Ray has been a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas since 1993. He is also a Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a current member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Ray has been working with grieving families for more than 20 years as a counselor, educator and the leader of a crisis response team.
KNOWN SIGNIFICANT DAYS Significant days are those times of the year that mark an event, time or day that stands out for some reason. Some of these days stand out on the calendar like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, a birthday or an anniversary. Not long after my sweet mother-in-law died, my wife asked me to […]
As parents we want the best for your children and we want to protect them from any harm. However, when grief descends upon the family our children will experience the pain that comes with loosing someone they love. No matter what we do, our children will hurt. Parents are then left with the responsibility of […]
Early in my career as a counselor, “long ago and far away,” a mother came in to the first session and spoke about the recent death of her husband. While this was a difficult time for mom, who was dealing with her own grief, her biggest concern was for her elementary-age son. He had been […]
The Washingtonian recently published an article written by a woman in her twenties on how millennials mourn. For people in the “millennial” generation the experience of losing a loved one this early in life is profoundly different than anything experienced by generations that came before. The death of a parent is a common occurrence. My […]
Until you experience the loss of someone you love, or have a close friend or family member who has lost someone, you probably never knew how many writers and books there were on the subject of grief. Type the word grief into Google and you get more than 93 million results. Type grief into Amazon […]
