ABSTRACT
Most bereaved who seek grief therapy, individually, as a couple or as a family will appreciate the space and opportunity to explore the process of talking and listening to the pain of grief from early in the therapy process. Exploring the ambivalences and hesitations of every family member is especially important for couples or families who have not talked about the loss for a long time. However, a “meta-conversation” about constraints on communication within families may be less relevant when such communication is fluid and well established.
