Bereavement, Loss and Counselling.

Grief is described as the intense sorrow following the death of another. It is a loss that can be experienced as devastating and life altering for the bereaved. It might also be viewed as a change that is forced on us, without consideration or choice. For these reasons the death of a loved one can be extremely difficult to adjust to.

It is a subject that has been considered by many given its universal and subjective nature. We all experience it, and yet it can feel different for each person. Some speak of the deceased as no longer being there in a physical sense to be the focus of attention and love. Others seek solace in the spiritual and the ethereal. For others still there can be intense feelings of denial - frustration at the reality of their new circumstances.

Engaging with a professional through counselling can be experienced as a gradual recovery. Through counselling and psychotherapy, the individual may begin to imagine a world that is altered and new, one without their loved one.

Loss can also be an end to a certain way of life or the possibility of one. A retirement or job loss can radically alter how we see ourselves and could leave the individual mourning the ‘old you’. Children leaving home or moving from a stage of life to another may also evoke feelings of loss. The journey of psychotherapy might then involve a reimagining of the new person we need to become. One that now needs to stand apart from the job or way of life that used to define them.

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