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Coping with Pet Loss: Celebrating Ellie's Life

Coping with Pet Loss: Celebrating Ellie's Life | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Reflection of pet loss.
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Coping with Pet Loss: Celebrating Ellie's Life

 

Pet loss and cherishing the times had

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Grief can last six months to one year – DOH

Grief can last six months to one year – DOH | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Learn about the normal duration of grief after losing a loved one, according to a DOH psychiatrist, and find expert advice on coping, self-care, and emotional expression during the grieving process.
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Grief can last six months to one year – DOH

 

Acute phases of grief and normal trajectories

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How to Ease Winter Depression With Light Therapy

How to Ease Winter Depression With Light Therapy | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Learn more about light therapy, including what it is and how it can help those with seasonal affective disorder.
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How to Ease Winter Depression With Light Therapy

 

Light therapy and seasonal depression

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It's Not About the Words

It's Not About the Words | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
When a child dies, whatever you say will invariably annoy the hell out of us. It’s not you; it’s us.
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It's Not About the Words

 

No words can repair

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How Can We Bear Our Grief?

How Can We Bear Our Grief? | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
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How Can We Bear Our Grief?

 

Bearing grief

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Death is a mystery - grieving, believing, achieving a new spiritual self: 'There is no easy way to describe the path'

Death is a mystery - grieving, believing, achieving a new spiritual self: 'There is no easy way to describe the path' | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
“I wanted to be a heap in the corner – but there was too much to do.  I mourn my husband.  I mourn my daughter, an angel put here to teach us something,” says Cathy Sarkis. This month marks the one-year anniversary of her daughter’s death and December will mark the first anniversary of her […]
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Death is a mystery - grieving, believing, achieving a new spiritual self: 'There is no easy way to describe the path'

 

Facing death

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The truth about high-functioning depression: When you look fine but feel broken

The truth about high-functioning depression: When you look fine but feel broken | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
On the surface, everything looks perfect. Inside, it’s a constant fight to stay afloat.
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The truth about high-functioning depression: When you look fine but feel broken

 

High Functioning Depression

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What Is Anticipatory Grief? - The New York Times

What Is Anticipatory Grief? - The New York Times | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Yes. Here’s how to cope.
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What Is Anticipatory Grief? - The New York Times

 

Anticipatory grief

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October 17, 12:34 PM
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Seasonal depression: How to beat the winter blues

Seasonal depression: How to beat the winter blues | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Summer sadness, autumn blues, winter woes — whatever you call them, the changing seasons can have a profound impact on our emotions.
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Seasonal depression: How to beat the winter blues

 

Understanding depression

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Don't Compare Different Types of Grief - Miss Manners

Don't Compare Different Types of Grief - Miss Manners | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at dinner with two friends, and one shared the terrible news that her beloved dog had been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer
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Don't Compare Different Types of Grief - Miss Manners

 

Never compare grief

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A Matter of Opinion: Coping with childhood loss and grief | Opinion | alestlelive.com

A Matter of Opinion: Coping with childhood loss and grief | Opinion | alestlelive.com | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
On May 21, 2018, my best friend died. His name was Adam Clack, and we were 14 years old. We were set to graduate from eighth grade four days later.
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A Matter of Opinion: Coping with childhood loss and grief | Opinion | alestlelive.com

 

Childhood grief

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CBT for Depression: How Strong Is the Evidence Today?

CBT for Depression: How Strong Is the Evidence Today? | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
CBT has long been considered a gold-standard treatment for depression—but does it still hold up? A new review of over 60 recent trials suggests its effects remain strong.
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CBT for Depression: How Strong Is the Evidence Today?

 

CBT and depression

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Death, divorce, the loss of a home or a job, fast declining health are among the major events that people grieve.

Death, divorce, the loss of a home or a job, fast declining health are among the major events that people grieve. | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
How to cope with losing a sense of normalcy in your life. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Death, divorce, the loss of a home or a job, fast declining health are among the major events that people grieve.

 

Grief has many facets

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I'm a hospice nurse. Here's what people get wrong about dying — and the 3 biggest mistakes we make when people are grieving

End-of-life care includes plenty of laughter, says hospice nurse Kath Murray.
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I'm a hospice nurse. Here's what people get wrong about dying — and the 3 biggest mistakes we make when people are grieving

 

Understanding dying

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How to Feel Better If You Have Seasonal Depression | Right as Rain

Seasonal affective disorder, aka SAD, isn’t something you just have to suffer through.
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How to Feel Better If You Have Seasonal Depression | Right as Rain

 

Facing seasonal depression

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Hope and Acceptance at the End of Life: Impact of Spirituality on Patients in Palliative Care | Cureus

Hope and Acceptance at the End of Life: Impact of Spirituality on Patients in Palliative Care | Cureus | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Introduction: Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients with serious illnesses. In this type of care, spirituality is placed alongside other dimensions: physical, psychological, and social. The end of life brings confrontation with dilemmas such as "none of this makes sense" or "was it worth it?" The acceptance or rejection of the journey presents spirituality as a dimension that accompanies the person in their existence. Interventions that allow for a review of life help facilitate reflection on regrets, unresolved issues, and an understanding of the legacy that generates comfort and dignity. The objective of this research was to evaluate the evolution of hope and acceptance among patients visited by the Palliative Care Community Support Team from Baixo Mondego (PCCST-BM) in Portugal.

