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Leslie believes everyone faces conflict and difficult situations in their lives at one time or another. She believes some experien...
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Leslie believes everyone faces conflict and difficult situations in their lives at one time or another. She believes some experiences hit us a little harder than others and we need support in overcoming those challenges. Dealing with and overcoming those conflicts will allow a person to grow into a stronger more capable person. Leslie sees therapy as an empowering opportunity for self-development that provides a person with a safe place to openly express and explore their thoughts and feelings. She is committed to working with people to help them find meaning and fulfillment in their lives. Every journey begins with a single step, and finding the right support is the first step. Leslie is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Georgia and a licensed mental health counselor in Florida. With over a decade of experience working with individuals presenting with a wide range of concerns. Leslie uses various approaches to help her clients live their best lives. Approaches included are Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Client Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Solution Focused Therapy.
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My go-to approach for grief and loss counseling is to first start creating a safe place to process the loss and grief that you may be experiencing. In therapy, I will use a combination of tools and techniques to help you work through grief. I will use CBT techniques to work on the negative thoughts accompanying the grief and target any behaviors that are involved. We will start to develop a new narrative about the loss that you are experiencing.
Tools that we will focus on in grief and loss therapy:
I know a client is starting to make meaningful progress in grief and loss counseling when there are fewer negative thoughts and feelings about the loss. I will see that the client dwells less on the situation and rather starts accepting the loss.
In their personal time, clients can supplement counseling by making sure they are taking care of themselves. Practicing healthy sleep habits, engaging in routines, setting themselves up for successful days, and being active in activities that they enjoy are all great ways to practice this. I tell everyone to start off small—we all have 10 minutes where we can do something healthy or beneficial for us.
There is no need to prepare for grief and loss counseling—simply show up with an open mind. Allow yourself to engage with your therapist and be open with the experiences and feelings you are having.
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 Charleston, SC 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 Charleston, SC 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.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Charleston is located near East Bay Street and Market Street, off US-17. It is right by Waterfront Park and a short distance from the Historic Charleston City Market.
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