What drives your life? Two existential engines to wonder about
A summary of a chapter of Irvin Yalom’s “Existential Psychotherapy” on how people deny death in their lives.
The Fear of Death
A few take-aways from Irvin Yalom’s “Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the dread of death”
What is Epigenetic Trauma?
How do our ancestors’ traumas live on?
How Does Therapy Work?
How does therapy even work? The debate between “common factors” and specific modalities.
What can you learn about your self from your social media use?
When you’re using social media, you are having a rapid series of exchanges with others in an online environment. How are the dynamics of your social media use affecting you and reflecting your self?
Protecting Yourself From Funeral Home Fraud
In facing the end of life, whether sudden or anticipated, the cold, brutal reality of funeral arrangements hits hard. There are phone calls to make and messages to send. Perhaps you need to dig up an old document about some policy your loved one purchased years ago. Perhaps you need to confer with family members …
What is a clinical social worker?
When you’re looking for a therapist, the professional acronyms can get confusing. I hope this summary of social work and the subspecialty of clinical social work will help you!
How to Promote Dignity in Facing the End of Life
To have dignity means to have a feeling of being worthy – to be worthy of respect, esteem, and honor. It is a multidimensional concept with multiple meanings. Every culture defines dignity in a different way. Indeed, each individual has their own personal sense of what it means to have dignity. Each person’s background, upbringing, …
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Why you will know the number 988
In 2022, 988 will become the new quick-dial number for help in a mental health emergency
End-of-life Planning: The Five Wishes
Why talk about death? During a visit to my primary care physician in my early 20’s, my doctor asked me if I would like to complete an advanced directive form. As a healthy young person, the questions on the form were foreign. I had never thought about planning for my end-of-life. What did I want …