Humor As Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve Humor has long been recognized as more than mere fun and games. It presents an alternative means of expressing criticism about injustices, ...
When We Lose an Animal Loved One In Loving Memory of Tycho, 1999-2010.
Do not underestimate how deeply the loss of our animal loved ones can affect us. Our loved one is a part of our identity. We are everything to him. We ...
When Your Son Thinks He Is Gay Jean and Bill sought a psychological consult regarding their youngest son, Lucas, a senior in high school. Bill described a text message ...
Teaching Children How to Adapt We try to create a world of structure and predictability for our children. We work hard to give them routines, a regular schedule and ...
When You’re Not in the Path of a Hurricane Even if you were not directly affected by the hurricanes, you may experience a sense of vulnerability from witnessing the results of the disaster.
This can be especially acute if a relative or friend was affected ...
Managing Stress After a Hurricane It is common for people to experience very strong emotional reactions with the arrival of a hurricane and its accompanying damage to homes and community infrastructures. If you are experiencing distress in the wake of ...
Before and After the Death – Living with Grief Series In their book, Before and After the Death, part of the Living with Grief series, the Hospice Foundation of America tries to provide caregivers and clinicians alike tools to help patients during the dying process. ...
A Lifetime of Joy after Clinical Depression This is a true story, as told to us by Alice (not her real name):
When I was born my mother was dismayed -- she didn’t want a child ...
Emotions Surrounding Pregnancy Loss Pregnancy loss, or fetal death, can happen at any stage of pregnancy. It is more likely to occur before 12 weeks, when it is referred to as miscarriage. After 20 weeks' gestation, it is called ...
How Family and Close Friends Can Help Trauma Survivors How do you express your support to someone who is reeling from a traumatic experience? There are things you can do for the other person as well as for yourself.
1. If your ...
Helpful Hints for Navigating the Holidays The holidays are upon us once again, so I thought this would be an ideal time to review some of the common problems people experience during the holidays as well as some tips for coping ...
Holiday Coping Tips I thought I'd write a few words about the holidays and the blues, because this is the time of the year people commonly experience feelings of depression, sadness, and loss when many others are enjoying ...
Searching for Soul: A Survivor’s Guide Bobbe Tyler, author, nonfiction writer and retired communications coordinator for Lucasfilm Ltd, has written a book of the type, and in the style, that has kept her alive all these years. Her book, Searching ...
Conquering Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the most difficult conditions for anyone to bear. Many who encounter life-threatening events or situations that threaten physical or emotional safety become burdened by a variety of intense ...
Ricochet: The Truth About PTSD Some of you may have read the article "Ricochet: My shot made Joseph Dwyer famous. Did it also help lead to his death?"
If you haven't, you might want to. It's about this young ...
Mother’s Day Thoughts by a Mommy of Angels I have been thinking. I have 6 Angels waiting for me in Heaven. I have miscarriages. The couple weeks surrounding Mother's Day contain several significant dates for me anyway. May 8th was the 7th anniversary ...
We Shouldn’t Need a Day of Our Own Everybody in the United States is terribly aware the second Sunday in May is Mother's Day -- the floral and greeting card industries won’t let you forget it. Mother's Day is big business. (Whether people ...
The Stress of Severe Weather It's coming up to that time of year in many places of the country — tornado season. The southern states have already experienced some storms; Oklahoma was struck by a deadly twister just before ...
