by griefcenterweb | Nov 9, 2017 | Articles, Psychotherapy and Counseling
Will I Ever Be the Same Again??? Grief comes in many different forms and in response to many kinds of losses. Sometimes an existential crisis occurs in the context of loss and grief. The desire to return to their pre-loss functioning and what has been good and...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, Psychotherapy and Counseling
You know that your grief therapy is working when… You feel increasingly uncomfortable with the status quo when it is causing harm. Your causes and relationships begin to more closely reflect and reinforce your values. You take the risk to trust your own change...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, How to Support a Grieving Friend, Psychotherapy and Counseling
It can be hard to know what the right thing is to say and do to supported the bereaved. There’s no way to take the pain away form someone who is grieving, but there are ways that one can offer support. Can you describe some of the most effective ways to offer...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, Grieving Adults, Psychotherapy and Counseling
Keeping a personal journal can help you process and sort out your thoughts, feelings, memories, images, sensations, etc. As you continue to write, you may begin to gain clarity of where you have been, where you are now, and where you want to be in the future. This...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, Psychotherapy and Counseling
Regrettably, our society maintains a host of unrealistic assumptions and inappropriate expectations when it comes to the work of grief and the realities of mourning. Here are some myths to consider: Grief and mourning decline in a steadily decreasing fashion over...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, Psychotherapy and Counseling
For the griever the future feels shattered; everything hoped for is broken and gone, lost like a broken mirror. The task is to feel, look at, tolerate that brokenness and gradually recreate a beautiful mosaic out of those shattered pieces of one’s life. Some Ideas...