Iowa Health - Des Moines is now UnityPoint Health - Des Moines

UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Counseling & Psychiatry Clinic

at Lakeview Medical Park

6000 University Avenue, Suite 200

West Des Moines, IA 50266

p: (515) 241-2300

What is Grief?

Grief may be triggered by the death of a loved one. People also can experience grief if they have an illness for which there is no cure, or a chronic condition that affects their quality of life. The end of a significant relationship may also cause a grieving process.

Everyone feels grief in their own way. However, there are common stages to the process of mourning. It starts with recognizing a loss and continues until a person eventually accepts that loss.

For more information, please contact us at 515-241-2300.

Providers specializing in grief and loss:

Richard Douglass LISW, ACSW, BCD

Charles Dunlop, MSW, MHA, LISW

Elaine Hoversten, Psy.D.

Todd D. Jenkins, LMFT, LMHC

Sylvia Low, LISW