Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning

When someone I love dies, I am bereaved. The natural human response to being bereaved is grief. Grief involves not only emotions, but also has thinking, physical experience, behavioral, social, and spiritual dimensions. And when I am actively coping with, or coming to terms with, the bereavement and my grief response, I mourn
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Me, We, and the Meaning of Life

I sometimes ask my clients, “What gets you up in the morning – what gives your life meaning?”
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An identity lost: the social consequences of acquired brain injury

An acquired brain injury (ABI) refers to any brain injury that occurs after birth and can result from an accident or something non-traumatic such as stroke or brain tumor.


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Alcohol and our Community

Most of us enjoy a drink, and it’s only a few idiots who spoil it for everyone else, right?
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The Highly Sensitive Person

Does the sound of your loved ones chewing their food drive you crazy? Do you get irritated by the sound of a computer or a fan humming in the back ground?
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Getting back into the Building

Small Steps Forward To Get Back Into Everyday Life After The Earthquake
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Multicultural Families

In spite of enormous changes in its structure and functioning, the family is still the main context in which most people are brought up.
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Earthquake Aftermath

It’s the end of October 2010, and there have been over 2000 earthquakes since 4 September.
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Mindfulness

The western world is relatively new to the practice of mindfulness,
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Problem gambling

Do you gamble regularly? Many Lotto buyers will have said no to this question, but of course the answer is yes.
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