Are you Starting Grief Therapy? Here's what to Expect
By Jenny Midence-Blaszczyk
Grief is often equated to the loss of a person because of death. This is a common reason people attend grief therapy. However, there are other reasons that people experience grief as well. People grieve not just for death but for breakups, loss of friends, and parts of themselves.
When attending therapy for grief , you and your therapist will begin by first:
identifying your feelings.
expressing how you feel about the loss.
productively managing all the emotions you are experiencing.
Dealing with the impacts of the loss.
Your therapist will also provide you with psychoeducation about grief. This means that they will teach you about grief and will help you plan for what you might experience in the future. One such piece of information that they will share is that the process is not linear. Grief is different for everyone and because of that your grieving process will be unique to you.
When people grieve, they are moving through stages of grief all of the time. Sometimes back and forth and sometimes experiencing many things at the same time. This is all normal. Grief, in itself, is normal. Because when humans lose people, opportunities, or things that are important to them they experience pain.
In grief therapy you will actively work on understanding that mourning is necessary to release the pain so you can move forward in life. Processing grief is not about letting a person go or by getting over it. We don't get over it, we learn to live with it.
About the Author
Jenny Midence-Blaszczyk is a therapist in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Jenny supports clients experiencing anxiety, trauma, grief and loss. Jenny has extensive experience working with people who have experienced especially complex losses and traumas. To read more about Jenny click here.
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