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Better End of Life Decisions Come From Better Communication

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Grief Counseling: End of Life Decisions

End of Life decisions are best made well before the final moments.  Health care professionals who are better equipped with knowledge in handling these situations can serve the entirety of their patients better.   The needs of the patient and suggestions of the caregiver should be an open mutual forum between each other and the suggestions of other family members.  Communication is the key.

The article, “Give patients end-of-life options”, by Joan M. Teno states

“The urban dictionary defines “cheech” as a verb used among physicians in training that refers to the act of ordering every conceivable radiological and laboratory test for a patient, often to diagnose a condition that once diagnosed is untreatable. Thirty years ago, the macabre joke during my three-month stint as an intern in the medical ICU was first cheech, then death.”

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The Bereavement Counseling Training Program consists of core courses for working professionals.  Included in that are social workers, ministers, licensed funeral directors, licensed nurses and other health care professionals.  A certification from the Bereavement Counseling Training Program can help enhance a working professional’s already flourishing career.
The Bereavement Counseling Training Program works by completing the required courses.  After completing the required courses, one can become certified.
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Grief Sometimes Leaves Little Time For Funeral and Post Death Planning

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Planning Ahead Can Help One During Grieving Period After The Death Of A Loved One

We all like to pretend death will not happen to us or a loved one but it is inevitable.  By accepting this and enjoying the time we have, we can better be prepared for when that grieving period does come.  We can also be better prepared for all the financial and social stress that follows in the wake of a lost loved one.

NPR writes about this in the article, ‘From Grief Comes A Mission To Make Estate Planning Less Daunting”
Estate planning may seem like a pain, but imagine the mess you leave to those managing your affairs if you don’t draw up a will or get life insurance.
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Our Bereavement Counseling Courses cover the basic concepts of grief but also expand into specialty areas of child, Christian and pet loss grief.  If interested in certification, one can take the bereavement counseling courses for certification by completing the four core courses.  After completion of those core courses, qualified professionals can become certified.

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Dealing with Grief? Try These Foods.

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Eat These Foods When Dealing With Grief.

The article, “Mood Food: 6 Foods To Eat When You’re Feeling Blue”, by Corrie Pikul states

“Cranky? Hungry? Try these mood-boosting foods sitting in your refrigerator that’ll improve your state of being.”

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Dealing with grief can be easy as eating a piece of chocolate or enjoying a filet of fish.   So when you are feeling down do not be afraid to eat plenty of mood boosting healthy foods.   This will allow yourself the energy to overcome your blues, get plenty of rest, and start enjoying life again.
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How Hollywood Views Grief Counseling

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Grief counseling on film is never easy.

Grief Counseling From A Hollywood Perspective

The article, “Hollywood’s Take on Grief”, by Fredda Wasserman states

“From Les Miserables to Silver Linings Playbook to Flight, death and grief are major themes in this year’s Oscar nominated films. The often taboo topic of how people deal with the death of someone close seems to have also reached a fever pitch in TV shows such as Private Practice, and Go On. The film makers and writers must be applauded for daring to expose viewers to such intimate portrayals of the grief process.”

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Grief counseling in films has always been a hard concept to bring to life.   Getting into character as an actor, being able to direct the emotions is an art form all its own.   Because genuine grief is not an easy emotion to portray on camera.
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Grief Support: Same Direction but Different Paths

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Grief Support

To try to put grief on a timetable is impossible.  Yes, we have general calculations that differentiate complicated recovery from regular recovery, but grief is still a very subjective study.  Each person is different and grief support while sharing similar characteristics is also very varied from person to person.

Joan Wickersham of the Boston Globe offers her opinions on the process of grief in her article, “Grief Doesn’t Have a Timeline”
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Anxiety: A New Phase of Grief?

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Grief Counseling Perspectives and Grief Counseling Certifications

We have learned that no one single philosophy on grief is conclusive in understanding the process of grieving.  Grief counseling as a science is continually evolving to new ideas that adapt or reshape older ones.

The article “The Five Stages of Grief Should Be Changed”, by Claire Smith states

“When Elisabeth Kübler-Ross debuted the five stages of grief in her book On Death and Dying, published in 1969, they were intended for people facing their own deaths. Kübler-Ross later went on to apply these same five stages to the bereaved, to people who had lost a loved one, but upon closer inspection, I’m not sure they work as well.”

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Grief and Bereavement Counseling Program: Depression or Just Grief?

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Grief Counseling Helps Diagnose Between True and Untrue Depression

As the bereavement process is better understood, many misdiagnosed cases of depression have been identified.  Clinical counselors are beginning to understand the nature of grief more and more as grief counseling becomes a more prominent field.

Paula Span writes about this in the New York Times in her article, “Grief Over New Depression Diagnosis”
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Grieving During the Civil War

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The Grief of the Civil War

The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American History.  The death and suffering that followed in its footprints left numerous families grief stricken.  The article below discusses the cultural and social issues and how families handled the grief of the Civil War.

The article, “Examination: Death and Dying During the Civil War: Drew Faust At The Countway Library of Medicine”, by Lisa Haushofer states

“Some of us would claim not to be frightened of death, but would admit to concern about the end of life. This anxiety, Drew Faust explains in front of a packed Carl Walter Amphitheater on December 13, 2012, is hardly a new one. The notion of how to manage death with dignity – how to die a good death – may have undergone professionalization in the last few decades, with journals, associations and training programs for palliative care.”

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Grieving a Loss of a Friend from a Jewish Perspective and Become a Certified Grief Counselor

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Grief Counseling from a Jewish Perspective and Become a Certified Grief Counselor

Rabbi Greyber takes a different look at grief counseling in regards to the loss of friends within the Jewish religion.  The article, “Rabbi explores grief in new memoir, ‘Faith Unravels’” by Rabbi Greyber states

“With “Faith Unravels: A Rabbi’s Struggle With Grief and God,” Rabbi Daniel Greyber, former executive director of Camp Ramah in California, has written a memoir that explores the unique grieving process of a clergyman”

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Grief Counseling Programs: When Does Grief Become Pathological?

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Grief Counseling Programs: Grief a Disorder?

The past discussions of grief as a disorder or a pathology have died with many of Freud’s ideas on grief.  Grief counselors, especially certified grief counselors,  deal with basic human grief as a natural reaction to loss.  However, in some cases, grief can become complicated.  In these cases, grief can become classified as a disorder when accommodation and adaptation never comes after grief.

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Grief counseling programs can help prepare you for grief counseling and help certify you.
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