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Grief Timeline Map

Before, around, after — the shape of the loss

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Grief is not a line but there is a story. Mapping the timeline — before, around, and after — makes the shape of the loss visible and gives it a place to rest.

Who or what was lost
Before — the ordinary time
The last months / the anticipation
The loss itself — what I want on the record
The first days and weeks after
Now — where I am in this

References & further reading

Conceptual background and further reading, not validation of this handout. Named instruments and methods belong to their original authors; custom prompts and trackers are not validated versions of those instruments.

  • Worden, J. W. (2018). Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy (5th ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
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