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 | Apr 24, 2025 | Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grief, Grief in the Workplace, Grieving Adults
by David Fireman, LCSW Losing a mentor, one who plays a central role in your life—a person you rely on for self-esteem, stability, and identity—is a unique form of grief. A mentor is someone we idealize, attach to, lean on, and draw strength from. The Pain of Losing a...
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 | Jan 8, 2019 | Grief in the Workplace, Grieving Adults
“If I had my druthers, (grief training) would be a built-in component to employee orientation,” Fireman said. While the aging population is one source of workplace grief, another is the city’s violence. Fireman’s organization last year counseled students and faculty...
by griefcenterweb | May 23, 2018 | Articles, Grief in the Workplace, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children
When students return to class at the Chicago Waldorf School Wednesday, their first big test will be coping with the loss of a beloved teacher killed by a stray bullet just half a mile from where she had worked for the last 14 years. “As much as we might like to shield...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 28, 2017 | Articles, Grief in the Workplace, Grieving Adults, Self Care
Grief is particularly difficult to manage within the workplace. The two are grossly incompatible. Work takes place in a high-energy environment full of future-oriented developments, and its successes are measured in tangible results within clearly-defined...
