Grief and Loss Counselling in St Catharines, ON.

Grief affects individuals at all levels, physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. The circumstances behind grief can profoundly affect one’s life. Everyone has unique ways of coping with grief and loss. Mastora recognizes this and tailors specific strategies and techniques to suit a person’s unique circumstances. She aides the individual through normal grief to healthy resolutions and helps them move forward in their journey.

Hilary has supported individuals with loss of pregnancy to loss of relationship or a loved one to loss due to a health event. Hilary has supported individuals throughout the life span. Hilary understands that grief takes on different shapes and styles and walks clients through the stages of grief on their own paths, acknowledging it is deeply their own path.

Grieving the loss of a loved one or something precious to you can be very difficult. Each person’s experience of grief is unique to them, and everyone grieves in their own way and in their own time. In therapy with me, you will be able to explore your experience of grief in a safe space, consider the different emotions and impacts the loss might be having on your life, and develop a new relationship or story about the loss you experienced. Schedule a free consultation with me to see if we are a good fit.

We experience different types of losses throughout the life course; Some more personally impactful, sudden, anticipated, or acknowledged than others. Often, our experience of grief is affected by messages we receive about how we should be responding to the loss we experience or that undermine the worthiness of our grief. If our response is not in line with these expectations, our experience of grief can be compounded by the additional stressors of criticism, judgment, and feelings of loneliness. I aim to create a safe enough space for you to grieve and make sense of your experience. I invite you to reach out to explore possibilities for healing.

When a loss happens you could benefit from gentle and supportive counselling to help you cope. Rosemary has experience helping clients who are trying to manage the emotions connected to the loss of a baby, a child, a partner, a friend or a parent. If you find yourself in need and you want someone to lean on counselling will be beneficial even if it It may take time.

There is no wrong way to feel in your experience of grief and loss. You may be feeling pain, shock, overwhelmed, depression, anger, loneliness, and other feelings. The way you feel may change quickly and intense emotions may be triggered at unexpected times. You can reach out for support and together we can begin to process your emotions to help you heal.

Grief and loss are universal experiences for all people and they are perhaps some of the most painful events experienced. So painful, in fact, that many people try to avoid the feelings at all costs. I believe that the only way to learn to live with grief is to be willing to experience the feelings and I provide a safe and supported relationship in which to work through these feelings.

The loss of a loved one, the loss of a job, the loss of a dream...each capable of paralyzing you and leaving the furture looking hopeless and bleak. I would invite you to take the opportunity to explore the deep sadness, or fear, or anger, or whatever you may be feeling, in a compassionate and supportive setting. What might be next? How can you see through the next days, months or years? Can there be hope? Come, and I will walk this journey with you!

With Gestalt therapy the five tasks of mourning, are supported: (1) To accept the reality of the loss, (2) To experience the pain of grief, (3) To adjust to the environment in which the deceased is missing, (4) To withdraw (some) emotional energy and reinvest it in another relationship, and (5) To find a place for and maintain a continuing bond with what we lose, however not in any specific order. A gestalt therapist supports the bereaved with an emphasis on a "loving authentic presence and communication that allows expression of EACH other’s personhood" so that feelings are honored and explored at the clients own pace. The here and now is emphasized and that is what leads to support/change