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Absent but Implicit: Honoring Who Is Gone vs Complicated Grief: When Loss Becomes Prolonged

Grief, Loss & Life Rebuilding
Concept A

Absent but Implicit: Honoring Who Is Gone

Absent but implicit is a narrative therapy concept describing how people who have died or left our lives remain active, shaping forces in how we think, decide, and define ourselves long after the physical relationship ends. The loved one is absent from the room but implicit in ev...

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Complicated Grief: When Loss Becomes Prolonged

Complicated grief, also called prolonged grief disorder, occurs when the natural grieving process becomes stuck, leaving a person unable to adapt to life after loss even months or years later. Unlike typical bereavement, it is marked by intense longing, difficulty accepting the d...

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What these concepts share

Both concepts are connected through 5 related ideas in the Grief, Loss & Life Rebuilding domain, suggesting they work together in practice.

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