Lisa Athan, MA, Master's in Counseling, is the Founder and Executive Director of Griefspeaks Presentations, Workshops, Keynotes & Counseling for Adults, Teens and Children Coping and Growing Through Grief, Loss and Other Tough Stuff Contact Lisa: (973) 985-4503 orLisa@griefspeaks.com Lisa pre...
Children differ from adults cognitively, emotionally, physically, and psychologically, and these differences require special knowledge and sensitivity by the counselor (Erdman & Lampe, 1996). A child's experience of grieving and letting go of pain when loss occurs is different th...
Prepare them for shifts in emotion and give them permission to laugh and feel happy when they feel like it. Help them brainstorm coping strategies based on their personality and strengths. Offer options such as counseling, journaling, and workbooks, but don’t push. Questions about life’s ...
Dallas Grief Counseling offers grief therapy for adults struggling after a loss. Together we will work on building coping skills, answering difficult questions, and processing the pain of the loss so that you can learn to live again.
A white rose represented her loss at the next Mother’s Day brunch, but Edwards did not receive any counseling. Though her grandmother had talked to her about going to see a “different kind of doctor,” her uncle didn’t feel therapy was necessary. ...
Grief & loss can be excruciating, confusing, and even debilitating, and leave us needing help navigating the complexities of our painful experiences. I also provide marriage, pre-marriage and general relationship counseling for families, couples and individuals. ...
The primary goal of grief counseling is to help the survivor come to terms with the loss and say goodbye to the deceased.Grief in Children In the past there has been debate as to whether children have the ability to mourn. Today, it is generally accepted that children do have the ability...
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When I was in practice as a psychologist who specialized in grief and loss counseling, I tried to help my patients to understand, process and deal with major losses. I often explained to them that denial was an effective coping mechanism if it allowed them to absorb the overwhelming loss lit...
with non-bereaved peers, private grief interactions with bereaved peers, and counseling grief interactions. Discussion of specific pragmemes of accommodation associated with each interaction is provided and how these discourses uniquely socially construct grief support for emerging adults on college campuses...