How Can Facebook Help the Bereaved?
As a psychologist I'm often asked about what I think of social media.
The Visitor
Aeschylus wrote: “What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?”
Craig Boyd Garner
Craig is an attorney and health care consultant, specializing in issues surrounding modern American health care and the ways it should be managed in its current climate of reform. Between 2002 and 2011, Craig was the Chief Executive Officer at Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk, California. He currently serves on the advisory board for the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Opera, and the Board of Visitors of Seaver...
Communicating with the Deceased
Suppose you speak with a neighbor who tells you that she has weekly discussions with her deceased mother.
A Special Emotion
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Dr. Nicholas Christakis, talks about the uniquely personal nature of grief.
The Price of Being Human
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Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and writer, talks about losing her husband of twenty years. She explains how she experienced grief.
Born on a Sunny Day
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Katie Couric, the anchor of CBS Evening News, shares her personal story of losing her husband to cancer.
Positive Emotions: Do They Have a Role in the Grieving Process?
Research on grief has focused primarily on negative emotions, such as depression, anger, anxiety, and guilt. But what about positive emotions, such as gratitude, pride, hope, and love?
Transforming your pain into a gift for others
A woman I’ll call “Sasha” was referred to me by her primary care physician after her 12-year-old daughter died suddenly of unknown causes.