Grief Counseling Research Paper

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Grief Counseling
William Baker
Liberty University

Abstract
Grief counseling aims to help people adjust to the difficult feeling of distress brought about by the misfortune or looming loss of anybody or anything that has profound meaning or emotion tie. The phases of Grief are challenging, however when encountering this trial it is of the utmost importance to have someone journeying right next to you. Each individual deals with grief in their own particular way and often times the manner in which they deal with it stems directly from their culture.
Grief counseling is not only a subject matter that countless counselors are found inexperienced nonetheless the ability to counsel affectively is a gift from God. If we are made in the

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