Bereavement Support Resources..

Available Support		Consolation
Consequences of Avoiding Grief		Six Central Needs of the Bereaved
Factors Which Support Avoidance of Grief

Six Central Needs of the Bereaved

1. To experience and to express outside of yourself the reality of the death
2. To tolerate the pain that comes with the work of grief while taking good care of yourself physically, emotionally and spiritually.
3. To convert your relationship with the person who died from one of presence to memory
4. To develop a new self identity based on a life without the person in your life who has died.
5. To relate the experience of your loss to a context of meaning
6. To have an understanding support system available to you in the months and years ahead.