Grief and Loss

Feelings are all over the place.

It’s hard to function at home, work, with family and friends.

Denial and shock make survival possible – and denial protects you for a while.

But, eventually, your thoughts and questions around your loss become overwhelming.

Getting through the necessary daily tasks, trying to deal with everyone’s different feelings, and wishing it was all a dream become too heavy to carry.

Anger invades your space.

And anger has no limits. It can extend to your friends, family, the one who died, yourself, or even God.

There are days you want to scream and cry out, “Why God? Why did you take him now?”

The more intense your love, the more likely the anger catches you from all sides.

You may find yourself bargaining – developing a temporary truce – and then questioning what you could have done to prevent the loss. Or what you should have said.

And the guilt hits. . . hard.

Depression can feel like emptiness as the pain gets deeper.

With this depression, you feel like isolating. You don’t want to be around family that tells you one thing or friends that tell you another.

You may feel like you’re in a fog of intense sadness and wonder what’s the point in going on without your loved one.

I can help you find acceptance – as difficult as it may be to believe that now.

As a therapist, I recognize this is a confusing, vulnerable time.

In working with others through such times, I have found offering compassion and understanding lets you talk unencumbered by others’ feelings.

Out of this release of feelings comes an understanding of the grief process. I can help you exercise patience with yourself and work through these emotions and questions, which I assure you are all normal, natural, and necessary.

I know how to help you through this difficult time. I am that neutral person who can and wants to help you without personal involvement.

You don’t have to mourn alone.

Everyone grieves differently, and there is no right way to move through grief.

Let’s work together to figure out what that looks like for you.

Take the first step. Call me today for a free 15-minute consultation.