THE REALITY OF GRIEF, CRISIS AND SORROW: COUNSELING FOR THE HURTING

Abstract

One major problem of humanity is the failure to see the reality of grief, crisis and sorrow when they strike though the three are reality and pain of human experience. Grief, Crisis and sorrow are reality in the life of every human being whether young or old, male or female, African Traditional Religionist, Muslim, or Christian. Based .on the universality of this problem the researchers discovered various stages of development of grief, crisis and sorrow as experienced by the people and provide a biblical counselling for the hurting. The researchers observed that the awareness of these potential dangers to the life of Nigerians is worthy of researching. This will contribute to an overall effectiveness when the in assisting those going through similar psychological problems various ways solutions provided are put into practice. Therefore this article discusses and provide a by which counsellors can help to educate, enlighten, comfort, heal guide for people in helping them cope with hard times as grief, crisis and sorrow.