Counselling for grief involves talking about the loss and so enables the person to come to terms with the loss over time.
Grief can be caused by a number of upsetting events. In addition to the death of a loved one, events such as news of a fatal illness, marriage breakdown or loss of a job can bring on grief.
Counselling provides time to explore issues and other factors that occured that can help or hinder the process of adjusting to the loss.
Grief is a most painful experience to go through. We suffer many small losses that help us to handle the large losses. When someone close to us has been ill for a long time, we experience great sorrow when the death finally occurs. But when death occurs suddenly then our life is thrown into turmoil and we can deny the death occuring and feel confused. Counsellors call this a complicated grief reaction and is brought about as we were not emotionally prepared for the death.
Grief counselling can take place either individually or in groups. Grief counselling is most common after a loved one dies, but may also be beneficial after other grief-provoking situations, such marriage break up, job loss, the diagnosis of a fatal illness or another reason. Grief counselling works to overcome the person's intense feelings of loss.
When someone we love and are close too dies, we will receive much attention from close friends and family. But soon others will "move on", especially when the loss is not so close to them. The person grieving however may not feel that they can "move on" just yet. In this situation grief counselling can be very beneficial, this is especially so if the if the death was sudden. Grief counselling gives the person a route to adjust to the loss and receive assistance that is not be available from family, friends or other people in our network.
Grief counselling is particularly important for people who are: socially a little isolated, or had a difficult relationship with the bereaved or already had emotional issues when the loss occurred.
Grieving is a process that cannot be rushed and counsellors are aware of this. Counselling will make it clear that the feelings or choices made while grieving are normal and natural. The aims of the grief counsellor differ to regular counselling which is undertaken to change behaviour. Instead, the aim of the grief counsellor is to be "present" for the bereaved when they are experiencing a most vulnerable period in their lives. The term compassioning is sometimes used by counsellors.
Most frequently, the grief counsellor helps the person by simply listening in an active manner and by demonstrating empathy. Then assisting the person to find coping mechanisms to deal with the grief.
Grief can be caused by a number of upsetting events. In addition to the death of a loved one, events such as news of a fatal illness, marriage breakdown or loss of a job can bring on grief.
Counselling provides time to explore issues and other factors that occured that can help or hinder the process of adjusting to the loss.
Grief is a most painful experience to go through. We suffer many small losses that help us to handle the large losses. When someone close to us has been ill for a long time, we experience great sorrow when the death finally occurs. But when death occurs suddenly then our life is thrown into turmoil and we can deny the death occuring and feel confused. Counsellors call this a complicated grief reaction and is brought about as we were not emotionally prepared for the death.
Grief counselling can take place either individually or in groups. Grief counselling is most common after a loved one dies, but may also be beneficial after other grief-provoking situations, such marriage break up, job loss, the diagnosis of a fatal illness or another reason. Grief counselling works to overcome the person's intense feelings of loss.
When someone we love and are close too dies, we will receive much attention from close friends and family. But soon others will "move on", especially when the loss is not so close to them. The person grieving however may not feel that they can "move on" just yet. In this situation grief counselling can be very beneficial, this is especially so if the if the death was sudden. Grief counselling gives the person a route to adjust to the loss and receive assistance that is not be available from family, friends or other people in our network.
Grief counselling is particularly important for people who are: socially a little isolated, or had a difficult relationship with the bereaved or already had emotional issues when the loss occurred.
Grieving is a process that cannot be rushed and counsellors are aware of this. Counselling will make it clear that the feelings or choices made while grieving are normal and natural. The aims of the grief counsellor differ to regular counselling which is undertaken to change behaviour. Instead, the aim of the grief counsellor is to be "present" for the bereaved when they are experiencing a most vulnerable period in their lives. The term compassioning is sometimes used by counsellors.
Most frequently, the grief counsellor helps the person by simply listening in an active manner and by demonstrating empathy. Then assisting the person to find coping mechanisms to deal with the grief.
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