Whether your loss was recent or happened a while ago, the emotions of grief can be magnified during the holiday season. Let’s talk about ways to best navigate the pain associated with grief and how to help others during this time. Bring your questions and let’s chat about it.
Even couples who seem like they’re made for each other put a lot of hard work into making sure their marriages remain healthy. Dr. Martise and Dr. Tish Coleman will share nuggets on how to maintain healthy relationships.
The public focus on love can evoke painful and sad feelings for those who are bereaved. Let’s discuss ways in which you can effectively cope with your grief and how we can best support others.
This is a sneak peek of what’s to come during our upcoming live session on PTSD among Police Officers. This is a brief video chat with Deputy Morell who shared his heart regarding the trauma faced by police officers on a daily basis.
Traumatic grief, that is, the grief that accompanies loss that is unexpected. Such a loss may trigger post-trauma survival mechanisms in addition to the mourning of whatever was unexpectedly lost. Watch now on YouTube!
The sibling relationship is typically one of the strongest bonds in the familial structure. The surviving sibling may struggle with conflicting feelings with regard to their current role within the family dynamic after the suicidal crisis. Join us as Charlene Morell shares her personal testimony of grief, healing, and purpose after her brother completed suicide.
Everyone is affected by suicide, not just the victim. Suicide impacts family and friends long after the loss of a loved one. On average, one person commits suicide every 16.2 minutes. Two-thirds of the people who commit suicide suffer from depression.
People with hoarding disorder have persistent difficulty getting rid of or parting with possessions due to a perceived need to save the items. Attempts to part with possessions create considerable distress and lead to decisions to save them. The resulting clutter disrupts the ability to use living spaces (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). We were excited…
Did you know that hoarding is often triggered by a traumatic loss or event? Common contributors include divorce, childhood poverty, and death of a loved one. People can start hoarding after such events as a way to avoid grieving. Hoarding becomes a comfort that can allow them to avoid working through the pain of their trauma.…
This population faces a higher amount of discrimination, hate crimes, and violence. The LGBTQ community is faced with other unique losses such as the possibility of rejection from family and friends. This can cause isolation, hurt, anger and depression. Let’s talk about it!