Emotional Stages of Divorce

The grieving process one goes through during and after a divorce is very much like grieving the death of a loved one. Working through your grief can be a painful process, but it is necessary to ensure your future emotional and physical well-being. According to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of On Death and Dying, the emotional stages of grief are “responses to loss that many people have, but there is not a typical response to loss as there is no typical loss. Our grief is as individual as our lives.”

In today’s society the loss of a marriage seems to be “typical.” How you grieve, that loss will greatly determine how productive the rest of your life is.