The following statement best describes the purpose of grief therapy.

• A. It can be conducted in both office and informal settings
• B. Helps facilitate uncomplicated or normal grief toward a healthy adaptation to the tasks of mourning
• C. Involves specialized techniques to help people with complicated grief
• D. Can be provided by trained professionals and trained volunteers

Answer: (C)

Grief therapy is focused on helping people whose mourning has become persistent and impairing, known as complicated grief, by using specialized techniques tailored to that pattern. This means the approach goes beyond general support or coping for typical bereavement and employs targeted strategies—such as structured processing of the loss, cognitive and behavioral techniques, and meaning reconstruction—that address the specific symptoms and functioning problems of complicated grief. While grief can sometimes be addressed in various settings and by trained professionals, the defining purpose here is to apply these specialized methods to people whose grief disrupts daily life and prolongs distress. The other statements describe aspects like setting, the experience of normal grief, or who can provide help, but they don’t capture the targeted, technique-driven aim of grief therapy for complicated grief.