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  • Mental-health experts outline why winter holidays intensify grief for people facing loss, displacement or war-related trauma.
  • Piece details evidence-based coping tools and language to support loved ones, helping distinguish normal and complicated grief during the festive season.

Winter holidays promise warmth, intimacy and light. But for those who are experiencing loss, this period can be the most painful. Experts explain that the contrast between "it should be joyful" and real feelings can be devastating.

LIGA.net analyzed the findings of psychotherapist Oksana Mazepa and psychologist Svitlana Arefnia and collected the main techniques that help to survive this period.

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