Surprisingly despite the efforts of Grief Counseling to help individuals restore balance, meaning, and biological, mental and social functioning to life, sadness and even depression has deeper evolutionary and adaptive values. Depression itself is obviously a pathology and sadness or grief is not. Sadness though has many benefits, and even in some cases, depression served […]
Funerals play a critical role in the grief process. They allow an individual to mourn publicly, find support and acknowledge the loss. It is an important step in the process but for the griever it is only the beginning. After the funeral and wake, many leave with condolences, but the individual griever is left […]
Grief Counselors are called to respond to grief. They are trained to listen to others and respond to the grieving process. Grief Counselors can help guide individuals through this maze of a process and help them find adjustment to the loss. Society also responds to grief in different ways. The article, “Responding to the […]
Grief Counseling can help many individuals through the bereavement process. It becomes difficult for many to sometimes progress through grief. Some experience prolonged grief, others experience depression. For the most part, many merely experience normal and natural grief and adaptation. Grief Counselors can help others through it Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Training and […]
With grief comes change. Change is one of the elements of grief that makes it so uncomfortable. The change of no longer having a wife or husband, or the change of no longer having your mother or father. It can be also be a change that does not involve death. The change can involve no […]
The ultimate reality of grief is it forever tied to love. Love creates attachment and loss breaks that attachment. The greater the love, the greater the grief. It is within this fallen construct of reality that we see the cruel paradox of life. Do we not love because of this? Of course not, […]
Depression is a difficult thing to deal and cope with. Many individuals do not know how to help others through depression and usually end saying the wrong thing. It is important to understand what depression is and how to help others through it. The article, “The One Phrase You Should Avoid Saying To Someone […]
Many individuals deal with depression and exhibit few if any symptoms. They are able to look content and happy and may even feel happy or have an uplifted mood at times. For the most part though, they feel unworthy and sad about life and are oppressed with depressive feelings. The ability to look well and […]
In diagnosis, psychologists are aware of the differences between Bi Polar and Depression. Both are mood disorders but Bi Polar Disorder has manic highs and lows, while depression is a permanent low. However, a manic low can last so long as to disguise itself as depression. It is important for licensed professional counselors to identify […]
In times of crisis suicidal thinking can overtake, but it can also gradually creep into the mind of the person via depression. Understanding and identifying suicidal depression is important and can save a life. The article, “Understanding Suicidal Depression” from Healthline explores the characteristics of suicidal depression. The article states, “When someone has clinical […]