Holding Space for Grief: A Relational Approach

On this episode of Relational Practice: A Social Work Podcast, hosts Dr. Jodie Park and Rose Mackey dive into the profound role social workers play in supporting people through grief and loss. They approach this topic from a holistic, "person-in-environment" perspective, providing a practical and insightful guide for practitioners.

Dr. Park and Rose Mackey explore several key grief theories that social workers use to inform their practice:

• The Kübler-Ross Five Stages of Grief (1969): This theory outlines the stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The hosts emphasize that these stages are not always a linear progression and that individuals can experience them in any order.
• The Dual Process Model ( ...