When we have lost a loved one, another model for understanding the grief process may be more relevant: The Four Phases of Grief, proposed by British psychiatrists John Bowlby and Colin Murray Parkes.

Many people who specialize in grief work prefer the dual process model of grief, which posits that grieving involves two tasks that can mostly only be handled one at a time: working through the ...

When she's with clients, Dr Burke says she often introduces what's known as the "dual process" model of grief. The idea is that instead of moving through stages, we are cycling between the dual ...

There is no one size fits all when it comes to grief.” She explains the dual process model of grief where we fluctuate between a loss-oriented state, which involves the feelings of grief ...