Grief and Loss Counselling in Mississauga, ON.

It is simply a matter of time before we will all experience the heartache of grief and loss. My approach is to create a safe environment that will make room to feel and then heal. Often the beginning of “getting better” starts with listening and getting in touch with your feelings, followed by organizing and sharing them openly. There is power in the spoken word and I look forward to help you begin moving towards recovery.

Grieving the loss of someone or something special in your life can be painful, confusing, and overwhelming. I believe that with support, we can begin to integrate the loss into our life experience. My experience with grief primarily relates to children and youth who have experienced traumatic loss. My therapeutic philosophy is holistic in nature; holding the belief that grief affects us physically, relationally, cognitively, emotionally and spiritually. It is my intention to support you or your children to safely express your feelings, and gently begin the process of integrating the loss into your life's experience, in a manner that is safe and non-pathologizing.

My approach to treating your grief reaction is to help you get through a mourning process with support, understanding and ventilation. It is important for you to re-establish interest and relationships which are meaningful to you and can substitute for your loss. I will help you discuss the loss in detail by discussing the sequence of prior events to, during and after the death of your loved one so that you can sort out all your emerging feelings and build a clearer picture of your relationship with the person lost which includes their good and bad points.You will benefit by getting some distance and with patience and understanding you can move on with your life.

Going through grief and loss, especially about a loved one, is an extremely difficult process - no one should go through it alone. As your therapist, I will show you compassion and walk along side with you in your time of grief. I can help you to move on with life at your pace and yet not having to forget about your loss. Healthy grieving is about the ability to to move on without forgeting the one whom you have lost.

It is normal and natural to grieve when you feel shock, sadness, loneliness, desperation, guilt, emptiness or even anger about a loss of any kind. You might have lost a beloved person, a relationship, a pet, your job, financial stability or your safety after having experienced trauma. Grieving is deeply personal. Each one of us experiences the process differently, and it is important to be aware of your needs on your journey of healing. Please allow me to listen to your story, to offer you a safe space and to gently help you cope with overwhelming and often frightening emotions. Please call 905-842-3626

Although therapy cannot help you replace who/what has been lost, it can help you come to accept the reality of the loss, to be able to look backwards and remember the good, and to be able to look forward with hope. Grief and loss therapy can be helpful for those who have lost a loved one, are going through a separation or divorce, lost a job, experienced an injury, received a medical diagnosis, or recently experienced a disappointment.

Losing someone important to you can often lead to depression, anxiety and many other mental health concerns. Often leading individuals to question if this is the regular grieving process, in particular, when it is hindering them from functioning in they day to day life. I assist individual in gaining a better understanding of the stages of grief and process their emotions such as anger, sadness, frustration, regret, and yearning.

Everyone will experience grief and loss at some point in their lives, whether it is being the loss of a loved person, the loss of a relationship, the loss of job or the loss of health. Grief is a natural and normal response to a loss, a process of healing, and it is a unique experience to each person. Grief cannot be rushed, cannot be fixed or cannot be be eliminated. Therapy may help you understand and process the often intense emotions or recurring thoughts that you may be experiencing including anger, depression, guilt, or bargaining. It may also help prevent a complicated grief where the person is stuck in an intense state of mourning that inhibits them from functioning on a daily basis.

We know the feeling of grief too; the sadness that comes from loosing a loved one, or perhaps the recent loss of a romantic relationship. Maybe you feel grief after the passing of your pet, or the ending of a long friendship. Whatever the source, our empathic therapists can help you heal the pain and continue to move forward in your life. Grief and Loss therapy is a healthy solution for you. Call us for more information on how we can help you.

Children can sense where there is sadness in their home, but they are young to don’t understand the death per se or its finality. For this reason, the way they process loss may be slightly different in the ways adults do. They may experience physical reactions, such as stomach aches, changes in sleeping patterns and appetite. Children may find it difficult to independently come to terms with the death and their feelings as their capacity to understand this concept is limited. A client-centred approach is used to provide children with healthy ways to learn to cope with their grief. The approaches used include, Play therapy, Sand Tray, Narrative Therapy, and Art Therapy.

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.

Grief and loss can take many forms, from the loss of a loved one, to the loss of a job or the end of a friendship. How we cope with these plays an important part in determining our emotional well being. The therapists at Chanderbhan Counselling Services work with you to develop effective coping strategies that are unique to your loss, using warm and empathetic therapeutic techniques.

It is not uncommon to have difficulty coping with losses in life, whether it is a loved one, a loving relationship, a job or health issues. These losses can bring a great deal of stress and pain to us while we grieve over them, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Most of us lose hope and purpose when we are confronted with unexpected losses in life. We may wonder and ask ourselves, “Where is my life going?” or “What is my life about?” For many, we may be thrown into confusion, sadness, and even a deeper fear when we sense a lack of purpose and meaning in life after the loss. I am here to walk with my clients in their journey of grieving until they find new meaning in life.