Please note that I use the words "bereavement counselling London", "bereavement psychotherapy London", "grief counselling London", "grief psychotherapy London", "psychotherapeutic counselling for grief" & "talking therapy for grief" and also "grief counsellor London", "grief psychotherapist London", "psychotherapeutic counsellor for bereavement" & "talking therapist for bereavement" interchangeably. I am trained & accredited as a bereavement counsellor, psychotherapist & talking therapist and I am happy to discuss their differences with you.
Counselling Central London Psychotherapy – Bereavement Counselling & Grief Counselling - Counsellor London Camden Psychotherapist
Grief & Bereavement Counselling
Grief Counselling Our grief can have many aspects. We may experience grief about a person, someone close to us, or may be grieving a stage of Iife, our pain, wounds, losses, past. Something inside of us may have died (see Grieving Over The Loss Of Our Past). We may also experience existential grief.
Bereavement Counselling Bereavement is a natural process and it takes time to get over loss. It can be one of the most painful experiences we have. Each of us has a different way of mourning & coping with our own timescale. Someone may have died recently or some while back, and we may have delayed grief. Grief can impact upon us right to our core, washing right over us, through us. Memories, stories, emotions & regrets can get stirred up since our loss. The impact of the legacy left behind may affect us. We may need someone simply to listen, or to support us through our grief, offering a place to think, reflect, feeI & process what is going on, to mourn in our own good time. Words alone may not be enough. We may be very alone, lonely or confused. We may have feelings or thoughts we are not "supposed" to have. Grief counselling can be a space to talk about things at your own pace, if you want to. We may also want to turn to bereavement counselling for support & reflection, which may or may not be of a religious or spiritual nature
Miscarriage, Pregnancy Termination, Abortion We may hold grief for someone was unborn. We may have had a stillbirth. Our beliefs, thoughts, emotions & hopes may be very different before & after our experience of loss. A mother's reaction & role may be very different to that of the father. Decisions & choices made may induce shock, guilt, shame or self-blame. "What if?" may be a familiar preoccupation.
