emotionally intelligent grief support
I really do want to be of service to those of you who are trying to support someone you care about. I know you feel helpless and powerless and frustrated. I’m not always sure how to help. I can keep pointing you back to this list of 11 ways to help a grieving friend.…
Okay, so I wrote that post title with tongue firmly in cheek, knowing it would get you to click. My sarcasm doesn’t necessarily translate through the screen, however, so let me say right up front: whether your relationship was perfect or imperfect has absolutely no bearing on your grief. In fact, everyone has an imperfect relationship,…
. Okay, so I wrote that post title with tongue firmly in cheek, knowing it would get you to click. My sarcasm doesn’t necessarily translate through the screen, however, so let me say right up front: whether your relationship was perfect or imperfect has absolutely no bearing on your grief. In fact, everyone has an imperfect…
. Writing without the deeply personal is not the whole story of grief. To give the whole story, to give as many handholds as possible in the steep climb of grief, we need to hear personal stories. Each Friday, I’ll post something from my own experience of grief and love. It’s an inside look at love,…
This post is part of a series for the witness to grief. If you’re supporting a friend or family member in pain, be sure to check in each Wednesday for a new post. The butterfly: such a common symbol of transformation. All wiggly dark parts, all mysterious and hidden, erupting from its safe cocoon…
I’m a therapist. I’ve been a therapist for well over ten years, and was in related social and education services for the decade before that. In my work as a clinician, I had to give people diagnoses. That is the way that therapists and other professionals get paid: we give a diagnosis that the insurance…
I’m a therapist. I’ve been a therapist for well over ten years, and was in related social and education services for the decade before that. In my work as a clinician, I had to give people diagnoses. That is the way that therapists and other professionals get paid: we give a diagnosis that the insurance…
. Writing without the deeply personal is not the whole story of grief. To give the whole story, to give as many handholds as possible in the steep climb of grief, we need to hear personal stories. Each Friday, I’ll post something from my own experience of grief and love. It’s an inside look at love,…
