Many well-meaning funeral attendees, hospital visitors, and family and friends lack an understanding and feel awkward about finding the appropriate and comforting thing to say to the bereaved and caregivers. The problem with euphemisms is that they tend to downsize and minimize the bereaved or caregivers right to feel whatever it is they feel, which is in no way empathetic and comforting. Given my personal and professional knowledge of bereavement counseling, I wanted to com

As a follow-up to my Eight Euphemisms to Avoid Saying at Funerals and Hospitals article, I wanted to take the time to offer more about alternatives to well-intentioned (but not taken as such) euphemisms commonly said at funerals, when visiting the sick, and in sympathy notes. In general, being in the "here and now" and expressing affection without judgment is usually the best way of comforting the bereaved and the sick, but this way of being is so different from our every da

I Just received my Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist certification in the mail today. After 4 weeks of classroom study, 30 hours of supervision, numerous case studies, and tons of engaging conversations with my peers it is complete. In addition to sexual addiction, IITAP does a fantastic job teaching trauma. We have numerous tests to help us in the assessment process. The Sexual Dependency Inventory (SDI), The PTSI ( Post Traumatic Stress Index), The WAWASI (The Money and