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"Grief"

4

Jun

2024

Stephen Frederic McCullough Deaf Dad in Arizona and Stephen Hugh McCullough Deaf Scientist in San Diego

In Memoriam: Reflecting on A Complicated Father-Daughter Relationship

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Autism, estrangement, Grief, Health, Interpreters, Neurodiversity, neuroscience, Parenting/Families, Relationships, Sexism Tags: ASL, Aspergers, autism, Autistic brother, bilingual, Brain, Brother, Candace McCullough, Complicated Relationships, Deaf, Deaf Culture, estrangement, eye tracking, father-daughter relationship, feminism, fingerspelling, forgiveness, Grief, laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience, literature review, LLCN, lung cancer, narcissism, narcissistic sibling, neural recognition, neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, POA, reconciliation, reconnection, Researcher, researchgate, San Diego, scientist, Sign Language, signers, Stephen F McCullough, Stephen H McCullough, Stephen Hugh McCullough, University of California San Diego

In this poignant memoriam, Deaf Counseling Center’s CEO, Dr. Candace McCullough, offers an authentic reflection on a complicated father-daughter relationship, made even more difficult by the interference of a brother on the spectrum, adding another layer of complexity to their shared family dynamics. Her words evoke feelings that many of us can relate to and remind us that there is no right or wrong way to grieve or talk about death.

16

Aug

2019

Grief: Sandy’s ASL Story of Her Son Being Shot

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Counseling, Deaf, Depression, Grief, Laws, Legal Issues, Mental Health, National, PTSD, Therapy, Videos Tags: counseling, Counselor, Deaf, Grief, Murder, National, Russian Roulette, therapy

Hi, my name is Sandy Graham. I’m from Michigan. My son was shot when he was only 14 years old, back in 1997. He would have been 36 years old today. His name is Saleh (shows name-sign “S” shaking from side to side). What happened was that a boy named John, who was almost 16 years old, found his father’s …

15

Aug

2019

Deaf Parent’s Suicide Grief

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Counseling, Deaf, Death/Dying, Depression, Mental Health, Parenting/Families, Relationships, Therapy, Videos Tags: Deaf, Grief, Suicide

Terrylene shares the profound grief she experienced upon her son’s death. For me, grief was a foreign word until it comes crashing down on my life. In human being experience and life milestones such as finding love, getting married, first day of school. Grief is part of human being milestones. Grief cannot and will not escape humanity. My world now …