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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 Charlotte, NC 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 Charlotte, NC 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.
While losing someone is a painful time, counseling can help the transition from pain to peaceful acceptance. Louise would benefit from some assistance in letting go of what was and accepting what is. Memories of loved ones should, after the grief has faded, leave us with good feelings, and counseling can facilitate exactly that. If you think you could benefit from grief counseling, reach out to Thriveworks Charlotte to schedule an appointment today.
One day, there comes a phone call that changes everything; perhaps it’s the end of a long disease or a tragic accident—these are some of our worst fears in life. Although we all know that death is a guarantee, we are rarely prepared when it happens. After the loss of someone we love, we experience many emotions, which often include sadness, loneliness, and regret.
Sometimes, we are able to recover from a loss smoothly and on our own. Many other times, especially depending on the circumstances surrounding the death of a loved one, we experience such intense and long-lasting emotions that help is needed to establish a new normal. This type of help is known as grief or bereavement counseling. If you have experienced the loss of someone you love, we can help you process these emotions and move on in a healthy and comforting way.
There are many other signs that grief is becoming overwhelming. Many people will turn to substance abuse or other unhealthy coping mechanisms. It is also common to become withdrawn from friends and family, lose interest in things you once loved, and replay the events surrounding the death obsessively, particularly if the death was untimely. These are all indicators that grief counseling would be helpful.
Other symptoms of overwhelming grief include:
Despite what you may have heard about the stages of grief, it’s complicated and non-linear (American Psychological Association). In other words, we don’t experience anger, stop being angry, and then move into calm acceptance. The stages of grief can overlap. You may experience one part of grief, move into another stage, and then regress back to the previous stage. You may skip certain phases entirely. There’s no right or wrong way to grieve.
People from different cultures and religious traditions will all grieve in their own ways. In fact, many cultures with set grieving rituals find that they’re able to grieve and then move on from the loss in a relatively healthy way. Unfortunately, not all of American society has culturally-imposed grieving rituals, and many of us are completely unprepared for loss when it does happen. That’s where Thriveworks Charlotte comes in. Grief counseling can help you more effectively cope with the loss of your loved one. Thriveworks Charlotte counselors do this by helping clients:
Thriveworks counselors are educated and experienced in helping clients move forward after even the most tragic and unexpected losses. Whether you are experiencing grief after the loss of a spouse, a parent, a child, or even a pet, we can help you move past the overwhelming sadness. It may seem impossible, but the first step is reaching out for help.
Thriveworks Charlotte therapists are experts in their field, and they are ready to put their knowledge to work for you. We understand that your need for help may be urgent, and with respect to that, we have appointments ready within the week for new new clients. We also offer evening and weekend sessions, and we accept most major insurnaces.
Let us help you put your life back together. Call us today at 980-581-3061.
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