
How to bear witness to and cope with collective grief
The emotional terrain of grief is immense, encompassing a range of human experience. While grief is often associated with the death of a loved one, grief also emerges as a potent response to divorce, job loss, migration, and other significant life changes. Grief can also be experienced collectively, taking on a distinctive and profound dimension. Collective grief occurs when groups of people who share something in common (e.g. a race, ethnicity, a country) experience significant