Understanding grief basics
What Is Grief? Types, Symptoms & How to Cope →
Cleveland Clinic
A comprehensive breakdown covering the physical and emotional symptoms of loss.
Coping with Grief and Loss →
HelpGuide.org
A highly accessible resource that offers practical guidance for acknowledging pain and seeking support.
Coping with Grief: NIH News in Health →
News In Health
Features insights from experts like Dr. George Bonanno on emotional flexibility and finding healthy ways to express varied emotions.
Grief Resilience Techniques for Individuals and Families →
American Psychological Association
Updated APA tools focused on cultivating empathy and resilience during the healing journey.
Grief: Coping with Reminders After a Loss →
Mayo Clinic
On how reminders can bring back the pain of loss, and how to carry them gently.
How to Deal with Grief →
Harvard Health
A clear, evidence-informed overview of grieving and what helps.
Bereavement →
Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK)
A thorough patient-friendly guide to how people normally grieve, when to seek help, and how friends can support.
The body in grief
Specific experiences
Anticipatory Grief: Grieving an Impending Loss →
Child Bereavement
On the grief that begins before the loss, while someone we love is still here.
Grief and Mourning Gone Awry: Pathway and Course of Complicated Grief →
Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience
A clinical look at how grief can become prolonged or complicated, and what that course looks like.
Secondary Losses →
Speaking Grief
The cascading losses beyond the death itself: home, identity, routines, hopes, belonging.
Grief & the Holidays →
Grief.com
Practical guidance for navigating seasonal celebrations and traditions while grieving.
Children and grief
Suicide loss
I've Lost Someone →
AFSP
Survivors of suicide loss, connection, understanding, and removing stigma.
Navigating the Grief Journey: A Guide to Healing →
Alliance of Hope
Articles and community for suicide loss survivors, written by those who have walked the same road.
Grief After Suicide →
Cruse Bereavement Support (UK)
A compassionate guide to the complex feelings that follow a suicide death, anger, confusion, and deep sadness.
Clinical guidance
South Africa
Grief and Bereavement Support Groups →
South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG)
Local support groups, helplines, and mental health resources for South Africans grieving.
The Compassionate Friends South Africa →
Compassionate Friends SA
Support, connection, and space to grieve for bereaved parents and siblings.
About Us →
LifeLine South Africa
Mental and emotional health services, including trauma and bereavement support.
How to Deal with Grief and Loss →
SACAP
Insights from the South African College of Applied Psychology on managing overwhelming grief and finding ways through loss.