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

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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