Sunday morning June 12th, 2016, the City Beautiful was awakened with devastating and heartbreaking news. Pulse, a LGBT community nightclub in Downtown Orlando, suffered a massive inhumane attack from a young 29 year old man and American citizen named Omar Mateen who gunned down 49 people and seriously injured over 50, claiming allegiance to terrorism and ISIS. The real motive for this attack is still under investigation. Nonetheless, the immense cruelty makes us consider what a disturbed mind will lead a person to do. Therefore, we raise the question how is human life losing its value due to personal and/or fanatic reasons, social difference and/or cultural intolerance. The deceased family members are mourning today the loss of their beloved ones due to the devastating tragedy and facing the symptoms of grief/loss. Grieving can be painful and a long lasting process which needs time to be processed adequately by each person. Realistically, we cannot be prepared for the loss of our loved ones even in cases of terminal illness as for instance, Cancer, Alzheimer’s. In case of loss due to a tragedy like the Pulse nightclub shooting, the impact can be even more devastating because of the unpredictable and brutal nature of the event. Below are a few tips to help us through the grieving process.

4 Tips to Help us to Process Grief: 1. Look for a good support system

Read all 4 Tips for Orlando Shooting Grief here Jim West, LMHC, NCC is a National Certified Counselor is the president of Total Life Counseling Center and employs trauma and grief counselors.