Good Grief: Honoring Loss

Have you ever attended a funeral for a goldfish? To some this may sound like an odd question but consider this: as young children, many of us didn’t think twice about whether or not our loss was significant enough to warrant grieving. We didn’t judge our sadness. We were simply sad and most likely cried if we lost something we cared deeply for and loved.

Recently in my own life, our dog, Rugby died unexpectedly. I took him to the vet to get some teeth pulled and not long after he was gone.

I’ve spent several sessions of my own therapy now talking about the death of our dog. I feel guilty when I start to think about how

A Treehouse for Adults

We may have grown-up, but we do not grow-out of our need for a calm and safe space to process our thoughts. What might have offered a safe haven as a child can be different from our needs as an adult. In childhood that sanctuary may have been a treehouse. In adulthood, a place many find refuge and support is the office of a therapist. Are you ready to know if an adult treehouse might help you get what you want from life?

Clearing the Clouds of Depression

What if the grey clouds consistently loomed over your head for weeks or months on end, and you stopped believing the weather would ever change? This is often how individuals suffering from clinical depression describe their life. They wake up to grey clouds, they live the day with grey clouds, and they go to bed with grey clouds, the sky above never changes, the forecast begins to always looks the same: bleak.

The most important thing is that if you or a loved one suffers from clinical, diagnosable depression, grey clouds overhead do not need to be the status quo. Assistance is available to help clear the gloom and provide the opportunity for the sun to shine.

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