Karlawish is a professor of medicine, medical ethics, health policy, and neurology at the University of Pennsylvania’s ...

Families With Missing Loved Ones Like Nancy Guthrie Face Ambiguous Loss. It Freezes Grief Lynette Pino watched in February as news about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie seemed endless. But she ...

Many people come to therapy when they are nursing complex forms of grief that they may not know how to deal with. This manifests itself in questions like these: “I wish people knew what it’s like to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Rachel Ganz’s husband might be alive. But he ...

Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here. In the first installment of this series, I discussed the small losses of everyday life and how important it is for parents to try to tolerate their children’s ...

Ambiguous grief—mourning someone still alive but absent from your life—can feel just as heavy as traditional loss. It impacts both mind and body, often leaving people isolated. With the right coping ...

I last saw my dad when I was 20. Our estrangement was confusing and made me feel unworthy of love. I learned about ambiguous loss, and it gave me the language to heal. The last time I saw my dad, we ...

Lynette Pino watched in February as news about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie seemed endless. But she decided she didn't want to get consumed by it. Pino has something in common with NBC “Today” ...

Rachel Ganz's husband might be alive. But he might not be. More than three months after he was last seen near the Eleven Point River in Missouri amid severe flooding and evacuation orders, Jon Ganz is ...

The last time I saw my dad, we test-drove a Jet Ski. He'd just repaired it for a customer, and the lake that day was flawless. "Hold on tight," he said before we sped off. I was 20. I wrapped my arms ...