Grief Therapy in DE · NJ · MD · VA · FL · SC
Grief Therapy in DE · NJ · MD · VA · FL · SC
What is Anticipatory Grief? It is a kind of grief that begins long before a funeral. It starts in a doctor’s office, or during a phone call, or in the quiet moment when you realize the person you love is slipping away — slowly, and right in front of you. And if you are living …
What you’re feeling has a name: anticipatory grief. And it’s real, even when the people around you can’t see it. You told someone you love about the diagnosis. Or about the fear. Or about the phone call that changed everything. And they said something like: “At least they caught it early.” “You have to stay …
Pet loss grief is one of the most real — and most dismissed — kinds of grief there is. If you’ve lost a pet, or if you’re watching one decline and already feel the weight of what’s coming — you’re not alone in this. This is Batman. He was a brindle boxer mix — big …
A few weeks ago I picked up the phone and called my dad’s doctor. He didn’t know I was doing it. He would have been furious if he did. I did it anyway. What Was Happening My dad has a heart condition. He’s on Lasix — a diuretic meant to keep fluid from building up. …
I visited someone I love recently. The anticipatory grief visited too. I noticed his collarbone first. In fact, he pointed it out. The way it’s become hollow. He asked me to grab it…to put my hand in the hollow space. He also pointed out his bicep. Asked me to feel it. It’s a fraction of …
Coping With Grief After Loss: The Awkward Reality Coping with grief after loss is one of the hardest things a person can go through — and yet, so much of what it actually feels like goes unsaid. We talk about grief in general terms: the stages, the sadness, the healing. But we rarely talk about …