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How to comfort a loved one in grief?

2023-01-22T15:14:07.592Z


PSYCHOLOGY - We sometimes doubt our ability to relieve a distressed friend. But careful listening does a lot.


"Of course, the time that goes too fast/ These subways full of drowned/ The truth that avoids us, but/ But to see a friend cry."

In 1977, Jacques Brel put his words to the disarray that seizes us in the face of the grief of our loved ones.

What to do to console a friend left by his spouse, fired, sick or in mourning?

Is it really about "doing" something?

“Consolation is indeed an action, a choice, a movement that requires sympathy

, confirms Saverio Tomasella, doctor of clinical psychology and psychoanalyst, author of

These

friendships

that transform us

(Editions Eyrolles).

But a discreet and benevolent listening remains the prerequisite for any consolation and sometimes the only possible offering.

Even when you cannot hope to quickly console a loved one in the grip of grief, listening and remaining silent will already be of great help according to Florence Ehnuel:

“It would be absurd to try to put the loss experienced by this friend into perspective

, underlines the philosopher , author of

The Empathic Reformulation

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Source: lefigaro

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