Small children lose position when a sibling is born. They also experience separation anxiety when they are taken to daycare and nursery school. Teens lose identity, dependence, and the security of childhood. Young adults lose their parental home when they go to college or marry. Middle-aged people lose dreams and children who leave the nest.
Older people lose health, independence, mobility, friends, and future.
Loss is an integral part of life. Some losses are necessary. Some losses are sudden and devastating. All loss makes its impact on the individual and on the family system. During our time together we will look at loss, typical reactions to loss, how we can make adjusting to loss easier, how and why loss changes us permanently, and changes in the marriage relationship during acute grief.