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When Western grief therapy conflicts with ancestral wisdom

My therapist says I need to 'let go' of my grief but my Korean grandmother always said we honor the dead by carrying them with us forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Therapeutic models that emphasize resolution can invalidate cultural traditions that view ongoing grief as sacred obligation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief rituals across cultures — what they accomplish?”

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