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Grief Counseling

Struggling To Navigate Life After Loss?

Let’s cut to the chase: grief can be a monster. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it–lurking in the shadows, waiting for a quiet moment, a familiar scent, or a song on the radio to strike, painfully reminding you of what was lost.

Maybe you’re feeling deep sadness, anger, or guilt that seems impossible to shake. Maybe the physical exhaustion and emotional overwhelm are making it hard to face an uncertain future. Or maybe your mood swings are leaving you to feel like a stranger to yourself.

Grief checks all the boxes when it comes to discomfort. Anxiety? Check. Sleep disturbances or changes in appetite? Definitely. New disruptive physical symptoms? Like clockwork. Feeling awkward around just about everybody? You know it. And for many of us, crying… so. much. crying. The unpredictable cycle of overwhelm, detachment, and temporary relief can feel as disorienting as an improvised jazz solo—impossible to predict and hard to follow.

Life has suddenly shifted; maybe it feels like your world has completely shattered. But you seem to be so alone in this feeling as everyone around you moves on with business and usual, making you feel even more isolated and detached than you already were.

At Therapie, we get it. As therapists specially trained in grief counseling—and fellow humans who understand your loss on a deep level—we want to help you process your emotions in a compassionate way that ultimately leads to healing.

Interested in grief counseling? Send us a message!

It’s Not You; It’s The Culture

Without pointing fingers or anything, our society absolutely sucks at grief. We mostly discuss loss in platitudes like “Everything happens for a reason” or “They’re in a better place now,” while maintaining very few safeguards to support people through mourning. Many workplaces only offer a matter of a few days for bereavement, and there is often an unspoken timeline imposed on people that makes them feel like they should be over their grief after x number of weeks or months. Vulnerability is not a valued trait in our bootstrap society, and social media perpetuates the false idea that everyone is doing life—and loss—better than us.

Given how isolating the experience of loss is, you would never know that it really is one the few experiences we share as humans. And while death is often the most potent form of loss, loss takes many forms, including breakups, the loss of physical abilities or receiving a life-changing diagnosis, or the loss of a job, dream, or identity.

Society is bad enough at acknowledging death as is, but other forms of loss receive virtually no recognition. Sure, work grants us time off when we lose a loved one, but what about the structural supports in place for giving up on a dream, ending a relationship, or saying goodbye to a version of yourself that no longer is? They’re nonexistent.

You Are Not Alone In This Process

Like most life-changing experiences, each form of grief is unique to the person experiencing it—and it doesn’t follow any one path or timeline.

Our therapists aren’t here to provoke the grief beast or shoo it away but to instead gently approach it with tenderness and curiosity. As you peel back the layers of grief and emotions you may be struggling with in counseling, you can figure out what it takes to stay connected with what was lost while charting a path forward to a life that will bring peace and balance.

Grief Counseling Through Therapie

The grief counseling process is guided by these questions: What is happening and why? and Where do you want to go and how do we get there? Early sessions are used to explore your unique emotional landscape as we learn more about how your loss is impacting you. It’s possible your loss has shifted some fundamental aspect of your identity, so we will work through processing the layers of grief, including how it’s affecting your work, relationships, and daily routine.

It’s also important to consider if there are any unresolved past losses or traumas that could be exacerbating the emotions surrounding this loss. Working at your pace, we will confront those buried emotions to promote healing at every level.

The Approaches We Use

Because grief typically manifests acutely—as in, symptoms that create immediate discomfort—our goal is to offer clients tangible coping skills and strategies, as well as long-term insights into past pains and future goals. Some of the methods we draw from in grief counseling include:

Emotional regulation techniques – mindfulness, breathing exercises, and other tools are incorporated to calm the nervous system and expand the window of tolerance
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – increasing self-compassion to reduce self-criticism and enhance healing
Cognitive reframing – as you learn more about your unique grief triggers, you can build resilience and adapt with positive coping strategies
Internal Family Systems (IFS) – one of our favorite modalities, IFS helps with identifying the parts of you that are struggling so that you can respond to them and move forward
Narrative Therapy – offers a new way of looking at the overarching story of your loss, empowering you to reauthor the outcome
Existential Therapy – examines your grief from a human-centered perspective as part of a larger context to help clarify goals and purpose moving forward

By combining these approaches, grief counseling aims to help you rebuild your routine and re-establish a sense of purpose-driven momentum in your life.

Whether it’s coming from your community, yourself, or society at large, you may be feeling a pressure to “get over it” already. But our therapists understand that processing your grief is essential to overcoming it; while the hole that has been left behind can never be filled, new life can grow around it.

Common Concerns About Grief Counseling…

Discussing my grief in therapy will only make me feel worse.

It’s completely normal to worry that counseling will intensify your grief—especially if you’re already feeling vulnerable—but therapy is designed to help you feel better, not worse. Our therapists approach this process gently and in a way that honors your pacing and comfort level. That means not diving into the pain head-first but rather wading into your emotions gradually.

Often, our clients find that this process actually lightens their emotional load and allows them to move forward with greater peace and clarity.

I don’t think I’ll ever feel normal again.

When you’re in the thick of loss, it can be difficult to imagine a future where you’re doing okay or feeling like yourself again. The counseling process isn’t intended to rush you through the grief process but instead to help you learn how to balance your loss without it defining or overwhelming you. Our therapists understand that once you feel free of the pressure to “move on,” you can explore your grief meaningfully and begin to make room for a new sense of joy, balance, and purpose in your life.

It will be better for me to process my grief alone without the help of a therapist.

While there’s certainly a chance you might be able to navigate this on your own and come out stronger on the other side, the truth is that a lot of things in life require expert guidance and support in order to foster the most ideal outcomes. Think about it this way: you’d never look down on someone at the gym for seeking the guidance of a coach or personal trainer; you’d recognize the value of a coach in the process of self-improvement.

Having a therapist is like having a coach for your mental and emotional landscape. Healing happens through community and connection, and you are the one who becomes stronger and more capable through the practice of emotional exploration.

Befriend The Grief Beast

Grief counseling through Therapie incorporates tools for emotional regulation, coping, and self-compassion as you navigate life after loss. To get started with one of our grief counselors, contact us.

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At Therapie, we offer individual and couples therapy, as well as weekend intensives and online courses, so you can get the support you need, when you need it. Our services include: individual counseling, premarital, and couples counseling. If you are working on issues related to work, your relationship or life, we got you.

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