ABSTRACT
Many of the interventive strategies that have been developed for persons who are grieving are effective with a wide range of grievers, even those with different grieving patterns. The reason for that effectiveness is that these strategies allow grieving individuals to use them in ways that are compatible to their individual patterns. They allow grieving persons the ability to engage on a cognitive, affective, or behavioral level. One can express feelings or thoughts. In effectively using these strategies, counse lors or grieving individuals ought to remember three critical aspects:
1. Be intentional. That is, understand what one is attempting to accom plish by the strategy that is used. For example, is one seeking to assist cognitive processing or empower the ventilation of feelings?
