Grief and the Holidays | 2021

Grief is always painful, but it feels like someone turns up the volume on our grief during the holidays. VOICES held a virtual workshop on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 7:00pm, exploring our personal experiences of loss during this holiday season. Different types of loss, such as: cumulative, anticipatory, delayed, suffocated, disenfranchised and ambiguous loss will be discussed; and we will identify goals for the weeks ahead. Most importantly, we discerned ways to practice resilience during this joyful, but often difficult, time of year.

This virtual workshop was made possible by the generosity of Bank of America. Voices Center for Resilience is grateful for their support.

Connie Palmer, LCSW

Connie Palmer, is a licensed clinical social worker who is an experienced teacher, therapist and school counselor with more than thirty years of experience working with youth and their families. She is currently a Grief Educator for Imagine, a Center for Coping with Loss in Mountainside, NJ. She is also the owner of Therapeutic Learning Connections which offers social, emotional learning workshops for schools, community organizations and workplaces.