Grief and Loss Counseling in McLendon Chisholm, TX.

Grief and loss over losing a loved one or even a relationship can be one of the most traumatic experiences in a person's life. Often times, people find it difficult to recover. It can lead to severe depression, isolation and even hopelessness. However, it does not have to. Let me help you to cope with the pain and walk you through the stages of grief so that you can get back to living a full life

Grief is a natural response to a significant loss. I provide grief counseling to enable people to express the range of emotions that occur (it is normal to feel anger at the deceased) and to help you make the decisions that are best for you and your family. While well-meaning friends offer condolences, society tends to assume that people "get over it" much faster than what is normal. There is no set amount of tears or time that leads to acceptance.

Ignoring our loss and feelings of grief is not a long-term way to cope with very real emotional reactions. Allow yourself to grieve. Let yourself cry. Own your feelings without apology. Loss and grief covers people, pets, situations, and status. The most difficult loss to cope with is the loss of a dream. A lost pregnancy. A relationship that ended outside of our control. The loss of what should have been. The goal of grief therapy is not to feel good about the loss but to be OK with knowing it is our loss.

I work with clients facing grief and loss by allowing them to work through the often confusing and overwhelming feelings of shock, denial, bargaining, sadness and acceptance. The stages of grief do not fit a linear pattern and it is normal to vacillate between feelings and sometimes to regress. Together, we sort through the emotions in order to move towards a path of acceptance and the allowance of future joy.

Grief affects everybody differently. Learning to "let go" needs to be an intentional process that I can help you through. There are stages that each person goes through, on their own timeline. Counseling can help you learn where you are and give you support as you move through the grieving process. Grief support can be given for the loss of a relationship, opportunity, loved one, job, or even a change in your daily life.

Elizabeth offers Grief & Loss counseling based on Bowlby & Parkes' Attachment Model. Client work through these four stages of grief and loss: 1. Shock and numbness, 2. Yearning and searching, 3. Yearning and searching, and 4. Re-organization and recovery. These are similar to the four seasons in that this process takes approximately twelve months to complete one round of grief. We utilize the client's support system to aid in this initial round, and we track progress to ensure successful movement through the stages.

Loosing someone close to you can be devastating, and traumatic. Learning how to cope and deal with loss can look a little different with everyone. Having someone there to listen and help you work through the vast amount of emotions that come with grieving can be more than benificial. Finding a way out of what feels hopeless can help the person grieving move forward without loosing the importance of what the loss means to them.

The loss of a loved one can be as crippling as it is painful. Friends and co-workers who have not been through it offer well-meaning and simple advice that often adds to the exhaustion you already feel . Our team of therapists can help you find your footing, learn to breathe again, and develop strategies to manage the pain and the other obligations and relationships in your life, while continuing to honor the memory of what has been lost.

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 is hard. Grief is natural. Animals grieve. Grief is something we feel deep in our bodies and can be disorienting and destabilizing. Grief brings up questions about who we are, the world, the existence or goodness of God, and purpose and futility of life. Dealing with grief, especially when the loss is traumatic and unexpected, requires a slow and tender space to allow the grief to move through our body and to settle in our hearts with warmth and memory. I am here to help you grieve the loss of your loved one, experience, health , future or even your beloved pet. .

We will all experience loss at some point in life. Maybe you're struggling through the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, the loss of a job or some other painful experience. You don't have to face it alone. For more than 25 years I've supported individuals and families as they've journeyed through some of the most difficult times in their lives. Whatever your loss, I'll walk with you through the grief process to help you heal and reclaim a sense of peace and hope for the future.