1. Complicated Grief
(Unresolved, Chronic)

2. Canine’s Variables That Can Obstruct the Grief Process
Past Losses (Worden: Historical Factors)
Death Surround (Worden: Circumstantial Factors and Relational Factors)
Social Issues (Worden: Social Factors and Personality Factors) (Lazare: 3 conditions)
Abnormal Grief Responses (Worden: Abnormal Grief Reactions)

3. Worden’s Abnormal Grief Reactions
Chronic Grief Reaction
Exaggerated Grief Response
Delayed Grief Response
Masked Grief Response

4. Therapeutic Strategies
Reaching out to the bereaved.
Rituals of bereavement. (Funeral Rites)
Resolving complicated grief.
Expectations for closure.
4 behaviors: acceptance of feelings
detachment from the deceased
reestablishment of relationships
restoration of wholeness