In the 20th century, Western culture shrouded death in silence, relegating mourning practices and death rites to the shadows of our collective awareness. A veil was drawn over death, making it a topic rarely discussed, especially with the young. However, a paradigm shift has occurred in recent times, with death now finding an open channel of...
Read MoreIn this blog we cover a therapeutic process focused on grief. The hope of these blog posts is to offer those who need therapeutic help, an opportunity to see how a therapeutic process can unfold, and by this allow some level of resonance with the process of healing. The present case concerns Inge and Erik, a Flemish couple in their 40s living in...
Read MoreWe continue here from SHE COULDN'T GET OVER HER MOTHER'S DEATH: SEEKING RECONNECTION Inviting Mom’s Presence I: I have pictures of her with me, so I can show them! T: Yes, if you’re willing to show her. I: So I have a picture of her [shows a framed black-and-white photo].
Read MoreBy definition an experience of loss is anything that is related to the destruction or reduction of an aspect of our lives, material or immaterial, large or small, external or internal, and perceived or real that it may be. A threatening event like a biopsy for a breast lump that is found to be benign, for instance, despite being a perceived...
Read MoreTherapies for grief and loss have traditionally focused on reaching an endpoint, now popularly called closure. The word closure is therefore used to mean that a certain group of emotions or memories or thoughts have been resolved, that they have come together, and now form a coherent narrative. The fragmentation of both one's emotions and...
Read MoreAs absurd as this may sound, one of the most common sources of resistance to getting psychologically better that I encounter in my work, is the client's internal realisation that they have neglected themselves for at least as long as the time they were helplessly subject to abuse and attack. In other words, we resist getting better, because we...
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