Grief and Loss Counseling in Kirtland, OH.

Grief is a common human experience, but many underestimate the impact that loss will have on them. They are not often prepared for the long-term impact of key losses such as death, job loss, divorce, or other life transitions. Some can get stuck in the process, developing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or other issues. Counseling allows individuals to finish letting that process and to incorporate their loss into their life stories, redeeming the loss and finding life again in spite of the changes brought into their worlds.

There are many experiences of grief and loss. Whether you are experiencing and immediate loss and are still in shock, or revisiting past losses in your life due to a remembrance date (i.e. Memorial Day, date of death), or grief from job loss, loss of meaning and purpose, or loss of a beloved dog, counseling can provide support and help make sense of things.

Grief Therapy is effective by providing a safe atmosphere where one can feel free to fully express their painful emotions, thoughts and feelings associated with their lost. Explore and reconcile any unresolved issues they experienced with their loss one, including painful memories. Embrace and celebrate positive memories they had with their loved one. Develop the ability to function independently apart from their loss, and cope with daily stress and anxiety of living with grief. Strengthen current relationship and develop new ones that are supportive.

Grief and loss is a process which many people have trouble going through alone. Grief and loss counseling can assist you with this process by helping you come to terms with unresolved issues resulting from the loss, coping with the feelings regarding the loss, and safely expressing the grief felt as a result of the loss. Please contact the office for further information regarding our grief and loss counseling.

The feelings of grief with the loss of a loved one can be overwhelming. Living through loss is a process and I support a person through this process with compassion, helping them to understand and accept these profound feelings. If, after time, a person gets mired in grief, together we will uncover the causes so that s/he can resume a satisfying life.

Grief and loss are experienced in so many individual ways; there is no one way to grieve. Grief can also be complicated by the quality and status of the relationship, as well as unresolved issues, which can be so difficult to process once a loved one is gone. Grief and loss are also experienced by individuals who have lost something intangible, such as the loss of a dream or the loss of a significant relationship. Because the feelings can often be so difficult, repressing feelings may seem like a good option. Unfortunately, feelings don't go away just because we want them too. They will likely resurface at inopportune times. They don't go away till they are processed and worked through.