A Grief Support Blog

This blog will allow you the opportunity to acquire both support and guidance after experiencing a significant loss.

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6 Parenting Tips That Will Help Your Children For A Lifetime!

As parents, we want to do everything possible to teach our children the tools they will need to have a happy and successful life. We make sure that they understand to look both directions when crossing a street. We tell them not to touch the stove when it is hot. We warn them about “stranger danger.” In most situations, we usually put their needs before our own.

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  • Mar 31, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a relatively new term. It was first introduced in the 1980 American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III). It has since been further modified in its definition in the DSM-IV and DSM-5. What it describes, however, is hardly new.

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  • Mar 28, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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3 Reasons Why Grief Is So Challenging

Most people have no concept of the overpowering nature of grief until they face it on a personal level. They most likely encountered family or friends who were grieving and wondered why they were so upset, because they had no concept of the emotional pain these people were experiencing.

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  • Mar 21, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Grief Support Groups

Several years ago, my cousin’s husband died after a short illness. They had taken early retirement and moved to Florida to enjoy “the good life” together, but suddenly she was alone. She, like many grievers, was at a total loss in how to deal with the emotional pain she was experiencing.

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  • Mar 17, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Taking Children To Funerals

Few subjects are more terrifying to adults than explaining death to a child. This may be because very few adults have any formal training in understanding how to effectively deal with grief themselves. What little training we have had usually revolves around things that we have heard others say at a time of loss.

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  • Mar 14, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Independent Support Services

All of us in caregiving fields make every effort to be experts in our areas of service. As Specialists, first and foremost, our goal is to provide the very best information and educational resources to those who are seeking our assistance. This is true of everyone who is committed to excellence in any field.

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  • Mar 07, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Using The Grief Recovery Method in Ongoing Relationships

Most grievers never search out a Grief Recovery Specialist until they are overwhelmed by a loss that has impacted their life. It is at this point that they see the need for help in dealing with their emotional pain.

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  • Mar 03, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Letting Go Of “Stuff” After a Loss

One persistent and ongoing issue that grievers deal with is letting go of a lifetime of accumulated possessions following the death of a family member. The thought of this can be another overwhelming element to grieving a loss.

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  • Feb 28, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Using The Grief Recovery Method With Complicated Grief

The term “complicated grief” was introduced in the 1990’s. It was designed to define grief that persists over an extended period of time and completely overwhelm a person’s ability to function in day-to-day life. The DSM-5 added this term to its list of mental health disorders.

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  • Feb 23, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Complicated Grief

The best way to start a discussion on “complicated grief” is to start with looking at a definition of grief in general. Grief is the normal and natural reaction to any change from what is familiar in life. It is the emotional response to change.

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  • Feb 22, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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