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Brought to you by the Center for Loss and Life Transition - Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., Director.

COVID-19 articles from Dr. Alan Wolfelt

Helping Others with Grief

The Misconception of the Funeral as a Rite of Closure
Helping a Friend in Grief
Helping Yourself Heal When Someone You Care About Dies of a Drug Overdose
Helping a Grandparent Who is Grieving
Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal
Helping a Grieving Friend in the Workplace
Helping Your Family When a Member is Dying
Helping a Friend or Family Member After a Cancer Diagnosis
Helping Your Family Heal After Miscarriage

Helping Yourself with Grief

Too Much Loss: Grief Overload and Its Causes
The Grief of Dementia Care Partners
First Aid for Broken Hearts
Why Choose A Final Resting Place for Your Loved One
What’s Your Love Language
The Teeter-Totter of Resilience and Vulnerability in Grief
You Must Say Hello Before You Say Goodbye
You Must Make Friends with the Darkness Before You Can Enter the Light
You Must Go Backward Before You Can Go Forward
Helping Your Family Heal After Stillbirth
Helping Yourself Heal When an Adult Sibling Dies
Mustering the Courage to Mourn
Love and Grief: In Communion and Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Loved Dies
Will I Befriend My Feelings Or Will I Deny, Repress, Or Inhibit Them?
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Parent Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When a Baby Dies
Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
Healing Your Grief About Getting Older
Embracing the Sadness of Grief
When Your Soulmate Dies

For and About Grieving Children and Teenagers

Finding the Right Words: Guidelines on how to talk to grieving children about death
How to Talk to the Children and Teens in Your Life About the Newtown, CT Tragedy
Helping Infants and Toddlers Cope with Grief
Helping Children Cope With Grief
Helping Children with Funerals
Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief