In 1984, I attended a seminar at Utstein Monastery in Norway with the Australian psychiatrist Beverly Raphael, a pioneer in disaster psychiatry. One of the things she was particularly concerned about was the grief of older parents who had lost an (adult) child. Through her support work for the bereaved and studies of a train… Fortsett å lese Surviving Your Child as ‘Older’ Parents
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Losing a child – why is it so unique?
Across cultures, the loss of a child is often regarded as one of the worst experiences a person can go through. But why is this loss perceived as so fundamentally devastating? This blog post provides some answers. Turning the natural order of life upside down"It is completely wrong that we, as parents, should outlive our… Fortsett å lese Losing a child – why is it so unique?