good-grief-coping-with-grief-loss 
Millennial Social Worker
DECEMBER 26, 2020
Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. Grief is just love with no place to go.”. ? Many of us have experienced some form of grief this year. It could be the loss of a loved one, a job, a relationship, or a thing. If you know someone struggling with grief, these strategies can help you understand how to support them.
Gary Direnfeld
DECEMBER 7, 2022
People typically understand what is known as grief, that sense of emotional pain and adjustment to a significant loss, typically considered to be a person through death. However there are other kinds of grief, two of which are known as ambiguous and disenfranchised. There is ambiguity in terms of the object of loss.
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Gary Direnfeld
AUGUST 30, 2023
Learning to cope is more than deep breathing, relaxation and de-stressing techniques, which is not to say those aren’t helpful. That is the impact of abject fear, loss, grief, anger, despondency. Divorce always ranks as one of the most stressful life events, often only second to the death of a loved one.
Gary Direnfeld
JANUARY 13, 2022
As the story unpacks, there is also the family of the child, coping now with his loss. Allow its expression, their grief to flow. Allow its expression, their grief to flow. It is in the spilling of the feelings in a safe space that allows one a capacity to admit the pain and feel the loss. What do we say?
Gary Direnfeld
MAY 20, 2023
The misunderstanding by all creates division, anger, loss, grief. We learn, we share, we support, we cope. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. It’s a depressive episode. It overwhelms.
MQ Mental Health
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Amidst the wishes of peace and good will there are many challenges to our mental health. Dark nights, bright lights, and Christmas adverts on the telly, the festive season has begun. It’s not uncommon for mental illnesses to be exacerbated at this time of year. Rumination is {also} a predictor. Take time to rest. Where to turn for help?
Social Workers Speak
AUGUST 5, 2022
It happens to all of us, whether before a big test or interview, or while coping with stressful life events or losses. There is deep, difficult grief that comes with the death of a pet. And yet, pet loss is often an example of disenfranchised grief — grief not acknowledged or considered “valid” by mainstream culture.
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