85. Dissecting DABDA with Dr. Jason Troyer

About this episode

Ben Schmidt and Dr. Jason Troyer discuss the accuracy of the Five Stages of Grief and explore alternatives.

You are probably familiar with the Five Stages of Grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance (DABDA) because they are so incepted into our culture, but is it accurate? Ben is Joined by Dr. Jason Troyer, a counselor, professor, and well respected public speaker in funeral service joins Ben to dissect DABDA and offer alternatives. Please rate and review the show! Email me with your comments! Bschmidt@frigidfluid.com Follow Ben @thefuneralcast Visit Dr. Troyer's Website! Learn more about Healing Path Shop our selection of embalming fluids and prep room equipment

People in this episode

Host: Ben Schmidt

Guest: Dr. Jason Troyer

Topics covered

• grief
• DABDA
• counseling
• funeral service
• mental health

Keywords

• grief
• DABDA
• Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance
• counseling
• funeral service

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Healing Path

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