Social Worker, Grief Expert, Author While using several assisting methods, my work reflects my strong grief background, coming from over 20 years of academic and independent study as well as professional and a lifetime of personal experience. I see the impact on the well-being of loss due to various adverse circumstances that individuals experience. This view is different from the conventional cultural view related to grief which is primarily related solely to death. To share this innovative view, I developed the ground-breaking Acknowledge, Assess, Assist - components of the 3-A Coping Framework.