by griefcenterweb | Feb 4, 2026 | Communal Grief, Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation
by David Fireman, LCSW I decided to apply Parkes’ ideas to our current world situation. Therapy has always been a “space” for examining and working on personal problems. But it also has always been a container for world tension and weariness. These days the...
by griefcenterweb | Jun 26, 2025 | Communal Grief, Notes from the Center
by David Fireman, LCSW What a joy it was to come together and celebrate 40 incredible years of our counseling center’s service, heart, and impact. Thank you to each and every one of you who joined us and made the celebration so meaningful—whether you came for the...
by griefcenterweb | Dec 13, 2022 | Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Self Care
by David Fireman, LCSW This article is the first in a series on the subject of coping with precariousness and uncertainty. The Covid-19 pandemic and socio-political conditions are significant factors, which I attempt to take into account as part of the analysis. It...
by griefcenterweb | Oct 24, 2022 | Articles, Communal Grief, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grief in the Workplace, Grieving Adults, Grieving After a Miscarriage or Still Birth, Grieving and the Holidays, Grieving Children, Helpful Books, Notes from the Center, Resources, Self Care, Suicide and Overdose, When Someone Dies by Suicide
Personal Grief Rituals presents a new model for how bereaved individuals can create unique expressions of mourning that are tailored to their psychological needs and grounded in memories and emotions specific to the relationship they lost. This book examines cultures...
by griefcenterweb | Dec 27, 2021 | Articles, Communal Grief, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children, Resources, Self Care
To witness is to protect and preserve experience from being denied out of existence. As mourners we go through phases of protest, not the least of which is the fight to not have our grief taken away from us. Back in September, 2020 when the total number estimated...
by griefcenterweb | Jan 26, 2021 | Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Notes from the Center, Self Care
At long last we have a national leader in charge, who is capable of acknowledging our collective grief and the need to mourn our losses. Apart from how his administration goes on to govern, Biden’s self-declared first responsibility of leadership suggests that now...