Materials and methods: A prospective, controlled, non-blind, longitudinal research study with an intervention, featuring pre- and post-evaluation. The intervention group (IG) corresponded to patients referred to the PCCST-BM, and the control group (CG) corresponded to selected users registered at the Nautilus Family Health Unit (FHU-N) or the Coimbra Centro Family Health Unit (FHU-CC), with severe pathology, comorbidities, and a reserved prognosis. PCCST-BM patients could not have had previous contact with palliative care or have been the subject of prior home visits. In the IG, the questionnaire was administered twice: during the first home visit and the second time after 14 days. In the CG, the questionnaire was administered only once. The questionnaire included sociodemographic and clinical data, the Herth Hope Index scale - Portuguese version (HHI-PT), and open-ended questions. Descriptive and inferential quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed.

Results: Each group consisted of 10 patients, for a total of 20. The results showed a significant improvement in hope among patients in the IG (p = 0.03). The average hope between home visits also increased, reaching values similar to the CG on the second visit, despite functional decline. In the qualitative assessment, patients in the IG reported greater acceptance and positive feelings after fourteen days.

Discussion and conclusion: The follow-up carried out by the team showed improvement in hope and acceptance, with results similar to those of a specific home-based intervention study conducted in Portugal, suggesting that this approach is helpful in this context. The small sample size due to the exclusion of patients with clinical deterioration and the variable number of home visits were relevant biases. The existence of only a few studies in this area highlights the importance of further research with larger samples and other tools.
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Hope and Acceptance at the End of Life: Impact of Spirituality on Patients in Palliative Care | Cureus

 

Pastoral Thanatology and the importance of spirituality

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To navigate grief, don’t avoid it—and seek social support, says expert

To navigate grief, don’t avoid it—and seek social support, says expert | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
One of the most effective ways for people to manage grief is to confront it head on, rather than avoiding their difficult feelings, according to Harvard Chan School’s Christy Denckla.
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To navigate grief, don’t avoid it—and seek social support, says expert

 

Grief work is important

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Depression doubles mortality rates and increases suicide risk 10-fold—timely treatment can reduce risk by up to 30%

Depression doubles mortality rates and increases suicide risk 10-fold—timely treatment can reduce risk by up to 30% | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
A comprehensive meta-analysis in depression and mortality, led by the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has found that people with depression have twice the risk of death than those without depression, and a nearly 10-fold increased risk of suicide. However, timely and effective treatment can significantly reduce these risks and improve survival rates.
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Depression doubles mortality rates and increases suicide risk 10-fold—timely treatment can reduce risk by up to 30%

 

Depression and suicide risk

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Support Children Through Grief: A Parent's Guide to Loss

Support Children Through Grief: A Parent's Guide to Loss | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Learn how to effectively talk to children about death and support them in their grief journey, ensuring they feel safe and understood during tough times.
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Support Children Through Grief: A Parent's Guide to Loss

 

Children and grief

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Frontiers | Enhancing Benefit Finding and Psychological Well-being in Depression Care: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Group Psychoeducation in Chinese Adults

Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability globally and is often accompanied by emotional and cognitive impairments tha
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Frontiers | Enhancing Benefit Finding and Psychological Well-being in Depression Care: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Group Psychoeducation in Chinese Adults

 

Helping others find healing 

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Coping with Pet Loss: Celebrating Ellie's Life

Coping with Pet Loss: Celebrating Ellie's Life | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Reflection of pet loss.
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Coping with Pet Loss: Celebrating Ellie's Life

 

Pet loss and cherishing the times had

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When Workplace Upheaval Turns Into Unresolved Grief

When Workplace Upheaval Turns Into Unresolved Grief | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
When organizations betray trust, mid-level leaders experience ambiguous grief—mourning what's lost while still showing up. Here's how grief-informed leadership can help.
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When Workplace Upheaval Turns Into Unresolved Grief

 

Unresolved grief

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Every winter I feel irritable and depressed — what can I do?

Every winter I feel irritable and depressed — what can I do? | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Our clinical psychologist gives her advice
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Every winter I feel irritable and depressed — what can I do?

 

Facing season depression

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Grief at the holidays: Coping tips from experts at Mary Bridge Children’s

Grief at the holidays: Coping tips from experts at Mary Bridge Children’s | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Tips for how and how not to approach a holiday time full of traditions, gatherings, and expectations with kids
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Grief at the holidays: Coping tips from experts at Mary Bridge Children’s

 

Grief and the holidays

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Reframing Depression: Not Mad, Not Bad, Just Old

Reframing Depression: Not Mad, Not Bad, Just Old | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
Depression can be considered a form of unasked-for wisdom.
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Reframing Depression: Not Mad, Not Bad, Just Old

 

Growing with grief

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Finding purpose in grief: How returning to VCU is shaping a medical student’s career - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University

Finding purpose in grief: How returning to VCU is shaping a medical student’s career - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University | Grief & Bereavement Counseling | Scoop.it
More than a decade after losing her mom to cancer, Katie Buck reflects on how the experience has helped her find her professional identity and connect with patients.
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Finding purpose in grief: How returning to VCU is shaping a medical student’s career - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Finding purpose

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