Grief

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The Grief Experience: Four Tasks of Mourning

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The Grief Experience: Four Tasks of Mourning

DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA discusses four crucial tasks that contribute to a healthy grieving process and our healing from loss. Psychologist...

The Grief Experience: How to recognize symptoms

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The Grief Experience: How to recognize symptoms

DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA identifies common symptoms of grief to watch out for after we experience loss. Grief refers to our cognitive,...

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The Grief Experience: Grief in 7 Stages

DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA defines grief and identifies seven stages we may go through after experiencing a loss. This is an extension of the...

Trauma - The Aftermath of the Peel Street Car Collision

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Trauma - The Aftermath of the Peel Street Car Collision

The recent tragedy of the car collision on the corner of Peel and Staunton Street has left many of us shaken and traumatized. Trauma is...

The Grief Experience: The Four Tasks of Mourning

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The Grief Experience: The Four Tasks of Mourning

DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA elaborates on the four tasks of healthy mourning. Mourning is the active coping process we engage in to process...

Covid-19 Grief: Another Festive Season of Separation

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Covid-19 Grief: Another Festive Season of Separation

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered grief in response to on-going separation from friends and family across the globe. We may have been...

The Grief Experience: Grief in Five Stages

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The Grief Experience: Grief in Five Stages

DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains the five-stage Kuebler-Ross model of grief. Throughout our lifetime, we go through a number of losses....

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