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My go-to approach for helping people in grief & loss counseling is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I prefer CBT because it helps the client through the grieving process.
I teach the following tool in grief & loss counseling: guiding the client to talk about the loss, who the person was to the client, and circumstances surrounding the death.
I know a client is making meaningful progress in grief & loss counseling when they cry less and are able to talk freely about the person or animal they lost without choking up and even laughing about their loss.
Clients can supplement their time in grief & loss counseling by giving themselves the space to grieve.
To prepare for their first grief & loss counseling session, an individual can mentally prepare by giving themselves the space and time to grieve.
Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Athens, GA have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Athens, GA will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
There is nothing in life that we experience more intensely than the loss of a loved one. It is a time of intense and sometimes confusing thoughts and feelings.
The process of grieving tends to follow a pattern of stages. Within those stages, you will experience lots of different emotions that will sometimes be hard to face. Understanding this process can help you to understand and make sense of the thoughts and feelings you might experience. A grief counselor at Thriveworks Athens would be happy to walk you through these stages and support you through each. Reach out today for help.
There are five significant stages of grief. Each of these stages represents a step in the process of grieving and moving forward from loss.
So much about grief is personal and unique to the individual. A person grieving doesn’t always go through these stages one right after the other. The grieving process may start at any one of these places. There is also no set timeframe for this process. We all grieve in our own time. For everyone, the goal is acceptance and a return to healthy coping.
Understanding the process of grieving can help you understand where you are in the process and the thoughts and feelings you are experiencing.
Grieving can be difficult and painful. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to cope, you just can’t seem to move forward. You aren’t alone. The counselors at Thriveworks Athens can help.
At Athens Grief Counseling, we have experienced counselors who can help you or your loved one find healthy ways to cope with your grief and get you on the path to healing. We offer evening and weekend sessions, and accept most major insurances. Call us today to schedule.
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