The document outlines the 7 stages of grief: 1) numbness and shock, 2) denial, 3) self-doubt, 4) acceptance, 5) testing, 6) search for meaning, and 7) internalization. It describes the feelings and behaviors associated with each stage as one processes a significant loss or transition.

1. Rabbi Elliot Salo Schoenberg
International Director of Placement
and Career Services
2012

2. 1. Numbness

3.  Self-esteem at base line

4.  Shocked – Overwhelmed – Immobilized

5. 2. Denial

7.  Nothing but positive feelings, high self-
esteem

8.  Present/Future

9.  Defensive – euphoria

10.  Minimization of
what’s to come

11. 3. Self-doubt

12.  Self-esteem declines

13.  Powerlessness – Hopelessness – Anger

14.  Changes are coming

15. 4. Acceptance

16.  Questioning the ability to let go

17.  Neutral zone, I have to let go; come out of
the pit

18. 5. Testing

19.  Energy Returns

20.  Begin to think about the future

21.  Trying out new behaviors

22.  Starting new relationships

23. 6. Search for
Meaning

24.  Self-esteem enhanced

25.  Reflect on what we were and how far we’ve
come

26. 7. Internalization

27.  We are reborn

28.  Incorporating the
new behavior

29.  Making meaning

31. Rabbi Elliot Salo Schoenberg
International Director of Placement
and Career Services
2012