by griefcenterweb | Sep 24, 2025 | Articles, 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 Children, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Resources, Self Care, When Someone Dies by Suicide
As part of our nonprofit status we’re constantly searching for and providing relevant and updated resources for our readership. Here is an excellent Chicagoland Counseling Resource list. The list below includes organizations that accept Medicaid. Highlighted (*** and...
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 | Apr 7, 2025 | Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grief, Self Care
by David Fireman, LCSW Life’s challenges often place us in a difficult tension between feeling helpless and trying to persevere. Grief can feel like a constant state of dislocation, a dizzying and porous frame of mind where one is rendered unable to focus and organize...
by griefcenterweb | Feb 27, 2025 | Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grief, Self Care
by David Fireman, LCSW The role of hope in Greek mythology, particularly in the story of Pandora’s jar (commonly mistranslated as box), is puzzling at best. According to Hesiod, Pandora, the first woman created by the gods, opened a jar that released all the evils...
by griefcenterweb | Feb 6, 2025 | Articles, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children, Resources
By David Fireman Grief is one of life’s most complex emotional experiences, which profoundly shapes our understanding of love, loss, survival, and recovery. It is often discussed through the lens of stage models, which attempt to describe the psychological and...
by griefcenterweb | Jan 6, 2025 | Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grieving Adults, Notes from the Center
By David Fireman Welcome to a renewed chapter of this blog, where we explore the profound, complex, and deeply human experiences of loss, trauma, grief, mourning, and self-renovation. These topics are universal, yet they touch every person differently. Our refreshed...
