The Experience Called Grief

The Experience Called Grief Gary D. Smith, MAEd.

Five Stages of NormalReaction to Loss • Denial • Anger • Bargaining • Depression • Acceptance Photo by Ken Ross

Death brings a flood of feelings and emotions to each person in their own way!

Feeling A sense of knowing or an impression on the mind Microsoft clipart

Emotion A mental and bodily reaction accompanied by a strong feeling Microsoft clipart

Denial Acknowledging the loss Anger Experiencing the pain Bargaining Experiencing the pain Re-adjusting to the loss Depression Finding a way to move on Stages of Grief

Acknowledging the Loss May be Hard • Shock • Disbelief • Confusion • Anxiety • Panic Microsoft clipart

Children Acknowledging the Loss • Anger • Frustration • Questioning • Guilt • Copying the behaviors of others Global Star software

Adults acknowledging the loss • Anger • Frustration • Guilt • Blaming others • A sense of loss of control Microsoft clipart

The Faces of Grief are Different in Each Person Disorientation Phase • Despair • Lowered self-esteem • Pre-occupation • Loneliness • State of disequilibria • Tearful Microsoft clipart

Bargaining / Experiencing thePain • Disorientation • Fear • Loss of Control • State of Limbo • Frustration • Vulnerable Microsoft clipart

Depression / With the Pain • Helplessness • Hopelessness • Resentment • Bitterness • Emptiness • Sadness Global Star Software

Bargaining and Adjustment( Adaptation ) • Re-adjusting to the loss • Struggling with new roles and responsibilities • Envy • Yearning • Missing Microsoft clipart Microsoft clipart

Developing a new environment New Relationships New Activities New Hope A Sense of Healing Acceptance a Sense of Healing Global Star Software

Acceptance Reconciling The Loss • Hope for the future • Growth from the trial • Healing from the heart • Remembering with less pain Global Star Software

RainbowsGiveUsHopeForThe FutureAndBuildBridgesOverOur Trials. http://rainbowsbridge.com/hello.htm

There Is Life After Grief http://www.users.waitrose.com/~theheath/sunrise.htm

The Experience Called Grief

The Experience Called Grief

Presentation Transcript

GRIEF IN THE WORKPLACE

The Management of Grief

The Chains of Grief

Counseling Grief

The 5 stages of Grief

CALLED

Grief Care

Traumatic Grief

Grief...

CALLED

Grief cycles

Bereavement/Grief

Good Grief!

Grief in the Workplace

Grief Through the Life-Cycle

Understanding Grief

“GOOD GRIEF…”

“The Beginning of Grief”

QUALIFYING the CALLED

The Complicated Grief of Addiction

The Experience of Loss, Death, and Grief