What type of counseling is needed when a person cannot get over the grief of losing a loved one?
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 Chesterfield, VA have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
How does grief and loss counseling work?
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 Chesterfield, VA will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
Signs I should seek grief counseling
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.
What counseling theory is best for grief?
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.
Is grief counseling conducted in person or online?
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.
How long does grief counseling last?
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.
Need more help deciding?
The loss of a loved one is possibly the most stressful life event that a person can experience. However, help is often needed to process the feelings of grief and to be able to function again in normal daily life.
Thriveworks Chesterfield has trained, licensed, experienced professionals standing by to help you process your grief and create a new, healthy reality in the wake of loss. Whatever you bring to our counseling room, we are ready and able to help you process.
Signs that grief is becoming overwhelming may include:
- Preoccupation with the circumstances surrounding the death
- Panic attacks; or overwhelming anxiety
- Lack of desire or interest
- Intense feelings of anger or resentment
- Avoiding any reminder of the deceased
- Inability to control emotions, to the point of avoiding leaving home
- Depression or feelings of meaningless
- Onset of addiction or substance abuse
These indicators require professional treatment from a trained professional. A caring counselor will be able to help you move past pain, to healing and a new normal with the reality of loss.
Why Choose Thriveworks Chesterfield?
At Thriveworks Chesterfield, we’re ready to help. Call Thriveworks Counseling in Chesterfield, Virginia, today at 804-419-4122 or schedule your appointment online.
