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Scenario

When family therapy becomes performative after loss

My teenage daughter and I have been doing therapy together after her dad died last year, but lately our sessions feel like we're performing grief for each other instead of actually processing it, and I think we're both afraid to be honest about how angry we are because we don't want to hurt each other more.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared grief can create a protective theater where authentic processing is sacrificed to shield each other from additional pain.

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Patan
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