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Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Leeann:
As a licensed professional counselor (LPC), I utilize a person-centered approach in grief & loss counseling, focusing on meeting clients where they are in their grief process. This involves understanding their thoughts and feelings about the loss, processing the loss together, and assisting them in setting realistic goals over time.
Holly:
My go-to approach for helping people in therapy for grief and loss is to identify and appropriately express their feelings as they move through the stages of grieving.
Leeann: In grief & loss counseling, I teach tools such as:
Holly:
I teach clients about the stages of grief and loss, how to appropriately express those feelings instead of tucking them away, and how to acknowledge the milestones that occur after the loss.
Leeann:
Progress in grief & loss counseling is observed when clients verbalize changes in their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, meet their previously set counseling goals, demonstrate more consistent emotional regulation, and apply coping skills more effectively in real-life situations.
Holly:
I know a client is making meaningful progress in grief and loss counseling when they are able to discuss the loss without crying and are able to notice this outside of counseling sessions as well.
Leeann:
Clients can enhance their grief & loss counseling experience by practicing key techniques learned during therapy sessions, participating in a grief & loss support group, and completing suggested homework, assignments, or projects. This might include reading a recommended book or journaling about their thoughts and feelings as they occur.
Holly:
Clients can supplement their time in grief and loss counseling by writing letters to those who have passed away or are no longer with them.
Leeann:
To prepare for their first grief & loss counseling session, individuals can write down any questions they have for the therapist and list their current medications along with dosages. This preparation helps ensure that the session addresses their concerns and that the therapist is informed about their medical background.
Holly:
To prepare for their first grief and loss counseling session, an individual can start to list all of those that they have lost in their life, not just the recent losses.
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 Roanoke, VA 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 Roanoke, VA 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.
Thriveworks Roanoke Grief Counseling was established for the purpose of helping you to live a happy and successful life, and we believe that helping you to process and work through your time of grieving is a vital step toward helping you to regain your joy and happiness.
At Thriveworks Roanoke Counseling, our team of highly trained, licensed professionals are ready to help you process your loss and find the “you” that you used to be.
The following symptoms of grief can include the following:
Individual therapy offers personalized support and exploration of emotions in a one-on-one setting.
At Thriveworks Counseling Roanoke, we accept a variety of insurance plans. Our grief counselors and therapists are ready to help you process your grief as soon as you reach out. Call Thriveworks Roanoke Counseling today at (540) 788-5090.
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