Any model of grief, change, growth, progress, etc allows for setbacks. One minute we’re cruising along like we have no distress whatsoever, and the next
Brian Briscoe
December 4, 2025
Any model of grief, change, growth, progress, etc allows for setbacks. One minute we’re cruising along like we have no distress whatsoever, and the next
I don’t know that there’s a prevailing message in the work I do as a counselor; we work to meet the needs of the patient,
(Please enjoy a guest column from my oldest and dearest friend, Whit McClendon) Howdy, y’all! I’ve been asked to do a column of sorts here,
A participant in the Monday meeting shared an anecdote about the joy in peering above her and seeing a whimsical art piece in the tree
Anyone reading this knows that life as an estranged parent or grandparent comes with emotional distress. We counselors are taught an ever-expanding repertoire of tools
In the spring of 1992 in Austin, Texas, my then-girlfriend and I got into a disagreement. We’d not been together long. We’d actually had one
There’s been discussion in meetings lately about belongings left behind by estranged adult children, as well as other tangible reminders such as our photographs. Some
The plan for today was to polish the column entitled “The Fork That Was,” a follow-up to last week’s “The Fork That Wasn’t.” However, I am
This is the story of the enigma that is the number 1170, and how it pertains to this family’s parent-child estrangement. I’m a 1968 baby.
The fishing cabin our father had when we were kids was rudimentary to be sure, more of a shack than a proper dwelling. One dot
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