by griefcenterweb | Apr 14, 2026 | Communal Grief, Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grief
We’re living in a time where a lot of things feel unstable at once. Climate, politics, technology, the economy, wars—none of it feels cohesive. People sometimes call this a “polycrisis,” but in everyday life it doesn’t feel like a concept. It feels like a low,...
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 | Jan 27, 2026 | Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grieving Adults
by David Fireman, LCSW When I think about grief in my work as a psychotherapist and social worker I sometimes return to the ideas of Colin Murray Parkes. His way of understanding loss feels grounded in what I see every day with clients. He does not treat grief as...
by griefcenterweb | Jan 1, 2026 | Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grief, Grieving Adults
by David Fireman, LCSW Grief is not a moral lesson. It is not a test. It is not a blessing in disguise, or a path chosen by a wiser universe. Grief is what happens when someone who mattered is no longer here, and the world strangely keeps going along anyway....
by griefcenterweb | Nov 28, 2025 | Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grief, Grieving Adults
by David Fireman, LCSW Nature, with its predictable cycles of growth, decay, and renewal, offers a refuge for survival. Nature connects us to something larger than ourselves, invites us to sit in silence, and provides resources that go beyond words. By immersing...
by griefcenterweb | Jul 10, 2025 | Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grief, Grieving Adults
by David Fireman, LCSW Loss shatters the world as we know it. Whether through death, divorce, illness, or the ending of something once cherished, loss disrupts the internal systems that give us coherence and vitality—our assumed structure of things, the expected...
