Articles about Grief and loss Counseling

Childhood Trauma Effects that Often ...

Many people don’t like to associate their lives with trauma. In fact, many people may not have experienced what they...

The Grieving Process

Part 1: What is Normal Grief? Losing someone we love is excruciating. When we lose someone to death, whether suddenly...

What is Trauma Caused By?

Trauma is an experience – or a series of experiences – in which a person’s automatic survival response is activated....

Learning How to Handle Grief: Give ...

Losing a loved one is never an easy experience. Our society does a poor job of caring for others after...

Treating Trauma – 2 Effective ...

What is trauma? Traumas are experiences that cause us to develop false beliefs about ourselves or about the world we...

Chris Chandler

Different Ways of Dealing with Trauma

Reference The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D There are times when someone who...

Healing from Child Sexual Abuse: A ...

Part 1 of a 2-part series Child sexual abuse is a significant problem. In fact, 25 percent of girls and...

Stepping out of the Shame Room: Advice ...

Let’s be honest. We have a hard time admitting that we feel shame. Shame perpetuates the idea that we are...

Lifespan Integration for Trauma and ...

In “Lifespan Integration Therapy: A Christian Counselor Connects the Dots,” I described how Lifespan Integration differs from other therapy modalities....

Narrative Therapy Part 1: What Is It?

Narrative Therapy is a “brand” of psychological counseling developed in the last decade. There are descriptive metaphors for therapies that...

Lifespan Integration Therapy: A ...

Clients seek therapy for many reasons, but these can often be traced back to a need to resolve past losses,...

Managing Life’s Transitions: How ...

Life Transitions Part 1 of a 2-Part Series Our lives are full of changes, some fast and highly significant,...

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