This time of year, as we go through the seasons of Fall into Winter, provides us with so many opportunities for joy and family time as well as a focus on giving and receiving. Typically, this is a time of year that we find peace in seeing so much...
Posted by Bernice Simmons, LPC, CCTP
When we lose someone or something we tend to experience significant pain and suffering. As a therapist, I encounter people dealing with grief and loss on many levels. Whether that loss is related to the death of a loved one, our health due...
Posted by Mary Lou Konsin, RN, LPC, CT
Death is an unavoidable and painful experience for the living. When someone dies the living have their own death experience. Regardless of how our loved ones die, we find it perhaps easier to comprehend their journey than our own by accepting...
Posted by Bernice Simmons, LPC, CCTP
The palpable pain of those suffering grief can be so intense that it can be overwhelming and confusing to know how we should behave or what to say in such situations to be helpful. How can we show support and caring to those who are grieving when we feel awkward and at a loss for words?...
Posted by Dana Nygaard, MA, LPC
“Her fireman died.” These were the poignant words of my toddler son, as he pointed to a woman in the grocery store. Of course, he was not aware of the weight of his statement. The woman was his teacher at a church school the...
