November 30, 2006 From Parent to Advocate: A Long Day’s Journey Deborah Dokken
NOVEMBER 30, 2006 – FROM PARENT TO ADVOCATE: LONG DAYS’ JOURNEY: DEBORAH DOKKEN. After the loss of two infants and the premature birth of her son Jeremy, Deborah Dokken became involved in programs enhancing family participation in health care. She is co-investigator for The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care, a national education and quality improvement [...]
Healing the Grieving Heart National Radio Show Welcomes End of Life Care Expert Deborah Dokken
Recipient of 2003 Pediatric Nursing’s Humanitarian Award to be interviews by “Healing the Grieving Heart” Hosts, Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley on November 30, 2006.
New York, New York and San Francisco, California (PRWEB) November 26, 2006 – Deborah Dokken, MPA, co-investigator with The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care (IPPC) will join Drs. Gloria [...]
Grief Poem: Suicide – An Eternal Pain
Suicide is the one form of death that has quite a stigma attached to it. It brings with it a feeling of shame and betrayal. It is not the same as saying to someone “My father died in a car crash” nor is it the same as saying someone died from a heart [...]
Grief: Signs of Closure
In my fifteen years of helping people change their lives working with emotional distress I have learnt many new things about human life and behaviour. Many of these lessons have come about with experience and not from books. One of such lessons is- how do we know when someone has completed the grief ‘process’.
Grieving the Loss of a Loved One
My brother-in-law died suddenly last month when he fell from a ladder. We drove to Maryland where we celebrated Don’s life and visited with my husband’s family. Don was cremated so there was no physical body for anyone to ogle. Don was an avid fisherman and loved to be near the water. It only seemed [...]
GriefWorks Update
We know that the holidays can be an especially difficult time after a loved one has died. GriefWorks’ winter newsletter, which is attached, offers special support for this time of year. It also includes our schedule of upcoming programs and services.
Please note that we have cancelled the Night of Remembrance service originally schedule for Friday [...]
A Note from Dr. Rick Tedeschi
Gloria—Here are the five domains of growth as we describe them on our website—www.ptgi.uncc.edu
What forms does posttraumatic growth take? Posttraumatic growth tends to occur in five general areas. Sometimes people who must face major life crises develop a sense that new opportunities have emerged from the struggle, opening up possibilities that were not present before. [...]
The Gift of Keith
Dear Friends,
As you may know, our son Keith Loehr died by suicide in 1999. Since then, Carol has created and maintained a website to help those who have suffered a loss by suicide and to help counselors and clergy better understand depression and suicide.
Carol has just recently published “My Uncle Keith Died” which is a [...]
