Tag Archives: Prolonged Grief Disorder

What is Complicated Grief?

An interview with Dr. Katherine Shear, Founder of Center for Complicated Grief at Columbia School of Social Work, Part One

An internist and psychiatrist, Dr. Kathy Shear is widely recognized for her work in bereavement studies. She has developed a targeted psychotherapy, Complicated Grief Treatment which has proved to be efficacious in three different trials.  Editor’s note: This interview has … Continue reading

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What I Know Now

She was suffering complicated grief

When I moved to San Francisco in 2001, I drove east to spend the weekend with my Aunt Loraine in Tracy, California. I had not seen her in well over 2 decades. Since last we had seen each other, her … Continue reading

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