Types of Grief
Good Grief Guidance is not death specific; we attend to sorrow in its many forms.
Below you will find some of the faces of grief that we often meet in our groups:
A
Abuse
Aging
Addictions
Alone
Abandonment
Anger
B
Bullying
Blame
C
Childhood trauma
Caretaking
Community tragedy
Crime
F
Financial loss
Failure
Fear
G
Guilt
H
Homeless
Hatred
Helpless
Homesick
Hopeless
L
Loss of health
Life transitions
Loss of religious affiliation
Loss of Self
Loneliness
M
Mental health issues
Miscarriage
N
Not belonging
Not enough
Neglected
S
Shame
Suicide
Shattered dreams
Sexual identity
Substance abuse
Stuck
Separate
Shock
T
Trauma
Transition
D
Death
Dysfunctional family
Divorce
Depression
Disabilities
Dementia
E
End of a relationship
Emptiness
I
Incarceration
Illness
Isolation
J
Job loss
K
Kidnapped
O
Orphaned
P
PTSD
Process addictions
Poverty
Physical disability
Pet loss
R
Rape
Resistance
Regret
Retirement
U
Unmet expectations
Unworthiness
Useless
Unloved
Unfinished business
V
Veteran
W
War
Widowhood
War trauma