Grief and Loss Counselling in Toronto, ON.

I believe that grief is a unique experience for everyone and my role is simply to support you though it by helping you to process what you feel is happening as well as all of the feelings that get unearthed with grief. It is common for people to be told that they have been grieving for too long or that the way they grieve is wrong. These are myths about how grief can impact our lives.

I use a very holistic approach to loss and grief. We bring many aspects into the work including talk therapy, meditation, body centered relaxation, spirituality, letter writing, Emotional Freedom Technique, New Decision Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Cranosacral, Reiki, visualization, forgiveness work and acceptance work. We touch on how loss Can be a catalyst for growth and transformation.

This is such a vulnerable and difficult time where great compassion and tenderness is required. My approach includes the need to feel and express our in-depth feelings in order to heal grief and loss. I offer a way to explore this compassionately and more thoroughly in order that clients can emerge from this time of difficulty more whole and healed.

Your grief and loss will transform into wisdom and growth. Our therapy will help you work through the sadness, and anger. Finding a sense of acceptance, and ability to move forward with your life. We will build the safety and trust to fully grieve, and rediscover new light. While these times are incredibly difficult, it is also the opportunity to grow as a person. To fully work through the pain, and find new connection with life in a profoundly beautiful and meaningful way. A free consultation is offered as finding the right therapeutic relationship is really important. Contact me to start your healing journey. www.kenwalton.orgken@kenwalton.org416-659-1617

Have you experienced a death in your family or circle of friends? Is one of your loved ones going through a serious illness, and you would like some support in coping with anticipatory loss? You are not alone. I provide compassionate support and counselling around the emotionally difficult process of bereavement, grief and loss. Whether you have experienced pregnancy loss, or are grieving an infant, a child, a parent, a sibling, a grandchild, a spouse, a friend, a pet or other, you are no doubt going through one of life’s most difficult periods of grief that is unique to your situation. Talking through your situation with a counsellor can help you better adjust to your loss.

In life we are faced with many losses. Grief is a deep, painful and primal emotion. The most profound experience is the death of a parent, spouse or child - made more difficult when they die young. A divorce or separation is another serious loss but the grief and sadness is complicated by the mix of fear, pain and anger. When your young adult children have left home your 'empty nest' may bring on sadness. If your aging parent develops dementia you experience a long slow grief. It is important not to bottle up your feelings of grief. Isolation makes matters worse. Talking to another person about your loss can help lift your mood and see more options.

Loss is like the experience of having the air knocked out of us: it leaves us gasping and in shock. Whether through death,separation or divorce, loss of a career,death of a beloved pet or the moving away of a child for university: loss brings about a change to our relationships both within and outside of ourselves. It alters how we see ourselves and the roles we play for others. We need to give ourselves the opportunity to grieve and come to terms with what has changed. In allowing ourselves the time and space to say goodbye we create a new space within us, to hold our old relationships, and that is something that cannot be lost or taken away.

Loss can leave people struggling with overwhelming feelings of sadness, guilt, and anxiety about the future. Grief/loss counseling can help you express these feelings in a safe environment and learn to manage them without being overwhelmed. You will come to better appreciate the importance of the lost relationship and begin the process of rebuilding your life.

Life isn't fair. You loved someone, and now they are gone. Or maybe you've lost a job you love... or become disabled. Your whole world has been turned upsde down. Sometimes it seems like there's not much point in going on, but that's not really the case. Let me help you move through the stages of grief without getting stuck. You deserve to have a wonderful second act. Let's write a great new script together!

Grief can result not just from loss of a loved one, but from the inability to realize a goal or dream. I work collaboratively with my clients to overcome perceived or actual barriers to their goals that we can address. When a goal cannot be realized, I help my clients with changing their expectations, perspectives and, ultimately, with acceptance.

We are seldom prepared for grief and loss. Yet through it, we often discover new strength and resilience. This is not what we feel at first . Sadness, self doubt, and feeling overwhelmed by the simplest task may cloud your days. Finding ways to make sense of the loss and changes in your life can open new meaning and purpose going forward. You do not have to do this alone. Grief counseling can help you along the way.

While deep pain honors the loss of important relationships, it creates a heavy burden for the one who carries it. I help people move the deep wound of loss while retaining the positive, life enhancing qualities of loving relationships. Whether illness, divorce, death or other traumas are now causing grief that interferes with joyful living, I can help you actually remove the pain and heal your heart, using cutting edge therapeutic strategies that affect you at the deepest level.

There is nothing so powerful as the death of someone or something close to us. Death seems to open up a sacred place where we ponder questions of meaning, and the mystery and the worth of life. Jung says "When death confronts us, life always seems like a downward flow or like a clock that has been wound up and whose eventual " Grief and loss are unfortunately a natural part of life and the failure to acknowledge this inevitability can turn into a fear of life - neurotic resistances, depressions and other psychological distresses. My approach creates a safe space to allow the natural process of grief to restore you back to life.