Grief & Healing

February 22, 2017

Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace

Part Two by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. In Part One, I introduced the concept of traumatic grief and its natural overlap with the condition known as […]
February 22, 2017

Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace

Part One by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Someone you love has died a sudden, traumatic death. If you are in the early days of your grief […]
February 22, 2017

Exploring the Uniqueness of Your Suicide Grief

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love, and to […]
February 22, 2017

Helping Yourself Live When You Are Dying

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. You have learned that you are dying. Terminal illness presents human beings with an exceedingly difficult and contradictory challenge: you are […]
February 22, 2017

Helping Yourself Live When You Are Seriously Ill

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. You have learned that you have a life-threatening illness. Even if you have the loving support of family and friends, you […]
February 22, 2017

Helping Dispel 5 Common Myths About Grief

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Our society continues to perpetuate a number of myths about grief and mourning. These myths may seem harmless, but I have […]
February 22, 2017

Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Holidays are often difficult for anyone who has experienced the death of someone loved. Rather than being times of family togetherness, […]
February 22, 2017

Helping Yourself Heal When a Baby Dies

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Your baby has died. You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression […]
February 22, 2017

Helping Yourself Heal When a Parent Dies

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Your mother or father has died. Whether you had a good, bad or indifferent relationship with the parent who died, your […]