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Executive Director, Brennan Wood, and Sr. Director of Advocacy & Training and Executive Director Emeritus, Dr. Donna Schuurman, discuss chal...
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When Derrick Kirk was six years old, he and his two sisters were removed from their home and placed in the foster care system. For Derrick, ...
Paula Fontenelle is a journalist turned therapist who specializes in suicide prevention and supporting those who have had someone die of sui...
Many of us grew up believing that some emotions are good, some emotions are better, and some (most) emotions are bad. When it comes to grief...
Mira Simone is a writer, mother, and grieving wife. Her husband Brian died of cancer in the winter of 2019, just seven weeks after a diagnos...
Jana DeCristofaro and Dr. Monique Mitchell discuss the importance of honoring the lived experience of people, the impact of dominant narrati...
For the past three decades, Kevin Carter, LCSW, has worked as a clinician, administrator, and educator. He currently serves as the Clinical ...
When Brianne Grebil’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 62, Brianne packed up and moved from LA back to northern Idaho to ...
For the past two decades, Alesia Alexander, LCSW, has worked with grieving children, teens, and families. The original inspiration for doing...
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When Ashley Jones’s infant daughter Skylar was diagnosed with SMA (spinal muscular atrophy), she wasn’t unfamiliar with grief, but she had n...
Dr. Donna Schuurman and Dr. Monique Mitchell discuss the importance of being critically aware of the impact of language, and address importa...
Children’s books transport us – sometimes to places of imagination and sometimes to places rooted in place and culture. Kao Kalia Yang is a ...
This episode is a little different. Rather than an interview, we are sharing information from the Dougy Center's most recent Tip Sheet - Bac...