Healing From Grief & Loss | Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor
Grief involves cycling between protest and despair rather than progressing through linear stages, with dopamine and yearning playing central neurobiological roles
Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor
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Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and a world-leading expert on the neuroscience of grief and loss. She has dedicated her career to understanding how the brain and body process grief and has developed evidence-based approaches to help people navigate loss in healthy ways.