By Cassandra Vieten — 2016
Michael made a commitment early on in his spiritual practice that in general he would say “Yes” to what life asked him to do, and see what happened. What happened was nothing short of extraordinary. - Cassandra Vieten
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Normal bereavement and major depression share many of the same symptoms. And because of those similarities, psychiatrists have historically carved out what is known as a "bereavement exclusion." Its purpose was to reduce the likelihood that normal grief would be diagnosed as clinical depression.
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I believe that social workers need to focus on that which we are trained to do: extend civic love and compassion to the client, staring where he or she is. We are not wed to the medical model; social work is ecological, psychosocial, and systems oriented.