Loss and Grief Therapy

 Professional counselling with a therapist you trust can be a vital bridge for coping with overwhelming losses.

Loss, grief and bereavement have as many forms as life has faces. Sudden loss brings shock. Long, drawn-out loss brings exhaustion. Severe loss changes the expectations of daily life. Loss can bring disbelief and despair.

Divorce, a wayward child, a job lay-off, and the finality of death – these are earthquakes. They upend our expectations of how our life should be. Grieving may be open and vocal. It may be silent and withdrawn. It always hurts. 

Moving on after a loss to death can feels ugly and unfair, like a betrayal of the one we loved. The grief is unbearable, but it is all we have left. We suffer, and it feels like we should suffer.

A trusted counselling therapist can help you through the process.

Through loss and grief therapy we can  realize the uselessness of living in constant pain. We need to find ways to fill the emptiness. New routines, new roles, and new interactions are necessary. It is time to redirect our energy to living in the here and now. In some cases we can share the gifts that grew  between us and those we lost. We can make use of our memories, give them impact in today’s world.  

When that happens, the losses become part of our strength. We become different and better people for our experiences, the good and the bad. We cope with grief by learning to tap into our greater empathy and understanding of ourselves, of our lives, and the lives of others.

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