Grief Counseling
Therapy at Winding Roads Counseling can help you learn how to effectively
cope with your grief so that you can move forward with happiness and acceptance.
Losing Someone You Love Can Leave You Reeling In A Cloud Of Sadness And Confusion
Have you been struggling to overcome the sadness of losing someone that you held dear to your heart? Are you coping with a difficult loss or a life-changing transition that’s robbed you of any sense of hope for the future? Do you often feel guilty or ashamed for not doing things differently when you had the chance?
Maybe you’ve recently lost a family member that has taken care of you for your entire life, and you’re struggling to figure out how you’re going to live without them. Or maybe you are finding it difficult to help your spouse, child, or family member process the seemingly unending pain and sorrow.
You may spend your time reminiscing about the past, causing you to isolate yourself from the things about people that you love. Or perhaps you find yourself in a state of shock, denial, or disbelief—the loss or transition you’ve experienced was so sudden that you find it hard to believe what you’re currently going through and how alone you feel.
The thing about grief is that it’s unpredictable. You may feel fine one minute, and turn into an emotional wreck the next. Experiencing a certain smell, image, or object can bring you right back to a place of longing for the times spent with the one that you lost. Therapy gives you the opportunity to process your loss, live with the memories, and honor those that you’ve lost along the way. Having the chance to grieve in a nonjudgmental space can help you relieve your pain and move forward without feeling chained to the past.
We All Experience Grief At Some Point In Our Lives
There are unavoidable parts of life that everyone must encounter, including life-altering changes and the loss of loved ones that we have to adapt to from time to time. Grief represents the sorrow that we feel as we try to adapt to the new ways and routines of our lives moving forward following these drastic changes.
No matter how much it hurts, grief is an inevitable aspect of the human experience, so you can find support in knowing that we all will endure it at some point or another. But the ways that we cope with our grief depend on many factors because we all have different ways of dealing with our negative feelings and emotions.
Grief is a difficult thing to experience because we often want to talk to or see the one that we lost just one more time. The idea that we will always be deprived of that desire can be overwhelming, causing feelings of sorrow, anger, and guilt.
This is why therapy at Winding Roads Counseling is so important—it gives you a chance to process your grief in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. Working with a trusted counselor can help you talk about who was lost, the experiences that you shared, and the feelings that you’re having about what happened so that you can manage your grief and move forward with a newfound sense of happiness.
Counseling Can Help You Honor Your Loss And Guide You Through Your Grief
Therapy offers you a real opportunity to mourn your loss so that you can feel more comfortable enjoying the memories that you cherish without feeling overwhelmed by sadness. At Winding Roads Counseling, our therapists will help you work through the emotional stages of your grief—like bargaining, denial, sadness, and anger to name a few—to guide you towards a path of healing and acceptance.
We will begin with an intake session to learn more about you and what you’re going through. From there, we will connect you with one of our specialized therapists who will work alongside you to tailor a plan that will help you cope with your loss and better understand your emotions. This way, your goals are clearly defined from the beginning, and you can make the most out of each session. When it comes to treating your symptoms of grief, we use a wide variety of different methods, including:
● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): gives you strategies to create a more positive outlook and challenge the intrusive emotions (like denial and guilt) that you feel towards your loss
● Talk Therapy: provides you with an outlet to openly discuss your feelings and well-being both before and after the loss that you’ve suffered
● Art Therapy: a therapeutic method that allows you to creatively express your thoughts, feelings, and emotions through imagery as a means to help you process your grief
● Brainspotting & Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): both of these forms of treatment focus on using imagery and eye movement to help your brain reprocess traumatic and painful emotions so that you can move forward and properly heal
Everyone is different in how they cope with the pain of their grief, which is why our counselors will partner with you to tailor therapy sessions to best suit your needs. At Winding Roads Counseling, we want you to get the most out of your experience and are confident that we can help you find internal peace and motivation to move forward following your loss.
You May Be Interested In Grief Counseling, But Still Have Some Concerns…
I’m afraid it will be too difficult to discuss my grief without feeling even more sad and angry.
While this is a common belief, the outcome is usually quite the opposite. People will often keep their thoughts and feelings to themselves because they feel alone in their battle or that no one can relate to their struggle.
However, counseling provides you with a safe place to talk about anything and everything related to your grief. And once you begin to discuss their memories and feelings, you’re much more likely to find happiness, purpose, and quickly realize the healing power that therapy has to offer.
How can talking with a therapist possibly help me manage my grief?
Working with one of our therapists can help you expeditiously when it comes to coping with the pain that grief causes. The overall goal of therapy is to give you the ability to overcome the sorrow for what you lost and find happiness in what has yet to come.
Therefore, we will work together to help you develop a toolkit of strategies so that you have the means to cope with your grief whenever your emotions become too overwhelming. The idea is to give you what you need to have the means to treat yourself whenever negative emotions arise, essentially becoming your own therapist outside of session.
Do your grief counseling services only focus on bereavement?
At Winding Roads Counseling, we believe that grief includes any form of sorrow that you feel due to a major loss or change. The specific loss doesn’t necessarily have to equate to a person in your life.
If you’re going through a breakup, career change, or major move that causes you to long for the way things used to be, then you’re probably experiencing some form of grief and are worthy of support.
Let Therapy At Winding Roads Counseling Help You Cope With Your Grief And Brighten Your Path Forward
If you find yourself struggling to manage the grief you feel from losing someone you love, therapy at Winding Roads Counseling can help you find hope and move forward on a path towards peace and happiness.
To learn more about our practice or to schedule a free, 15-minute consultation, call (317)-210-3737 or visit our contact page. We look forward to hearing from you!