: 5 Stages of Grief & Loss By Tamara Hill, MS, LPC

Grief, Healing and the One-to-Two Year Myth By Karen Carney

8 Tips To Help Console a Grieving Friend By Kate Evans

11 Kinds of Therapy to Help You Grieve a Loss By Therese J. Borchard

The 2 Worlds of Grief & Depression By Ronald Pies, MD

How the DSM-5 Got Grief, Bereavement Right By Ronald Pies, MD

The Truth About Grief: The Myth of Its Five Stages Book Review by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.

Grief & Children

Children & Grief By Karen Carney

A Grieving Child: 3 Myths of Grief & Children By Tom Gray

Children Dealing with Grief By Harold Cohen, Ph.D.

Teaching Children the Skill of Grieving By Danielle B. Grossman, MFT

When a Pet Dies: Helping Your Young Child Grieve By Jenise Harmon, MSW, LISW-S

Coping with Pet Loss

Grieving the Loss of a Pet By Julie Axelrod

Understanding the Loss of Your Pet By Julie Axelrod

Explaining the Loss of a Pet to a Child By Julie Axelrod

Children and the Death of a Pet By Harold Cohen, Ph.D.

On Mourning the Death of a Pet By Therese J. Borchard

When Pets Die, Human Hearts Break By Suzanne Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP

Four-Legged Love: Ways to Support Someone Through the Loss of a Pet By Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW

15 Myths About Pet Loss By Tom Gray