

Have You Experienced the Loss of a Loved One?
Joseph Kirkpatrick, PhD, LPC discusses the grief/bereavement process and the many symptoms associated with it. There are many myths surrounding the grieving process and how best to cope with it. Some common ones are that you can get through it by staying busy, that there is a timeline to “just get over it,” that it is experienced in 7 distinct ordered stages, that the loss is too much to bear, that you can tough it out, that you should feel guilty and that you will never be