Grief & Healing

May 9, 2018
Intentionally Commemorating Mother's Day

Intentionally Commemorating Mother’s Day

Whether this is your first Mother’s Day as a bereaved person or your 50th, Mother’s Day brings all of us pause. As we take time to […]
March 27, 2018
Making Sense of God and Death

Making Sense of God and Death

I have written and re-written this post so many ways. I don’t know why it’s so difficult to talk about God and Death – perhaps it’s […]
February 22, 2017

The Bereavement Caregiver’s Self-Care Guidelines

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. The following self-care guidelines are not intended to be cure-alls, nor will they be appropriate for everyone. Pick and choose those […]
February 22, 2017

Responding To Problems In The Support Group Setting

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Editor’s note: The following article is excerpted from Dr. Wolfelt’s book How to Start and Lead a Bereavement Support Group, available […]
February 22, 2017

Growing Through Grief:

The Role Of Support Groups by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. We need not walk alone… We reach out to each other with love and understanding and […]
February 22, 2017

Companioning vs. Treating:

Beyond The Medical Model of Bereavement Caregiving by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Editor’s note: Alan Wolfelt’s keynote at the Association of Death Education and Counseling conference […]
February 22, 2017

The Child’s Bereavement Caregiver as Gardener:

A Parable by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. One spring morning a gardener noticed an unfamiliar seedling poking through the ground near the rocky, untended edge of […]
February 22, 2017

The Awesome Power of “Telling The Story”

Why I’m Proud to be a Grief Counselor by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. As my father lay in his hospital bed recovering from cancer surgery recently, […]
February 22, 2017

Tenet 2: Companioning Principle

Companioning is about going to the wilderness of the soul with another human being; it is not about thinking you are responsible for finding the way […]