Lee Erickson, MA, LPCCJan 73 min readMy Dead Friends by Marie Howe - A Poem for More Life - Less WorryI have begun, when I’m weary and can’t decide an answer to a bewildering question to ask my dead friends for their opinion and the answer...
Lee Erickson, MA, LPCCJan 78 min read# 3 When Love is Gone: The Weight of Absence in Relationships“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the...
Lee Erickson, MA, LPCCJan 713 min read#2 Coping with the Loss of a Loved One to Suicide: My Personal ExperienceAs I pulled into the parking ramp of the BonTon department store, I knew it was going to be a bad day. I had contracted parking in the...
Lee Erickson, MA, LPCCJan 73 min readUncovering the Truth: Dealing with the Emotional Turmoil of Family SecretsSeveral years ago, I attended a conference on suicide. Having lost my brother Doug to suicide in 2002, I have been interested in the...
Lee Erickson, MA, LPCCJan 24 min readFinding Balance in Life: The Art of Holding Two Things at OnceI guess one of the most painful things about dealing with the death of my brother to suicide was this notion of what to do with the swirl...