Grief
Learning from Memory
Sometimes the True Value of a Gift Can Only Be Appreciated LaterA parentless woman recalls her childhood Christmas rituals. Read more
Reliable Witness
What it Takes to be With Your Clients to the EndFew of us instinctively know what to do and say when families are confronting the death of a loved one. But we can start by being with them in the struggle. Read more
Winter Passage
Acknowledging Spirituality in Life's Final JourneyDrawing on spiritual resources can ease the pain and sorrow of death for client and therapist alike. Read more
The Last Word
The difficulties of summing up a lifetimeGrieving the departed will always elicit startling feelings and strange behaviors. It may be less about truth than about timing. Read more
A Complicated Grieving
Death, guilt, and anger are an explosive mix"Complicated grief" resulting from unresolved guilt, anger, shame, and regret can fester on for many years. Read more
Riding the Waves of Grief
Practical Tools for Clients and TherapistsKumar answers a question about how to deal with clients who have suffered devastating losses. The first thing a therapist must do is to reassure the client by... Read more
Getting Over It
We're more resilient than we realizeTherapists often assume that people going through grief or trauma must always emotionally work. But through the experience if they are to recover, recent... Read more
Tarnished Crown
Discovering momma and the meaning of lifeTherapists who can surf the transference and countertransference of chronic disappointment by being mindful of their own inner states can find creative... Read more