In our lives, we all experience grief after the loss of a loved one. We grief individually or as a family. Grief is a normal reaction to a life-changing event. However, at times, we don’t know how to process grief and come to terms with the loss of a loved one.
My grief coaching puts you, and if needed, your family, in the center, and we will start with your pain in order to assess how to best proceed forward to find healing without ever forgetting the missing loved one.
Grief takes many forms and grief is unique to the grieving individual, there are even different types of grief within a family unit, which can potentially lead to disagreements because family members don’t understand how others process the loss of a loved one.
There is no “prescription” as to how anyone should grieve, grieving doesn’t have a plan, grieve is unique. What most grieving indidivudals do have on common though, is to find a path forward to return to a sense of normalcy.
Grief can come in many forms, such as anticipatory grief, delayed grief, complicated or distorted grief, prolonged grief and traumatic grief.
Although each of the types of grief manifest themselves in unique ways, their commonality is that there is always a reaction to the loss of a loved one.
A lot of grieving individuals might feel a profound sense of feeling “alone,” because their grief is not understood or appreciated, they feel overwhelmed or misunderstood, which can also affect not only how the grieving individual her or himself moves forward, but also how the individual continues to maintain positive and productive relationships with others, family and friends alike.
As your grief coach, you (and your family) will be the primary focus, I will merely be your partner on your journey forward. I will do so by incorporating to modalities to guide you through the process:
1. The dual process model for grieving individuals and
2. The from grief to growth model
because I feel that these two approaches are wonderfully processes to help you move forward in your own unique way while gaining a healthy life balance for yourself and your interactions with others.
In addition to helping you cope with grieving the loss of a loved one, I will also be able to help you cope with anticipatory grief while you care the loss of a loved one, through regular coaching and respite services, that may be needed to regroup and much needed and necessary self-care.