An estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage (1 in 5 if we only count women who realised/reported the miscarriage) * Around 11 in 1,000 pregnancies are ectopic* About 1 in 100 women in the UK experience recurrent miscarriages* Unfortunately, my wife and I fall into the statistics above. Our most traumatic miscarriage was in…
Bereavement Bereavement defined; time that is spent adjusting to the loss. There is no quick fix, right/wrong way to grieve and certainly no magic formula. Everyone grieves and deals with bereavement differently. The main stance that any counsellor should adopt, when guiding a client through the grieving process, is that grief and bereavement is not…
Getting divorced is like getting thrown into a blender. Emotions run high. Everything familiar has changed. Here are 5 tips for coping with it all! First of all, before we can accomplish anything, we have to learn to stay calm and focused. Meditation, deep breathing, and mindfulness are just a few ways you can take…
More and more people seem to be burdened with some sort of mental illness or condition. The medical industry, where much of the psychotherapy is conducted, seems hooked on palliative ‘solutions’ such as medication and curtailed programs of manualized ‘sausage-machine’-style psychotherapy which assume that every patient is the average patient. There’s no time to actually…
This year many schools are having graduation ceremonies. Due to the success of the vaccines, the CDC has acknowledged that it would be safe to hold graduation ceremonies. This is very different from last year when graduation ceremonies were canceled due to the Coronavirus. While schools are having graduation ceremonies, they will most likely be…
Memorial Day is a day for every American to remember and honor every man and woman who have served in the military, who have been injured while serving in the military and especially to remember those who died serving in the military protecting our rights as American citizens. In addition, it is a day to…
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and many people will be celebrating it with the person who gave birth to them and raised them as a child. However, this is not the case for everyone. For some people their mother died during childbirth or due to cancer or a car accident. The point is the mother who…
Many people assume Mother’s Day is a happy day for people because they can honor their mother. However, this year for many people Mother’s Day maybe a very difficult day. We have many adults and children who maybe grieving the death of their mother or grandmother due to the Coronavirus. Additionally, due to the Coronavirus…
We have a nation of grieving people and families. There are over 560,000 Americans who have died due to the Coronavirus and there are people who are still dying from the Coronavirus every day. Adults, teenagers and children are grieving the loss of parents, grandparents, children, uncles and aunts and friends. Additionally, according to the…
By Robin Gardner, CDC, CPC Certified Divorce Coach …