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My go-to approach for helping people in grief & loss counseling is person-centered. I enjoy person-centered techniques because they take time to allow the patient to acclimate to the loss of someone important.
I teach meditation, emotional identification, and more.
I know a client is making meaningful progress in grief and loss counseling when they are able to cope with their grief a little better and it doesn't take over their whole day.
Clients can supplement their time in grief and loss counseling by creating a solid support system.
To prepare for their first grief and loss counseling session, an individual can be aware they will probably get emotional, and know it is ok.
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 San Antonio, TX 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 San Antonio, TX 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.
Maybe you’ve experienced a loss of some kind, and life afterward has felt anything but normal. At Thriveworks San Antonio, TX we offer grief counseling on an individualized basis. Talk to a professional who can offer real results and positive healing strategies—choose a grief therapist at Thriveworks San Antonio, TX. We offer evening and weekend sessions, and we accept most major insurances.
Ultimately, the decision to seek out grief counseling (or grief therapy, as it’s referred to interchangeably) will be up to you in most cases. However, there are several advantages to consider when comparing grief counseling services to struggling with your loss alone.
For starters, some of the most difficult aspects of the grieving process includes the intense emotions that typically follow. grief counseling can assist you in working through:
Grief counseling isn’t a single therapeutic approach. It’s a set of associated counseling methods that target and treat different aspects of grief and loss. At Thriveworks San Antonio, your grief therapist may utilize one or more of the following grief counseling methods in your sessions, including:
We offer grief counseling from some of the industry’s very best—and we look forward to helping you process grief and loss from the very first session. When you schedule with Thriveworks San Antonio, TX, you’ll get access to client benefits that other providers typically struggle to match, such as:
Grief counseling can offer you real results, from a human being with years of experience and the compassionate skills required to guide you. If you’re ready, Thriveworks San Antonio, TX offers a path forward in the face of a devastating loss. Reach out today for help.
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