It may come as a surprise to those who know me or rely on me for their emotional stability, but from time to time I too suffer from bouts of depression and anxiety. Every therapist does, just as every healthy person experiences mood vacillations. Like waves in the sea,...
Grieving

Men, Consider Changing the Course of Your Life
Why do I volunteer as a Victories staff person? Twenty one years ago a good friend of mine, my therapist at the time, suggested I take a chance on making a change in my life. I was less than fulfilled in my career and was ready for something, but...

Surviving Grief
I did not write the following, however I post it here as I have almost never read a more heartfelt and helpful description of grief and the grieving process. The original post can be found here on reddit. I’m old. What that means is that I’ve survived (so far)...

Interrupting the five stages of grieving
When the grieving process feels like betrayal, we are lost in a limbo of what could have been. By now we have all heard of the airliner that has done missing in the southern ocean. With all the conflicting information released by different governments and story lines being floated...
