The Grief Support Workbook

Grief doesn't only come from death. And it doesn't follow a timeline. This workbook meets you exactly where you are.

You might be grieving someone you lost. Or a relationship that ended. A career you loved. The family you hoped for. A friendship that didn't survive your healing. The future you had mapped out before everything changed. Whatever you're carrying — it's real. And it deserves to be named.

The Navigating Grief Workbook is one of the most comprehensive grief resources available for everyday people and those already in a therapeutic journey. It goes far beyond death and loss to honour every kind of grief that quietly shapes our lives.

What's inside — 8 full chapters:

🌿 Chapter 1 — What Is Grief? Core definitions and five major grief frameworks — Kubler-Ross, Worden's Tasks of Mourning, the Dual Process Model, Continuing Bonds Theory, and Neimeyer's Meaning-Making Model — explained in accessible, warm language.

📖 Chapter 2 — The Many Faces of Grief (22 types defined) Every grief type you may have wondered about — Normal, Anticipatory, Prolonged, Delayed, Inhibited, Abbreviated, Cumulative, Traumatic, Disenfranchised, Ambiguous, Secondary, Exaggerated, Absent, Collective, Masked, Chronic, Distorted, Shadow Grief, Re-Grief, and more — with a personal recognition checkbox for each.

💛 Chapter 3 — The Grief That Doesn't Get Named 14 modern and everyday grief types explored in depth: divorce and relationship endings, empty nest grief, pet loss, career and identity loss, boundary grief (losing relationships through setting healthy limits), estrangement, miscarriage, infertility, health and body loss, friendship loss, cultural grief, and dream/future loss.

🪞 Chapter 4 — Understanding My Own Grief Your personal grief narrative — the loss, the secondary losses, a symptom checklist, a functioning rating scale, and deep reflection prompts including what you'd say to a friend in your position.

🌱 Chapter 5 — Coping Skills & Mechanisms 60+ coping strategies across five domains: emotional, cognitive, physical and somatic, social and community, and meaning-making. Checklists, reflection prompts, and a personal toolkit builder.

🚶 Chapter 6 — Facing Grief Head-On Eight active grief work exercises: the empty chair, unsent letters, structured grief time, grief inventory, continuing bonds rituals, before-and-after identity mapping, narrative writing, and gratitude within grief.

🏥 Chapter 7 — When to Seek Help & Types of Grief Therapy A 16-item warning signs checklist and 12 grief-specific therapy modalities defined — including Grief Counselling, Prolonged Grief Disorder Treatment, CBT-G, EMDR, Narrative Grief Therapy, ACT, Somatic therapies, Group Grief Therapy, and more. Plus questions to ask when finding a grief therapist.

🌄 Chapter 8 — My Healing Plan & Moving Forward Support network mapping, coping commitments, a continuing bonds practice section, an 8-line self-compassion letter prompt, and a professional notes section for clinicians.

This workbook is for you if:

• You are grieving — anything, any kind of loss, at any stage

• You're in therapy and want structured support between sessions

• You're a therapist, counsellor, or coach working with grief clients

• You support someone going through grief and want to better understand what they're experiencing

• You've been carrying a grief that was never named or validated — and you're ready to give it space

Because grief that doesn't get named doesn't go away. It just goes underground.

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