The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is about ready to publish their Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5); and it’s created no small stir among the psychiatrist community. One of the main issues that psychiatrists are having with the DSM-5 is that it is lumping normal grief into Major Depressive Disorder. Here’s […]
On Friday, December 14th, Sandy Hook Elementary experienced a tragedy that is creating a new normal for the town of Newtown, Connecticut. The very same day as the school shootings I worked a viewing at a small Mennonite church in Gap, PA. As with most Mennonite churches, the pastor is bi-vocational. This specific pastor works […]
I don’t know Deepak Chopra, except that he has simultaneous fame and infamy. I’m sure the man is a decent human being. And I’m sure he was caught off guard with the question posed in this video here. I hope he really didn’t mean it when he answered said question with this piece of crap: “You must go through […]
There’s a number of different grief models that have been proposed by various psychologists. Some are good, some … not so much. I’ve always advised that it’s dangerous to see grief work as linear. Grief rarely works in a stage-by-stage process. Rather, it’s usually cyclical. We feel and think (x) for one week; the […]
A facebook and real life friend of mine posted this in his status yesterday. It was so good that I wanted to share it with you. If you know someone who is grieving, this is probably how they want you to treat them: Dear Friend, Please be patient with me; I need to grieve in […]