Today I chat with Ken Barringer, a licensed mental health counselor who provides individual and group counseling support to grievers as well as delivering training and consultation to schools, businesses and organizations following a loss. Ken is an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University in Cambridge Mass where he designed and teaches a course in grief. Additionally he produces a monthly newsletter and hosts the podcast Grief in Brief.
Ken and I chat about:
- The difference between empathy and compassion
- How crucial it is to ACKNOWLEDGE someone’s grief
- How grief can manifest in any or all of the 5planes: emotional, physical, cognitive, behavioral, and spiritual
- Grief and attachment
- How to respond with compassion to someone who isgrieving
- How grief evolves over time
- Self-compassion
- How grief is portrayed in the media
- And more!
Resources:
To get in touch with Ken or learn more about him, check out his website and podcast!
Website: www.healingforgriefandloss.com
Podcast: Grief in Brief
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