On Counseling
If you have never been in counseling before, you may have questions about what to expect, or about whether counseling will help you. If you have had counseling, you might be curious to learn more about it before you start again. Here are some resources I recommend to learn more about the counseling process:
“The Most Common Issues People Brought Up in Therapy 2019,” by Jenna Birch. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/most-common-issues-therapy-2019_l_5dfbe11be4b01834791ddaa3. This article describes the most common issues treated in counseling in 2019.
“How Do I Know If I Need Therapy?” by Maija Kappler. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/do-i-need-therapy_l_5d7285dce4b03aabe35bb883. This article helps readers identify common concerns that can be addressed in counseling.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, by Lori Gottleib, 2019. This book takes readers inside the therapy room. Lori Gottleib is a psychologist who shares her experiences both as a therapist and as a client. I found this book to be a fascinating, engaging, and heart-warming look at counseling.
On Grief and Loss
There are many resources available on living with grief and loss. Here are two of my favorites:
It’s Okay That You’re Not Okay: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand, by Megan Devine, 2017. In this book, Megan Devine describes her experiences with grief following the sudden loss of her partner. She challenges the prevailing cultural myths and expectations around grief and loss in an effort to support us understand however we feel and respond. She also offers a website called Refuge in Grief: Grief Support that Doesn’t Suck at https://www.refugeingrief.com/
My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging, by Rachel Naomi Regen, 2001. In this lovely collection of interwoven short essays, Dr. Rachel Naomi Regen shared stories and advice from her personal life as well as from her work as a grief counselor.
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