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How to Grieve: What It Actually Means, and Tools to Help Clients Do It

How to Grieve: What It Actually Means, and Tools to Help Clients Do Itby: Kelly DaughertyPublished on: 10/29/2026

The blog explores what grieving really means, why time alone is not enough, and how clinicians can also use the dual process model and the G.R.I.E.F. Framework to support bereaved clients through grief.

How to Grieve: What It Actually Means, and Tools to Help Clients Do It

What If Trying Harder Isn’t the Answer?

What If Trying Harder Isn’t the Answer?by: Cynthia SchwartzbergPublished on: 10/15/2026

The blog explores why trying harder isn't always the answer, how Parts Work can shift the clinical question, and how clinicians can get curious about the part that is trying so hard with their clients.

What If Trying Harder Isn’t the Answer?

Why Grief Groups Work: The Case for Bringing Group Support Into Your Practice

Why Grief Groups Work: The Case for Bringing Group Support Into Your Practiceby: Kelly DaughertyPublished on: 10/01/2026

The blog explores why grief groups can be especially effective, what research says about group-based bereavement support, and how clinicians can bring meaningful group facilitation into their practice.

Why Grief Groups Work: The Case for Bringing Group Support Into Your Practice

"What Should I Have Done?" Working With Guilt After a Complicated Death

"What Should I Have Done?" Working With Guilt After a Complicated Deathby: Kelly DaughertyPublished on: 09/17/2026

The blog explores guilt after complicated or estranged loss, how clinicians can distinguish guilt from responsibility, and practical ways to help clients work through “what if” thinking with greater self-compassion.

"What Should I Have Done?" Working With Guilt After a Complicated Death