We have many therapists who are experienced in working with loss and grief. Please take a look at our general statement here and our website: https://talkingworkscounseling.com/
We will discuss the wound and what the loss means and what steps might be taken if that is the path forward. Gestalt empty chair work and imaginal exposure are likely techniques.
Loss can be very painful. Because of this, grief and loss are often seen as disruptions to our lives. We work very hard at either avoiding them, rushing to get through them or feeing overcome or flooded by them. We work on making sense of these and understanding them better in our work together.
Licensed Psychoanalyst, Licensed Psychoanalyst, New York State
Grieving can be a difficult process, and experiencing a loss is a time when many people seek outside support. Often, friends and family struggle with supporting us through the difficult process of grieving, and a professional can offer the support you need. Through a cooperative, supportive relationship with the right therapist, you can learn how to cope with emotions that arise as a result of loss. By talking with someone you trust and feel comfortable with, you can work through the grieving process and how it may be impacting your life.
Grief can be a part of transitioning though any number of life changes or events whether it be the loss of a loved one or an experienced milestone. Are you missing what life was like before, or the things you were looking forward to that now may not happen? Adjusting to a “new normal” is not easy. We never "get over" the loss of a loved one, but you can learn to live with this loss alongside life's joys as the experience it woven into the fabric of your life. My years of experience supporting families and children with acute and or chronic illness in an inpatient pediatric hospital setting has greatly informed my approach to grief work and supporting families through the unimaginable.
Every act of embracing something new involves the letting go of something old. Loss denied and grief disallowed are the roadblocks against vitaity. Safety and trust are the foundations that allow the acceptance of loss and the experience of grief and protect against the horrible distortions that can result from defense against the completion of experience.
The therapeutic relationship that cultivates self-compassion, trust and openness lends to a safe space for those struggling with moving through the grieving process.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Certified psychodramatist (CP)
Grief , loss and bereavement includes a wide range of complex feelings that can feel never ending and overwhelming. How one experiences these complex feelings is a very personal process, there is no, “right” way to work through this. Together you and I will explore these feelings and work through this in a way that is best for you.