Grief and Loss Counseling in Burns, TN.

We often think of grief as related to losing a loved one to death, but it can also be the result of losing a home, a job, a community, a relationship, a future hope, a pet. There are so many forms of loss we experience, and grieving those losses is an important and healthy task that helps us integrate those losses into our experience. Grieving is the way we express our love for our loved one in their absence. Grieving is a letting go process and helps us makes room for what is to come. In our work together, you will experience a safe space to process your loss and work through the impact of it as you adjust to a new normal.

You don't "get over" a profound loss. Whether it is a loss from death or divorce, a deep loss sets you on a path requiring understanding, healing, and growth. As a therapist and pastor I've counseled with hundreds of adults who have lost a loved one. As a minister to single & single again adults and as a therapist for 30 years I've counseled with many hundreds of separated and divorced adults. I am one of the featured experts in DivorceCare's (www.DivorceCare.org) support group resource materials which are used all over the world. A grief & loss therapist doesn't just tell you how to recover from your pain; instead he/she walks alongside you with compassion, gentleness, and insight.

Losing a loved one is one of life's most painful experiences, and navigating through grief can be an overwhelming process. If you find yourself struggling to cope, know that I am here to walk beside you during this challenging time. In therapy, we'll create a nurturing space for you to express your emotions and memories freely. I'll provide gentle guidance as we work together to process your grief and find healthy ways to honor your loved one's memory. Healing from loss is not about forgetting, but rather about learning to carry the memories in a way that allows you to embrace life with newfound strength and resilience. Let's embark on this journey of healing together.

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.

Grief and loss is an intensely individual experience. Everyone deals with it in a different way. And it is not limited to the loss of a loved one. Grief and loss can manifest in many ways: a marital break-up, the loss of a job or career, a missed vision of how life should have been, and even in something like the foreclosure of a home and the heartache that it can bring, to name a few. Even though each of us copes with these things in different ways. there are relatively healthy and unhealthy ways in which we cope. My goal is to assist you in embracing your loss, working through the aftermath, and moving forward in healthy and productive ways.

When we experience grief or the lost of a loved one, what we are feeling is the impact of the death of a relationship. Some of us are able to grieve for a limited period of time and then move on with our lives. For others, the grieving process may seem unending and something impossible to get past. I can help you process grief and loss in a safe, nurturing, healthy way. While we never forget those loved ones we have lost in death, we can absolutely always hold them in our hearts and remember them with love and fondness as opposed to with pain and despair.

Well-meaning friends and family often don't know how to respond when you are grieving the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or even a dream for your life. Grief never leaves us but we can learn how to make peace with our grief and allow it to grow us. At Abide, we are ready to sit in the grief with you without judgment or trying to fix it. Call us today.

Everyone grieves differently. Grief and loss isn't just about death and dying. There are many types of losses and grief shows up in our lives in ways that might surprise you or catch you off guard. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to grieve. Let's work together to find healthy ways to move through grief so that the pain is manageable, comfortable, and you feel you can move through it and keep on with the other aspects of your life that are important as well.

Clients benefit from a compassionate relationship where they have a context to explore the impact of the inevitable losses that happen to each of us eventually. Grieving is difficult for everyone, but it does not have to be debilitating. In fact, losses and grieving can be gentle (though sometimes relentless) teachers to form our characters into more loving, peaceful and happy people who journey gracefully with our own souls and those with whom we relate.