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Article: Experiencing loss: practical guidelines for group counseling.
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- Counseling and Human Development
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Although we typically equate loss with death, loss is more accurately considered within the broader context of what occurs when something or someone close to us is no longer present (Locke, 1994). Loss is an inescapable and prevalent theme throughout our lives, a theme intricately tied to change and growth. According to Judith Viorst (1986), "We lose not only through death, but also by leaving and being left, by changing and letting go and moving on" (p. 15). She noted that losses include separations and departures from loved ones, as well as loss of expectations, abilities, power, and freedom. Schlossberg and Robinson (1996) discussed loss associated with nonevents: the ...