Grief Counseling Certification Article on Grief Therapies

Basic loss can be dealt with through coping and proceeding through the grieving process.  However, sometimes, grief can become complicated or more intense and require deeper aid and assistance.  Grief therapies can help an individual through loss and depression.  Grief therapies however are conducted under professional licensed counselors or psychologists.  If one is only a […]

Child and Adolescent Grief Counseling Certification Article on Parent and Child Grieving

When a family loss strikes, parents and children grieve together, however, both grieve differently.  Bad grieving habits can leave the children forgotten or left to wonder.  It is critical to share positive grieving habits and also understand the needs of the child during the period of loss.  Children grieve differently than adults so it is […]

Grief Counseling Certification Article on Holiday Grief

Celebrating the Holidays while grieving is a difficult paradox.  It is a time of spiritual and social renewal when families come together to celebrate religious and family traditions, but it also can be a time of great pain for the grieving who have recently lost a loved one. The contradiction of joy and grief in […]

Grief Counseling Certification Program Article on Holiday Depression

Celebrating the Holidays while grieving is a difficult paradox.  It is a time of spiritual and social renewal when families come together to celebrate religious and family traditions, but it also can be a time of great pain for the grieving who have recently lost a loved one.   The contradiction of joy and grief […]

Pet Loss Grief Counseling Program Article on Mourning the Loss of Our Dogs

Mourning loved ones is natural and dogs are no different.  Losing dogs are painful.  Life can be a series of dogs and each dog has a special place and time in our heart.  It does not get easier losing a loved one.  Some individuals may only have one dog their whole life because they are […]

Grief Counseling Certification Article on Grief and the Pandemic

One of the most difficult challenge during the pandemic is helping the bereaved find the help they need.  Grief Counseling and other mental health aides became suddenly unavailable for many who needed the counseling and care.  The bereaved, those with mental illness, or substance abuse found themselves without the outside world and coping mechanisms.  Furthermore, […]

Certified Grief Counselor Article on Grief Counseling

Grief Counseling is more needed than it is used unfortunately.  Many people drift away and allow pain and loss to negatively affect them.  They sometimes do more damage by hiding grief.  Grief Counseling is for basic loss.  It can help one heal and cope better with loss and prevent pathological later reactions to grief.  Certified […]

EFT Training Certification Article on EFT and Does It Work?

The Emotional Freedom Technique is a new and exciting practice used by many counselors to help people overcome grief, past trauma, and emotional pain.  Its concept correlates with meridian points in the body.  It requires self manipulation of those points while guided by a certified professional in EFT.  It allows one to work out negative […]

Pet Loss Grief Support Article on Adjusting to the Loss of a Pet

Like any loss, life changes afterwards. It takes time to recover and adjust to the new normal.  While this new normal may be painful, people learn to adjust and grow.  Losing a pet is no different.  Adjusting to not having the love and company of a pet can take months to heal and finally accept […]

Christian Counseling Training Article on Disaster, Plague and Faith

Whenever evil, plague, war, death and disaster befall society, various reactions emerge spiritually within the community; From the secular atheist, a cynical mocking of the all good God; From the doubting faithful, a existential dilemma of faith and reason; From the faithful, a twofold reaction, one of faith supplied with reason and prayer, and the […]