Grief Therapist Told Bereaved Parents Stages of Grief Not Designed for Child Loss

What was said

"Stages of grief were designed for elderly people who are at the end of life, of the stages of accepting that your life is going to end. That is not made for parents who have lost their child because there are no stages."

Emily Kaiser shared advice from grief specialist Dr. Joanne Cacciatori, who runs a care farm for bereaved parents, explaining that the widely-taught five stages of grief model was never intended for parents who lost children. The doctor emphasized that parental grief has no stages and never ends, challenging mainstream grief counseling approaches. Kaiser attended the care farm within two weeks of her son's death.