Recognizing and Coping with the Symptoms of Traumatic Grief
The symptoms of traumatic grief are complex, often requiring the help of a therapist. The most common symptoms and how to cope with them are listed here.
Parent Suicide: Coping with Your Parent’s Sudden Death
Parental suicide carries a heavy social stigma and takes a deep emotional toll. Seek help to cope with feelings of abandonment, powerlessness and low self-esteem.
Finding Peace When Your Abuser Dies
Your abuser is gone. Really gone. You won’t bump into him or her. You needn’t fear a call. Yet, your abuser’s death doesn’t bring the peace you thought it would. While you may experience some measure of relief following your abuser’s death, finding peace in an ongoing...
Coping with Grief after a Traumatic Birth Experience: Therapy Can Help
Has it been hard to say goodbye to the dream of your child’s birth? The months of expectation for that day may’ve dissipated quickly. Or crumbled over the course of hours. Perhaps the way you planned to participate and witness your first maternal moments simply never...
Using Acceptance to Move Through the Pain of Depression and Anxiety
Telling yourself that truth, so that you can accept it and appreciate what it will take to care for yourself is the key to feeling better and living better.