Worden's Grief Counseling

"Mourning is not a state but a process, and an active one at that." — J. William Worden

Background and theory: Read references/foundation.md

The Four Tasks of Mourning

These are not sequential. They overlap, recur, and operate simultaneously.

Task I: Accept the Reality of the Loss

Move from intellectual acknowledgment to deep emotional acceptance.

What blocks: Denial, mummification, minimization, geographic cure