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They Are All Too Aware: Suggestions for talking to and supporting children
Dr. Wolfelt’s article featured in the August 2022 Director “They Are All Too Aware: Suggestions for talking to and supporting children after a school shooting or other traumatic loss” is available here.
Understanding and Mourning Your Anger Over Gun Violence
Understanding and Mourning Your Anger Over Gun Violence by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Since 35 people were killed in mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Tulsa in the past few weeks, I’ve been fielding calls, emails, and texts from journalists, colleagues,...
Dr. Alan Wolfelt Opens Center for Naturally Complicated Grief
Fort Collins, CO… The Center for Loss & Life Transition has created a new subdivision to focus on training clinicians in “companioning” people in grief as it relates to the natural complications that often result from the death of someone. These training efforts...
Tips for Talking to and Supporting Children after a School Shooting or Other Traumatic Loss: Dos and Don’ts
Tips for Talking to and Supporting Children after a School Shooting or Other Traumatic Loss: Dos and Don’ts by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Sadly, school shootings such as the one in Uvalde, Texas, are not a rarity here in the United States. Neither are mass...
Coping with Your Grief Over the Uvalde Tragedy
Coping with Your Grief Over the Uvalde Tragedy by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Uvalde, Texas, is grieving. America is grieving. A single man has committed a crime of unimaginable violence, taking the lives of at least 21 people—19 of them children—and now an entire...
In the Aftermath: How One Funeral Home Business Fared During the Pandemic
Dr. Wolfelt’s article featured in the June 2022 Director “In the Aftermath: How One Funeral Home Business Fared During the Pandemic is available here.Dr. Wolfelt in the News: The London Free Press
Dr. Wolfelt was honored to be interviewed about this critically important topic in the London Free Press. The article, “With restrictions easing, families begin to turn grief into mourning” can be found here.
Grief Is Not a Disorder
Grief Is Not a Disorder My Position on the New “Prolonged Grief Disorder” Diagnostic Category in the DSM by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Our phone at the Center for Loss and Life Transition has been ringing off the hook in recent weeks with requests for my opinion of...
Moving Forward: Post-pandemic ideas for thriving in funeral service
Dr. Wolfelt’s article featured in the April 2022 Director “Moving Forward: Post-pandemic ideas for thriving in funeral service” is available here.
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