Grief and Loss Counselling in Medicine Hat, AB.

Many associate grief with the death of a person or pet, but grief can be experienced after any loss that affects their life, such as the loss of a relationship or a job. Grief can take much longer than expected after a loss, and can also be far more challenging than expected. Pain, fear, loneliness, anger, anxiety, and denial are normal, and there may come a time when you need extra support to get through. I can walk beside you and provide space, as you experience the adjustments necessary to face the various stages of the painful grief process.

Grief can come about in many different ways - loss of a person, loss of a job, a breakup, change in lifestyle (e.g. pre- and post-pandemic changes). Regardless of the type of loss, it can be difficult to process. We want to help you manage and grieve this loss in the most supported way, which can assist in easing the pain associated with it. We are psychologists in Calgary and online that can help you with this both virtually online and in-person.

Grief and loss counseling is provided for all members of the family. Grief and loss can complicate all areas of family life and make parenting difficult during this season. Keystone offers support to parents who are grieving and to parents who are trying to understand and support their grieving child. It is also sometimes difficult understanding how to help a grieving child. Keystone provides a developmentally appropriate perspective on grief and provides counseling to those going through this journey.

Losing someone or something that is close to us, can leave us feeling as though we have a gaping hole in our hearts. Grief and Loss counselling will help you feel less alone during this time of struggle and provide the support needed to find new ways to flourish. It's incredible what kind of growth and new meaning can come from allowing ourselves to be transformed for the better by our loss.

Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D approaches issues of grief & loss through the lens of innovation----instead of growing the same neural networks responsible for the pain in weekly therapy sessions, we reset the brain to move forward quicker and efficiently by working on the stuck limbic system so as to empower the person with more success and traction. For no one wants to stay in a grief mode for too long; but when you don’t include the brain in your work with someone, you risk describing the water to them while they drown and calling it success. Contact Grey Matters International, Inc now at kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.

Many people reach out for help to deal with grief or loss of a friend or family member. Its important to remember to be kind to your self during this time there is no right or wrong way to grieve. Its also important to remember a person can miss or grieve the loss of not only people but also jobs, events, trips, freedom, health and a number of other things As you process your memories of a person or an event you will be contained in a safe environment with acceptance and care.

[I OFFER VIDEO SESSIONS THROUGHOUT ALBERTA AND ONTARIO]. You are hurting now, and I understand that. I have been a psychologist since 1986 with plenty of hard-earned wisdom. I too have experienced grief and loss many times in my life. I can help. Let us chat about the pain you are feeling now. Book with me right now by going to https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=14249112

Are you struggling with the pain of loss? As Mary Joe Hannaford wrote, "Misty, foggy windows, enmeshed in raindrops, clouded dreams, filled with despair, blinded by darkened widows." To heal is possible, by sharing our pain and coming to terms with our loss. Through counselling our journey can become "clear, revealing windows, enveloped with sun, hope arising, light emerging, seeing, healing, through opened window." Know you need not be alone on this journey of grief. I have witnessed, over some three decades of work with clients, how healing is possible.

Going through grief and loss is some of the most difficult and painful emotional processes. My approach to working with loss is to give you tools and specific tasks that can how to honour your grief and loss such that it gives relief and release. There are three areas that are typically needed to be addressed to recover from significant loss. The (1) past - where there may be unresolved issues that feel as though they cannot find the closure one needs. And there is the (2) present, in which one needs to figure out how to honour the loss and (3) the future, which is forever changed and for which positive meaning is needed. Working on these three areas allows for recovery to happen.

Grief and loss is not just death. Separation, divorce, moving, friendships ending, graduation are only a few examples of when grief can be experienced. Even with new and exciting changes there can be grief. Marriage and graduation provided exciting opportunities for the future, but also means leaving some things in the past. It is possible to move beyond grief and loss. The Grief Recovery program provides exercises to help recognize and then say goodbye. Saying "goodbye" does not mean forgetting, it means being able to move forward.