07/08/2025
The best therapy to treat grief depends on the type of grief (e.g., normal, complicated, traumatic), the individual’s personality, the relationship to the loss, and cultural factors. However, research and clinical practice highlight several highly effective therapies:
🔝 Top Therapies for Grief
1. BWRT® (BrainWorking Recursive Therapy)
✅ Addresses grief without needing to relive painful memories
✅ Fast, gentle, and non-invasive
✅ Especially powerful for traumatic, sudden, or complicated grief
✅ Helps reset the emotional brain’s response to loss
🥇Best for: Those stuck in painful loops of loss, regret, or anger
2. Complicated Grief Treatment (CGT)
✅ Structured, 16-session model developed specifically for Prolonged Grief Disorder
✅ Combines attachment theory, exposure, and CBT techniques
✅ Focuses on restoring life while honouring the loss
🥈Best for: Long-term grief that disrupts daily functioning
3. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
✅ Processes traumatic memories related to the loss
✅ Effective when the grief is tied to trauma (e.g., violent death, accidents)
🥉Best for: Traumatic grief, intrusive memories, and unresolved trauma
