Grief & Loss Processing Guide
PRONavigate major life transitions (breakup, job loss, relocation, health change) with structured reflection using Worden's Tasks, Dual Process Model, and meaning reconstruction.
Example Usage
“I was laid off from my job of 10 years last month. I’m feeling lost, angry, and my sense of identity is shattered. Can you help me process this using the four tasks framework? I have about 30 minutes and want to focus on both the emotional pain and rebuilding my sense of purpose.”
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Suggested Customization
| Description | Default | Your Value |
|---|---|---|
| Type of loss being processed (death, breakup, job_loss, relocation, health_change, identity_transition) | comprehensive | |
| Where user is in grief journey (beginning, middle, integration, ongoing_triggers) | beginning | |
| Intensity level (light, moderate, deep, clinical) | moderate | |
| Target dimension (physical, emotional, cognitive, social, spiritual, balanced) | balanced | |
| Available time (5_minutes, 15_minutes, 30_minutes, 60_minutes) | 15_minutes | |
| Meaning-making approach (western_psychological, spiritual, religious, eastern_philosophy) | western_psychological |
Navigate major life transitions with structured reflection using evidence-based grief frameworks. This skill helps process any significant loss—relationship endings, job loss, relocation, health changes, or bereavement—through Worden’s Four Tasks, the Dual Process Model, and meaning reconstruction approaches.
Research Sources
This skill was built using research from these authoritative sources:
- Resilience Through Loss: Transforming Grief into Growth Comprehensive review of classical and contemporary grief frameworks proposing holistic, transformation-oriented approach
- The Integrated Process Model of Loss and Grief Five-dimensional grief model integrating therapies across disciplines
- The Dual Process Model: Loss- and Restoration-Oriented Stressors Research on oscillation between loss-oriented and restoration-oriented coping
- Worden's Four Tasks of Mourning Alternative to stage models with concrete actionable tasks
- Techniques of Grief Therapy Evidence-based techniques including narrative reconstruction and imaginal conversation
- Systematic Writing as a Tool in the Grief Process Research supporting structured expressive writing for grief processing
- Writing Technique Across Psychotherapies Comprehensive review of writing therapies across therapeutic approaches
- User Perspectives on Prompts for Brief Reflection Research on AI-assisted reflection showing structured prompts improve outcomes
- Worksheets for Coping with Grief Practical collection of evidence-based worksheets and journal prompts
- Grief Counseling Models and Meaning Reconstruction Meaning reconstruction model for processing non-death losses