Coping with Grief During the Holidays

Coping with Grief During the Holidays

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF GRIEF AND FINDING HEALING By Gina Powell, MA, LPC-C Grief can come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. While one person’s job loss may be vastly different from another person’s recent divorce, they both can have similar effects on our bodies. I am currently dreading the loss of my 16 year […]

Emily’s specialties and interests include: Anxiety, PTSD/Trauma, Depression, Grief/loss, Life transitions, Stress management, Work/life balance, LGBTQIA, Women’s issue, Self Esteem, Chronic Illness, Aging expertise/Caregiving, Stress We had a conversation with Emily Wilson, whose career has been driven by a profound belief in the transformative power of connection and collaboration.  Emily’s path as a Licensed Clinical […]

Emily’s specialties and interests include: Anxiety, PTSD/Trauma, Depression, Grief/loss, Life transitions, Stress management, Work/life balance, LGBTQIA, Women’s issue, Self Esteem, Chronic Illness, Aging expertise/Caregiving, Stress We had a conversation with Emily Wilson, whose career has been driven by a profound belief in the transformative power of connection and collaboration.  Emily’s path as a Licensed Clinical […]

By Sheri Khan, LPC Not surprisingly, the impact of child’s grief is hard on both adults and children. When a child loses a loved one for a myriad of different reasons – death, incarceration, or divorce to name a few – the loss may have a profound effect on the rest of his or her […]

Debby is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) who has a collaborative and client-oriented approach to therapy. With an eclectic approach, she uses various therapeutic modalities and interventions, including psychodynamic, grief, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), to create individualized treatment plans. She has a multicultural and professionally diverse background and has experience working […]

Debby is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) who has a collaborative and client-oriented approach to therapy. With an eclectic approach, she uses various therapeutic modalities and interventions, including psychodynamic, grief, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), to create individualized treatment plans. She has a multicultural and professionally diverse background and has experience working […]

Seeking Help for Addiction? Addictive disorders are difficult to come to terms with. According to the National Institutes of Health, ten percent of adults in the United States will suffer from a drug abuse disorder of some kind at some point in their life. What’s further, Chicago is one, unfortunately, deeply affected. The Substance Abuse […]

By Sheri Khan, LPC The holidays and grief season, full of cheerful festivities, can be exhausting and complicated when you are grieving the death of a loved one. There may be people in your life and at those festivities who are unfamiliar with the roller coaster of grief leaving you feeling that you have to […]

By Sheri Khan, LPC The holidays and grief season, full of cheerful festivities, can be exhausting and complicated when you are grieving the death of a loved one. There may be people in your life and at those festivities who are unfamiliar with the roller coaster of grief leaving you feeling that you have to […]

By Jamie Edwards, LCSW One of the most difficult times to experience grief can be during the winter holidays, especially if it is within the first year of a loss. I often talk to grieving clients about the year of firsts, the first year of our grief when every occasion, experience – big or small – […]