Suggested Reading – June 2022
Click here to read: Your Brain on Grief, Your Heart on Healing “Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve… to live in...
Healing Tip – June 2022
Waves in an Ocean of Grief When considering what to write this month I found myself continuing to encounter examples of the constant presence of...
Co-Presidents’ Message – May 2022
I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to say this month. Mother’s Day is like the elephant in the room that couldn’t or shouldn’t be ignored, but I...
Welcome to Jennifer Webb
Jennifer Webb is the newest member of the COPE board and is excited about her new role! Jennifer is a Long Island native and is a career...
Clinical Director’s Message – May 2022
Mental Health Awareness Month: Facilitator Spotlight We were halfway through April when I realized it was no longer March. As for much of the...
Breakdown or Catharsis? Crash or Cleanse?
From COPE Clinical Director Amy Olshever, PhD, LCSW Have you had the experience of making it through your day only to find that you are triggered...
Lilly Julien, founder and visionary of COPE Foundation
The COPE Foundation was inspired by a dream. In 1992, Lilly's 20-year-old daughter, Michelle, lost her life tragically in a car...
Healing Tip – April 2022
Prolonged Grief Disorder The newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V TR) includes a new diagnosis...
Co-Presidents’ Message – April 2022
“When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry, Cry for your brother Walking the street...
Parent Column – April 2022
My mini-me, Elizabeth Raisa Fenton, or Lizzie, as she was affectionately called throughout her childhood, was diagnosed with Stage IV...
Co-Presidents’ Message – March 2022
The night of July 2, 2016, my brother and I were texting about the Mets (like every year, we had high hopes for them). Our conversation came to...
Healing Tip – March 2022
The Legacies Our Loved Ones Leave Behind Over the past two months, I attended the funerals and shivas for the mothers of two friends. I did not...
Suggested reading – March 2022
Grief Stole My Love of Reading. Here’s How I Got It Back. I want to tell a story about a love lost and found again. In 2017, I moved across the...
Parent Columns – March 2022
My Daughter Robin My beautiful daughter and best friend left us January 11 four years ago! I miss her very much, especially on special...
Parent Column – February 2022
My precious Eddie. 8/19/78 - 12/11/18 Eddie was an angel, never being angry at anyone for anything. Hit by a car, at 12 years...
Healing Tip – February 2022
Grief and Valentine’s Day I read somewhere recently that in French “I miss you” is “Tu me manques,” which literally translates to “You are...
Co-Presidents’ Message – February 2022
The iconic and often-quoted honey-loving Disney bear Winnie the Pooh has been credited as saying “How lucky am I to have something that makes...
Suggested listening – February 2022
Check out this podcast on PsychCentral titled "Grieving the Loss of a Child (First Hand Experience)" Episode Description Disney Channel star...