Bipolar Like Me - How to Help When Someone You Love Is Fifty and Out of Work

Extremities: The Pain and Promise of Divorce

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

As the divorce process unfolds, especially within the first several months, you will probably go through a series of emotional extremes. The divorce, as it tears apart the fabric of your marriage, will probably tear ... Read more... »

Divorce and the Unexpected Reversal

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

You have just begun putting a new life together, having somehow gotten through the most painful experience of your life. The extreme feelings of hurt and anger and fear are subsiding. The emotional roller coaster ... Read more... »

On Socks and Other Sacred Objects - The Grieving Process

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

"I used to complain about all of the laundry that my son generated, especially the socks. He used to change them about three times a day because he was so active. A few weeks after ... Read more... »

Keeping the Dream Alive

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Presidents' Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day bring to mind the fact that national leaders have the ability to affect the well-being of many, many people. Such commemorations also offer us an opportunity to ... Read more... »

How Men Grieve

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Let my pain be unacknowledged, Let my wit resilient be, Let him never know the difference His indifference made to me. — Dorothy ... Read more... »

Choosing Euthanasia for Your Pet

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

There is no simple way to accept when you need to make a decision regarding ending the life of your pet. This kind of purposeful death is called "euthanasia," and which many people refer to ... Read more... »

Explaining the Loss of a Pet to a Child

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Children are capable of understanding, each in their own way, that life must end for all living things. Support their grief by acknowledging their pain. The death of a pet can be an opportunity for ... Read more... »

The 5 Stages of Loss and Grief

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

The stages of mourning are universal and are experienced by people from all walks of life. Mourning occurs in response to an individual's own terminal illness or to the death of a valued being, human ... Read more... »

Understanding the Loss of Your Pet

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

The loss of a pet is like the loss of a close family member to many people. For some, the loss of a pet can be felt even more tragically and more acutely than the ... Read more... »

Grieving the Loss of a Pet

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

When a parent, spouse, child or someone close to us dies, our loss is usually met with sympathy, comfort, and offerings of sincere condolence. We are allowed to grieve. We are allowed to cry. We ... Read more... »

Grief, Healing and the One-to-Two Year Myth

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Motrin, Advil, Pepcid AC. They all claim to work quickly to relieve the physical symptoms of pain and we expect to feel better within minutes. Living as we do in a culture having no tolerance ... Read more... »

Children and Grief

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Children often are disenfranchised in their grief. Well-meaning adults try to protect them from the enormousness of loss by distracting them, telling them half-truths, even lying to them about the death of someone they loved. ... Read more... »

Coping with Unexpected Job Loss

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Hearing about employment layoffs isn't a rare event anymore. As the economy slows down, more and more businesses are making cutbacks or going out of business. If you or someone you know has gotten laid ... Read more... »

Hospice: An Option for End-of-Life Care

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Chemotherapy and radiation had proven unsuccessful, and Jane's ovarian cancer was in its final stages. She knew she was going to die, but didn't want to die in the hospital. Her two young children ... Read more... »

How to Help When Someone You Love Is Fifty and Out of Work

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

It's a familiar story in my practice these days. In the past year, I've seen perhaps a dozen couples in which the husband has been laid off after 15 to 20 years with the same ... Read more... »

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