Grief and Loss Counseling in Carmel, IN.

From a lost toy or missed expectation as a young child to losing a job, getting divorced, or the death of a friend or family member as an adult, loss is an inevitable experience across the life span. Significant losses are typically followed by a grief reaction in most people. Complicating this process, people grieve for vastly differing durations and in vastly different ways. At LifeCare Counseling Services we provide a compassionate environment in which you can fully process and grieve your loss(es). We will help you to better understand your grief reaction and offer guidance on steps for taking care of yourself as you deal with your loss.

My approach to grief counseling involves understanding the five phases of grief and moving towards eventual acceptance. Learning to understand, cope with, express and accept ones feelings about a lost loved one is the goal of grief and loss therapy. I also help clients to find ways to come to some kind of resolution of the loss and its impact on his or her life.

Grief counseling helps people cope with grief and mourning following the loss of a loved one or due to major life changes that trigger feelings of grief (i.e. job loss or divorce). It provides a space for individuals to work through and process the complex emotions surrounding loss. Healthy grieving results in remembering the loss with a newfound sense of peace, rather than searing pain.