There are many tragic things surrounding the mystery of Malaysian Flight 370, including the horrible period of anxious waiting that terrified family members endured and the ongoing lack of information...
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The recent, senseless shooting at the Columbia Mall in Maryland took the lives of two innocent young people, injured five bystanders, and potentially traumatized countless others. The idea that an...
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Jonathan Martin is a 312 pound, 6’5” tackler for the Miami Dolphins. And yet he was relentlessly subjected to bullying that included racial slurs, intense verbal abuse, harassment, threats against...
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by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA Working with shame is one of the most important emotions to process in therapy. So many presenting problems have an additional underlying layer of shame...
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We just passed the 12th anniversary of one of the most tragic days in recent history. Although most of us can’t recall what we had for breakfast a few days...
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by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA This week I am in Sarasota, Florida with my family. This is the 23rd year that my husband and I are participating in a week-long...
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by Lisa Ferentz Memorial Day is a time to honor and remember the extraordinarily brave men and women who sacrifice so much to help keep us safe. Many have lost...
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by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA One of the more hopeful and optimistic paradigms in our field comes from Positive Psychology. The concept of Post-Traumatic Growth, based on the work of...
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by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA Again we are forced to contend with extraordinary trauma. Again we are left with feelings of profound grief, fear, and anger. We have to try...
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There have been many times in my life when I’ve been asked, “How can you do the work you do, listening to such upsetting stories about the terrible things that...
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