There are many losses in life that we just don’t ever get over. Instead, we learn how to accept loss and live with it as we move on with our own lives. Grief is a powerful emotion, one that can completely engulf you and leave you feeling hopeless, isolated and unmotivated.

While people express grief differently, the impact grief has on our lives is universal. You may be angry or sad, you might feel numb or despondent, you might rely on avoidance and distraction to get through grief. No matter your strategies, talking with a therapist helps you really process life’s devastating events and go through the stages of grief in a healthy way.

There are many different emotions that can arise when you are grieving, and those emotions cause reactions that have a real impact on your life. Grief can impact your job performance and ability to meet your basic needs. Grief can cause you to self-isolate and feel alone, can trigger depression and anxiety, and can wreak havoc on your health.

Working through your grief with a certified therapist helps you navigate heavy emotions and see how your grief is impacting your life. Together, you and your therapist can work through your grief in a safe and confidential space. You can express your emotions and create a path forward into freedom.

Grief counseling with a therapist can help with:

• Declining job performance
• Loss of interest
• Inability to perform daily tasks
• Feelings of shock, sadness and fear
• Inability to move forward
• Avoidance of grief triggers
• Declining physical health

Grief impacts every area of our lives. When you are grieving, it’s common to lose interest in everything you once loved and to find yourself unable to keep up with daily tasks. Together, you and your therapist can hold space for your grief and learn how to process grief in a positive way. Through talking with your therapist, you are able to form a path forward to a fulfilled life.

It’s never too early or too late to seek grief therapy. Whether you are grieving the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job or the loss of yourself due to a life transition, talking with a counselor helps you identify how grief is impacting your life. Together, you and your therapist are able to create a space where you can grieve and then develop tools to better your life as soon as possible.

Talking with a therapist about your grief helps you identify why you are experiencing specific emotions. Together, you and your therapist can also analyze how you are expressing those emotions and how your actions are impacting your life.

Grief counseling can help:

• Work through the stages of grief
• Address your feelings
• Create coping tools
• Set goals
• Manage setbacks

By talking with a therapist about your grief, you’ll be able to find ways of coping with loss, guilt, regret and shame. A therapist provides a fresh perspective on loss and allows you to explore the stages of grief without judgment. Together, you and your therapist work through to acceptance of loss and life transition and build a path forward to a brighter future.