Grief and Loss
Articles
Life's Seasons
Kathy Ann Ward, MA, LPC-T, CSAC
This article recognizes the difficulties that come with life's many transitions, and offers time tested coping...
Controlling the Chaos
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
For stepfamilies, the stress of the holiday season can be compounded. With patience and grace, the holiday season...
How to Talk about Trauma and Loss with Children
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
This article gives tips and insight for adults in explaining trauma and loss to children. Important points and...
Overcoming Self-sabotaging Behaviors
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
While we are all capable of self-sabotage, some individuals are more vulnerable to self-defeating behavior. It is...
Helping Children with Nightmares
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
To children, nightmares are very real and they do not have the knowledge or experience to understand it was just a...
Transforming Emotions
Kathy Ann Ward, MA, LPC-T, CSAC
A good quality of life requires that we cope effectively with our reactions to our experiences. Others may...
Promises! Promises!
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
As many say and the rest of us believe, the holidays push our coping skills to the limit. Often the things that...
Tears In My Ears: A Conversation of Failure and Honesty
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Failure and loss is hard. This article describes how to get through the difficult times after defeat.
This is A Season of Loss for Some
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
We have seasons when we mourn for our lost loved ones. For some, the goodbye was not the best. What was your...
Forgiveness Means Time
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Not too long ago I met with an eleven-year-old girl who was being adopted by her stepfather. Her father left her...
Broadcasts
A Child Faces Divorce – 3 of 5 – #3444
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Hannah, a young woman now married and in a successful, fruitful life, discusses the difficulties children face when...
A Child Faces Divorce – 2 of 5 – #3443
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Hannah, a young woman now married and in a successful, fruitful life, discusses the difficulties children face when...
A Child Faces Divorce – 1 of 5 – #3442
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Hannah, a young woman now married and in a successful, fruitful life, discusses the difficulties children face when...
Controlling the Chaos - 2 of 2 #3425
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
For stepfamilies, the stress of the holiday season can be compounded. With patience and grace, the holiday season...
Controlling the Chaos - 1 of 2 #3424
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
For stepfamilies, the stress of the holiday season can be compounded. With patience and grace, the holiday season...
Trauma: Taking Care of Yourself - 3 of 3 #3423
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Each of us experiences situations and events that run the risk of leaving us traumatized. Traumatic events may not...
Trauma: Taking Care of Yourself - 2 of 3 #3422
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Each of us experiences situations and events that run the risk of leaving us traumatized. Traumatic events may not...
Trauma: Taking Care of Yourself - 1 of 3 #3421
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Each of us experiences situations and events that run the risk of leaving us traumatized. Traumatic events may not...
Ministering to a Grieving Child, #6 of 6, #3400
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
Like adults, children grieve when faced with loss or significant change. However, children sometimes do not have...
Ministering to a Grieving Child, #5 of 6, #3399
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
Like adults, children grieve when faced with loss or significant change. However, children sometimes do not have...
