Psychotherapy and Counseling Articles

Psychotherapy and Grief Counseling Articles

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Core Causes of Corruption

Core Causes of Corruption

Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests there is inherent in humanity a deep negative process that is driven into full bloom by excessive frustration and largely responsible for our suffering. At its base, the core causes of corruption (awkwardly named) are: selfishness,...

Empathy Defined

Empathy Defined

Empathy has been described and defined in many ways.  In the last few years, I have been collecting my thoughts about empathy as it applies to psychotherapy and would like to share them here.  My bias is to see the concept as a therapists’ main instrument for...

The Howl of Grief

The Howl of Grief

There is a phase in the grief process that feels like fragmentation. There are few words that can describe the gut-wrenching pain of this part of grief. Many people say it's like their self is being torn apart or that the anguish they feel coursing through their body...

Why Grief Counseling?

Why Grief Counseling?

Many people wonder about why grief counseling is recommended.  What is it?  Why should I do it?  It's hard enough to go through this with friends and family.  What's meeting with a professional going to do for me? Why Grief Counseling Works We know that the searing...

Loss Is Hard Enough

Loss Is Hard Enough

Grieving a loss is hard enough, but when the environment won't or can't surround us in our loss with consistent comfort and useful resources, then it becomes even harder.  There's a term being used in the bereavement literature called complicated mourning or traumatic...

Myths and Realities of Mourning

Myths and Realities of Mourning

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...

Ideas About Mourning

Ideas About Mourning

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...

Grief Symptoms, Causes, and Effects

Grief Symptoms, Causes, and Effects

Grief is a normal part of coping with a loss, but for some people, it can be far more serious. In some situations, normal grief can lead to a grief disorder, which can require professional help to overcome. What Are the Types of Grief Disorders? There are several...

A Grief Out Of Season

A Grief Out Of Season

We are not prepared to lose a friend and colleague in the span of a day or weekend. We are not prepared to have death come to us so suddenly, unexpectedly, almost assaultively. Work is the known world — the place for demonstrating our strength, our competence, our...

The Grief Experience

The Grief Experience

Grief is the natural, healthy, spontaneous, unlearned, normal, emotional, healing process that occurs after a significant loss. Grief is experienced uniquely by each of us, and is often experienced in waves, with emotions, thinking, physical, and social responses...

Depression Boot Camp

Depression Boot Camp

Tips For Combating Grief - Depression Boot Camp Be up and dressed by 6:30 every a.m. Take a 30 min walk. Eat at least 3x per day or 5 smaller meals with a little protein in each—especially in the morning. Keeping blood sugar in check is very important. Avoid sugar and...