Category Archives: Grief

Academic: Mystics and Modern Similarities

Posted on September 20, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was a class assignment for Death and the Maiden Life is bookended by two great spiritual and physical transitions:  birth and death.  And it is women who tend to these passings.  It is women who experience the quickening … Continue reading →

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Academic: The More Things Change the More they Stay the Same

Posted on September 11, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was a course assignment for Death and the Maiden The more things change, the more they stay the same was the refrain going through my mind as I read the assigned articles this week.  The key themes of … Continue reading →

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Academia: Complicated Grief in Rural Appalacia

Posted on May 10, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was written for a class on complicated grief at Marian University Grief is a normal response to losses of all types, including loss through death, loss of a job, and other sorts of losses.  Grief can manifest itself … Continue reading →

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Academic: Ethical Considerations

Posted on April 17, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was written as part of my course work for complicated grief. Role From an ADEC perspective, I am a student affiliate.  However, even though I do not have professional responsibilities as a counselor or researcher, I do still … Continue reading →

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Death of a Parent

Posted on April 10, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This post was written for my complicated grief class at Marian University  The parent /child relationship is our first relationship and in many ways, it sets the tone for future relationships as we observe our how parents communicate, love, … Continue reading →

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Academia: Complicated Grief in Rural Appalacia

Posted on March 5, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was written for a course in Complicated Grief and I eventually expanded it into a longer paper. Appalachia is a mountainous 205,000 square region of the United States that stretches from northern Mississippi to southern New York (Thacker … Continue reading →

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Academia: Sarah’s Case Study Revisited

Posted on February 19, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This post was made for a course in complicated grief at Marian University. Are there any signs, in her history and/or current observations, of what attachment style Sarah may have? Sarah worried that her parents regretted adopting her and … Continue reading →

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Advantages to Classifying Complicated Grief as a Disorder

Posted on February 6, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was a post for my complicated grief course at Marian University. Human beings and animals alike grieve when they lose loved ones (Nakajima, 2018, p. 1) and some have said that loving someone commits us to the pain … Continue reading →

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Academic: What is Complicated Grief

Posted on January 13, 2021 by raine.clara.shakti

Human beings and animals alike grieve when they lose loved ones (Nakajima, 2018, p. 1) and some have said that loving someone commits us to the pain of grief when they die (Cooper, 2013, p. 17).  However, while grieving the … Continue reading →

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