Bereavement and Grief Counselling

Bereavement is a painful, but natural process, in response to loss. Grief can affect every part of our life. Everyone experiences grief differently and there is no 'normal' or 'right' way to grieve. One may experience intense feelings of sadness, anger, anxiety, disbelief, panic, relief or even numbness. At times the suffering may be so great one may feel they will never get over it and think they are going crazy. How the person died may also have an impact the grieving process such as was the death by natural causes, an accident or suicide? Sudden or expected death complicates the bereavement process. There may be circumstances in your life which make your grief particularly acute or complicated.

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Bereavement Symptoms

  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Poor appetite and weight loss
  • Difficulty managing daily tasks
  • Shock and disbelief
  • Acute anguish
  • Anger
  • Guilt
  • Preoccupation with the deceased
  • Social isolation
  • Staying in bed all day
  • Moving and speaking slowly
  • Use of alcohol and other drugs
  • Panic attacks and anxiety
  • Depression
  • Confusion
  • Inability to focus
  • Seeing the deceased
  • Exacerbation of pre-existing mental and physical symptoms
  • Fearful and stressed

 

Grief Counselling Bereavement Therapy

Counselling assists individuals to work through their feelings and symptoms associated with the death of a loved one. One may have to re-adapt to being the world without the loved one. So much of our identity is tied to those we love. Bereavement therapy is used to treat severe and complicated traumatic grief reactions. An individual may suffer with debilitating psychological and physiological symptoms that handicap them.

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