Relationships & Stress

Loss and Grief Therapy

Professional counselling with a trusted therapist can be the vital bridge to cope with overwhelming losses.

Bereavement and grief 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.  All this can lead to disbelief and despair.

 Separation,

        A wayward child,

                A job lay-off,

                       Chronic illness,

                              And the finality of death

These are earthquakes. They upend our expectations of how our life should be.

Our grieving may be open and vocal. It may be silent and withdrawn. It always hurts. 

Moving on after a loss to death can feel 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.

Gentle grief therapy can help you to recognize that living in constant pain is useless. You need new ways to fill the emptiness.  New routines, new roles, and new interactions are more meaningful.  It is time to redirect our energy to living in the here and now. In some cases we can share the special gifts that grew  between us and those we lost. We can make use of our memories, give them impact in today’s world.  

When we do that, the losses become part of our strength. We become different and better people for our experiences, the good and the bad. Eventually we cope better with grief by tappping into our greater understanding and empathy for ourselves and for others.

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