Healing Tip – October 2021
Grounding Exercise Bereaved individuals often have “grief-bursts,” or a sudden onset of feelings of sadness or sorrow usually triggered by a...
Telehealth Update – October 2021
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, COPE’s top priority has remained the health and safety of our employees and the responsibility we have to our...
President’s Message – September 2021
We are nearing the end of a difficult summer season. This year, many of us lived through record breaking heat, dangerous storms and floods, and...
Healing Tip of the Month – September 2021
"Identifying and Supporting Your Individual Grieving Style" It has become a commonly accepted idea that there exists a number of different...
Vice President’s Message – August 2021
“However you survived is brilliant.” I always liked this sentiment. We’re all survivors of one thing or another. As a father...
President’s Message – May 2021
May brings Mother’s Day so I googled “who started Mother’s Day” and learned that a woman, Anna Jarvis, daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis, started...
“How Long Does Grief Last?” with Mark Henricks
Please join us online Tuesday April 27th at 6 pm Eastern for a special workshop “How Long Does Grief Last?” with Mark Henricks Presented in...
Parent Column – April 2021
From Karen and Jim Hom Brian Hom As we reflect on the loss of our son, Brian James Hom we cannot seem to grasp the reality that...
COPE Welcomes our Board Member Jen Schwartz
Jen Schwartz graduated Long Island University at CW Post in 2007 with a Master's Degree in School and Mental Health Counseling and holds a...
Lilly’s Inspirational Thoughts – March 2021
I recently came across a grief exercise I did many years ago which helped me trust in my intuition and its potential to guide me. The...
Lilly’s Inspirational Thoughts – April 2021
My thoughts go out to all of you during the Passover and Easter holidays. Wishing everyone peace and continued good health. Lilly...
President’s Message – April 2021
I am writing this while listening to the morning news, not on Long Island, but in Denver, Colorado, about thirty minutes south of Boulder. While...
Healing Tip of the Month – April 2021
Thanks to COPE Facilitator Marilyn Kohn LMSW for this month's healing tip. March 11th 2020 was the beginning of a most difficult year when...
Thank you Sandy!
Thank you for very much your incredibly generous gift to COPE in the amount of $10,000 received today in connection with the design and...
President’s Message – March 2021
Welcome to March! The vernal equinox is on the 20th, which marks the beginning of spring and by the 21st, the days get longer. Ok, maybe by a few...
Healing Tip – February 2021
Thanks to COPE's facilitator Diane McNamara, LCSW-R for this month's Healing Tip Riding the roller coaster of grief The grieving...
Lilly’s Inspirational Thoughts – February 2021
For many of us February is synonymous with Valentine’s Day, a day celebrating love. Love is the other side of grief. It’s because we love so...
President’s Message – February 2021
It is hard for me to avoid reading or watching the news. Yes, I know that it’s not always the best thing for my sanity, and yet I can’t stop, or...