Grief Counselling Therapy
What is grief?
Grief can result from a major event that happens in your life (such as the loss of a loved one, a partner, a friend or a pet.
These events can cause both emotional and physical pain that can sometimes impair your ability to function. Grief counseling can involve working with a counsellor or therapist to address your feelings
What are the various types of grief?
- Anticipatory Grief
This happens when you are aware of a person or family member that is expecting death, it is normal to begin to anticipate how you will react and cope when that person eventually dies. Your sadness is usually fused with other emotions for the person. - Traumatic Loss
An unexpected traumatic loss could take place due to loosing someone to an accident, a traumatic event that results in shock and unbelief, often feelings overwhelmed, and leaving many unanswered questions like "why did this happened to him?" "He does not deserve this", "Why God is so unfair" , "He is still so young..". - Sudden Loss
Sudden, unexpected loss will often exceed your coping abilities, which often results in feelings of being overwhelmed . While these feelings of being overwhelmed is a normal , being able to process through the feelings of sudden loss will be very much beneficial for you.
What are the symptoms of grief?
- Shock
- Numbness
- Sorrow
- Longing
- Anger
- Denial
- Helplessness
- Regret
- Guilt
- Anxiety
When should I see a counsellor?
If gried is impacting your everyday life, seeking help from a professional counsellor for grief counselling in Singapore is the first step to
getting the right support for your healing journey.
What will happen during counselling?
Your grief and depression counselling experts will work with you to better understand your circumstances.
This includes,
- How long you are
experiencing them.
- How frequent do you experience them
Your counsellor will also discuss with you the significant events that occur prior to your episodes of grief
After
which, the counsellor will explain the process on healing process and techniques
on reducing the intensity of the grief.