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 | Sep 6, 2019 | Articles, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children, Resources, Self Care
by David Fireman, LCSW The anguish of grief takes its own course and demands an unknown schedule. For a time we are dominated by its waves as they crash through us, sometimes in the most unexpected ways. Our reflex is to fortify and resist. It’s actually only...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 2, 2018 | Articles, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grieving Adults, Grieving After a Miscarriage or Still Birth, Grieving Children, Resources, When Someone Dies by Suicide
Grief counseling has a specific character in that it is essentially focused on assisting the griever in recognizing, reacting to, and integrating loss(es). However, while it is distinct in its nature and course, grief counseling often intersects with traditional...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 9, 2017 | Articles, Death of a Sibling, Grieving Adults, Psychotherapy and Counseling
As human beings we struggle with the notion of meaning. Perhaps one of the best discussions of this issue comes from Victor Frankl’s, “Man’s Search for Meaning.” Frankl discusses his own experience as a survivor of Nazi concentration camps and...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 9, 2017 | Articles, Death of a Sibling
In American society we suffer from long-standing patterns of anxiety and denial about death. Perhaps as a result, in our grief and mourning processes, we’ve learned to cope with our powerful reactions with self-control and “strength.” It seems we are socially...
