“Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time.” -Elizabeth Gilbert “Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do...
For example, if one client was arguing with their parent about taking out the trash, they might roleplay the conversation with their therapist. However, instead of ending on an unfinished note, they can structure the conversation to have an ideal ending. The empty chair technique The empty ...
Lisa presented to the New Jersey School Counselor's Association Conference in October, 2011 on Supporting Students Coping with a Death: Sudden or Anticipated. Helping students cope with a death of a parent, friend, pet, grandparent or other important person in their lives. Lisa spoke in Minneso...
It's so curious: one can resist tears and "behave" very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window — or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer — and every...
Celebrating the life and legacy of those who have passed is also one way to move on and start the process of healing. Remembering a lost loved one can be difficult, but it can also be an opportunity for renewed hope to honor those who have passed on. Here are #quotes that will ...
Losing someone is hard especially in death. It's hard to cope especially if the person you've lost is someone that has been your anchor and where your world has revolved for so many years; it could be your parent or your child. No matter where you look at it, it's not just a ph...
Grief is naturally painful because coping with the loss of someone whom you loved hurts. We all lose people, and this experience is something that often doesn’t get easier even after you’ve gone through it once. Whether you’ve lost a parent, friend, partner, sibling, or co-worker, it...
In my many years of working with and supporting bereaved animal lovers ~ not to mention learning to cope with losses of my own cherished pets ~ I've found that reading selected quotes on pet loss can be profoundly helpful ~ for a number of reasons: ...
day so many years ago. It was a day much like today, and my memory of Dad, painstakingly separating sprinkles at my kitchen table, was as clear as if it had been yesterday. The love (and self-imposed duty) of a parent was captured in the memories grounded in a tub of autumn ...
There are those who have experienced their much-loved father’s death…those who are estranged due to custody issues, abuse, or a complicated relationship…those who have been blocked by a parent from seeing their father/child…and some never met their father because he left. ...