Losing a loved one can be the biggest shock of your life. One moment, you were happy and joyful. But, after learning about the loss of your loved one and that news, you are tormented by sadness, depression, denial, guilt, anger, and anxiety. With grief and loss, it can feel like your heart hurts so much. For many people, going through grief and loss can feel like the world is colorless. At Wisdom Within Counseling, we offer holistic grief and loss therapy in couples therapy. We help couples in grief and loss therapy build strength, hope, and spirituality.
How does grief and loss counseling help with healing?
To begin, the hardest time of life is undoubtedly when we lose a loved one. For children and adults alike, we will all lose someone we love at some point in our life. And, we need positive coping tools to handle the loss and sadness. Furthermore, grief often hits us and our children harder than we anticipate. For many, grief therapy helps with grounding and letting go. Lastly, death may end a life and physical body, but not necessarily a relationship. For couples, we help keep the life of the person alive with positive rituals. Essentially, there is no right or wrong way to grieve. But, we teach you holistic, healthy ways to deal with the grieving process and emotions.
Why might someone seek grief and loss therapy in couples therapy?
As well, are you stuck, thinking about all the things you should have done differently?
First, if you have recently lost a loved one, you may be experiencing some of the following symptoms. For one, you might feel depressed, anxious, on edge, or irritable. Other times, you might feel shock, sadness, or denial. As well, it’s very normal in the stages of grief to feel guilty. Furthermore, grief and loss counseling can be for a number of different grief symptoms. Sometimes, break ups, divorce, loss of a loved one, or observing death are reasons to seek counseling. Essentially, when you experience death situations, counseling is necessary. As well, these major life experiences can lead to depression, anger, and other numbed feelings. Lastly, grief and loss therapy in couples therapy is a process of healing holistically.
What is grief and loss therapy in couples therapy like?
Grief and loss therapy for couples is a process of nurturing and compassion. Often, we receives massages to deal with grief and loss alone. But, in marriage counseling, we teach skills for connecting over grief and loss. As well, some couples struggle because one partner shows more emotion. On the other hand, the other partner is stoic or non emotional. So, we teach couples who have differences in emotional expression how to bond, trust, and give to one another. In grief and loss therapy for couples, we teach ways to receive and give, while going through loss.
Why do couples struggle in the grief and loss phase?
In marriage counseling, grief and loss play a huge role in emotional closeness. For one, a partner who is experiencing depression and sadness, they may not be happy. And, the other partner feel may feel insecure because there is less attention available. Frequently, the grief and loss therapy process can take years. For couples, on the anniversary of a loved one’s passing, a special ritual can be done. In a marriage, if these rituals are done independently, the marriage may not last. So, for a marriage to be successful and loving, grief and loss need to be a element of togetherness. In couples therapy, we teach distant couples ways to remain close and communicate openly. As marriage therapists, we support couples in maintaining connection in times of loss and grief.
As well, are you numbing feelings of grief, by turning to alcoholism, substance abuse, or negative behaviors?
As well, being in a relationship and going through loss and sadness are huge milestones. For couples, grief and loss can make or break relationship. Essentially, going through grief and loss can send you apart. Or, grief and loss can bring you closer than you have ever been. Frequently, after grief and loss, people will to try to make themselves feel better through alcohol and substances. In the grief process, it’s important to remember that lingering and wallowing in grief can be negative for your overall health. It’s also normal to experience bouts of anger. Though counseling, we help you release anger and find outlets for inner peace. Essentially, it is very easy to show anger when loss and sadness is underneath.
How does grief and loss therapy in couples therapy work?
Therefore, in grief and loss counseling, we teach couples that it’s okay to cry together and express emotions. Many times, couples don’t know how to comfort each other. And, in those moments, it can turn to conflict and anger. As well, we teach that each person goes through their own experience of loss and grief. In general, no experience of grief and loss is universal. Essentially, the emotion of loss and sadness is relatable, but each person needs to find their own ways of mourning.
To begin, we help couples acknowledge their pain and the gravity of the loss. For some, this includes the loss of a child, the loss of a parent, or sibling. From counseling, we help couples understand that grief can be triggered at any moment.
In marriage counseling, we teach skills to accept that grief and the variety of unexpected emotions that follow.
For many, a slurry of anxiety, sadness, regret, loss, and anger arise. As well, we teach holistic coping tools to help you understand that your grieving process will be unique. As marriage therapists, we encouraged couples to sharing in grief work as much as possible. In addition, seeking out a positive community can help you heal from grief. With grief, social withdrawal is very common. So, scheduling time to take care of yourself physically with yoga or exercise is essential daily. In counseling, we teach couples how to recognize the difference between grief, sadness, anger, and depression.
How do we help couples in therapy build strength through grief and loss?
As well, grievers need to know that it is normal to cry. In childhood, we receive messages that it isn’t okay to cry. As adults, your couple’s therapist support healthy emotional expression skills. Furthermore, heartbreak and grief can lead to severe depression and emotional stress. If you are experiencing shock, where you are temporarily stunned, like your entire life seems surreal, contact us today. Lastly, grief and loss therapy in couples therapy supports meaningful connection. For couples, we teach positive coping strategies for releasing big emotions in calm ways.
As well, we can help you face a variety of emotions, from sadness, isolation, and uncertainty, and build positive coping tools.
To add, if you experience panic, anxiety, or have panic attacks, Wisdom Within Counseling can help. As grief and loss counselors, we can help you channel your anger and release the sadness beneath it. Furthermore, our therapists can help encourage a spiritual sense of connection and hope. If you are struggling struggling with self blame or feel like there is deep sadness, we can provide you with holistic coping strategies to release those feelings.
