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Coping With Job Loss

Coping With Job Loss:   Overcoming Crisis and Moving toward Success Presenter:   Diane Kern, Ph.D. Creator of Happy & Healthy U Seminars The loss of a job is one of the most difficult life events and source of significant stress.  Experiencing emotional distress in response to losing one’s job is very common and to be expected.   The typical experience is grief, which is constituted by several emotional stages.   The model of such grief is characterized by the following stages: 1.        Shock, Disbelief, and Denial:   This is often the initial reaction to losing a job; that the job loss does not feel real.   2.          Anger/ Resentment/ Bitterness:   Feeling angered about the manner in which one’s job was terminated is very common.   It is important to recognize the underlying feelings that prompt the anger.   Such anger is particularly intense when one feels that they were unfairly terminated; mistreated while they were employed; or unappreciated an