#IRunFor My Father and People Struggling with Mental Illness
Kimberly Charlesworth Wielgus runs for her father and the importance of bringing awareness to mental illness, addiction, and hopelessness.
Coping Skills Toolbox
Use this toolbox to find ways to cope when you are going through a difficult time.
Black History Month 2021: Grief and Love
Black history month is a time to honor the achievements of Black Americans but this year, when there has been so much loss, we need to acknowledge that, “We are in the middle of a black bereavement crisis.” This quote, from Marissa Evan’s recent article in The Atlantic entitled, “The Relentlessness of Black Grief”, speaks to the overwhelming and cumulative grief experienced by many in the Black community.
Imagine Announces Board of Trustee Officers for 2021
Imagine is pleased to announce our slate of Board Officers for 2021.
Imagine Receives $100,000 Gift from PSEG and PSEG Foundation
Imagine was one of 14 organizations to receive a major donation from PSEG and PSEG Foundation this week to help families and individuals who are struggling due to COVID-19. At Imagine, this unrestricted $100,000 donation will help ensure that those in hard-hit areas of New Jersey get the grief support and education they need.
Around the Holiday Table: Talking about Someone Who Died
My mother died on October 23, 2008. A month later I spent that first Thanksgiving without her at my godmother Ginny’s house with her family. I had known Ginny my whole life and her three daughters, all around my age, were like cousins to me. They were all there too, one of them with her own three daughters.
The Gift of Having all of Your Feelings: Grief and the Holidays
There is so much pressure to be happy in our culture, especially at the holidays. We are supposed to have a Happy Thanksgiving, a “merry little Christmas” or a Happy Hanukah. But grief doesn’t take a holiday.
Election 2020: A Lesson in Learning How to Lose
Imagine Clinical Training Director, Connie Palmer, LCSW shares lessons on losing in healthy, constructive ways.
Back to College
Research shows that about 1 in 3 college students experience a death of a family member or close friend who died within the last 12 months. Here are some things to keep in mind as you return or go to college for the first time.
Jeffrey Vanterpool Joins Imagine Board of Trustees
We are so pleased to welcome Jeffrey Vanterpool of Scotch Plains to the Board of Trustees at Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss in Mountainside and Newark.