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The aim of this study is to reveal the perceptions and experiences of psychological counselors regarding grief counseling and their evaluations regarding practice in Turkey. In the study, a phenomenological method, which is a qualitative research design, was used. The study group was determined by the criterion sampling method and all participants in the group reside in Istanbul. The data were obtained through questions posed by the semi-structured interview technique. Descriptive analysis and content analysis were used to analyze the data. According to the results of the research, the participants consider working with grief as a situation that they may encounter at any time in the professional process. They reported that grief cannot be associated only with death and the grief counseling concept limits the professional help process, even if the grief counseling was not requested with special help, delayed and deferred grief could emerge under the subjects studied. Participants stated that they prefer to use theoretical approaches and techniques close to them. It was determined that participants accounted for an existential explanation based on personal experiments, competencies and evaluations regarding grief counseling. In addition, they described the grief process with cultural and social factors, and they did not find the education they received professionally sufficient to work with grief. Finally, they emphasized the necessity of focusing on theoretical and practical courses and educations.

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