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What is your go-to approach for grief & loss counseling?

A go to approach for helping people in grief and loss counseling is person centered therapy (PCT). The benefit of this therapeutic approach is that it incorporates the following components:

  • Unconditional positive regard: Accepting clients without judgment.
  • Empathy: Deeply understanding the client's experience.
  • Congruence: Being genuine and transparent as a therapist.

What tools do you teach in grief & loss counseling?

The following tools are provided in grief and loss therapy:

  • Emotional Expression and Regulation: Utilizing creative ways to process thoughts and emotions
  • Meaning Making Tools: Creating something in memory of the deceased (e.g., a scrapbook, a garden).
  • Mindfulness and Relaxation Tools: Practicing staying in the present moment and utilizing deep breathing techniques to manage stress and anxiety.

How do you know when a client is making meaningful progress in grief & loss counseling?

Clients are making meaningful progress in grief & loss counseling when they are showing emotional progress when feelings become less overwhelming for the client. The client will engage in social reconnection and will show cognitive shifts in negative thought patterns.

What can clients do in their personal time to supplement grief & loss counseling?

Clients can supplement their time in grief and loss counseling with journaling daily to process emotions and gain clarity, or express themselves creatively through art or music. Cognitive exercises like challenging negative thoughts and practicing positive affirmations help reshape perspectives.

What should someone do to prepare for starting grief & loss counseling?

To prepare for their first grief & loss counseling session it is helpful to reflect on your goals for coming to therapy and what would make an ideal therapist to support them while moving through grief.

Starting Grief & loss counseling

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 Missouri City, TX 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 Missouri City, TX 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.

Pricing & insurance

Our therapists accept most major insurances. We accept 585+ insurance plans, and offer self-pay options, too.
Learn more about pricing for therapy and counseling services at Thriveworks.

Our Missouri City therapists and counselors accept 43 insurance plans

  • Adventist Health Associates | Employee Health Program

  • Adventist Health Associates | Non-Employee Health Program

  • Aetna

  • Ambetter by Superior Health Plan

  • Auto Club Enterprises (Employers Health Network)

  • Baylor Scott and White Health Plan

  • Baylor Scott and White Health Plan Medicare Advantage

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield | Anthem (Blue Card)

  • Buist Byars and Taylor (Employers Health Network)

  • Children's Medical Group (Employers Health Network)

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Self-pay costs at Missouri City
Talk therapy

Talk therapy

Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

Talk therapy

Psychiatry

Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

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Susannah was very sweet and attentive. She sent me handouts and gave me advice when I needed it. I will use her again when needed.
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Where to find us

Getting here

Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Missouri City is off of Township Lane. We are near Jollibee Chicken, and share an office building with Arcos.

Phone number

(346) 236-0763

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