Any type of grief is natural and okay. Talking to a mental health professional about your grief may help you remind yourself that your feelings are valid and that there are healthy ways to move forward, even when others do not understand. Getty/MoMo Productions Grief theories Several ...
Understanding the roles and responsibilities of being a counselor may help you decide if a career in counseling is right for you. Conducting research, reading interviews with current counselors, or seeking advice from professionals in the field are all ways to get an idea of what it’s like ...
Ingroup therapythere are types of groups and therapeutic approaches for groups. Although most of them deal with some form of substance abuse, the issues can range from trauma and grief to abuse and addiction. Here are the most common types and approaches: ...
Reduce stress:Stress is a normal part of life, but how you handle it will affect your emotional wellness. Stress can sometimes give you a boost of energy, but if it’s long-term, or chronic, then it can hurt in the long run. You must find ways to cope with your stress and boost ...
In his book The Five Love Languages, relationship therapist Gary Chapman says that there are five primary ways we express love in relationships: Words of Affirmation –Saying things like “I love you”, “I appreciate what you did”, and “I’m so happy when you’re around”. Acts of...
of the woman who birthed the boy I call my son.Maybe you need to know that another mama knows how it feels to love a child who did not come from your body and who is unable to love you fully until their buried grief has been resurrected and faced and painted with the hope of ...
Future research on this classification and types of religiosity can provide unique contributions to developing TMT. On the other hand, knowing the roles of different forms of religiosity in managing existential concerns may be of therapeutic benefit in coping with death, bereavement, grief and related...
How Many Ways to Adopt Are There? Adoption is a complex subject, to say the least. Part of its complexity is that there are many different types of adoption. Whether you are a prospective birth parent, a hopeful adoptive family or someone who is simply curious, we’ve prepared this compre...
I experienced something similar once before. Months of going through motions I have no recollection of. Years of grieving the death of a dream. Grieving so hard I nearly lost myself in the ocean of silent sorrow. I came around, but the grief haunted relentlessly if I was still or quiet ...
I’ve watched this thing called grief eat holes in the souls of people I love. Death is a caustic thing. Especially the death of a mother. Especially the death of the dreams of mothers. When we live with or love someone who is trying to figure out how to grieve their loss, we risk...