Grief Counseling

At Good Therapy San Diego, grief counseling provides a supportive space for individuals to process their emotions and begin healing. Here’s what grief counseling typically involves:

Emotional Support: Grief brings intense emotions, and our therapists create a safe, non-judgmental environment for you to express yourself. We introduce coping techniques like mindfulness and stress management to help you regain emotional balance.

Adjustment to a New Reality: Significant losses can drastically change your life. Our therapists guide you in adjusting to this new reality, helping you build routines and coping mechanisms to restore control and normalcy.

Addressing Unresolved Issues: Grief can bring up past trauma or unresolved emotions. Counseling offers a safe space to work through these, helping you heal from the loss and other emotional wounds such as regret and anger.

Exploring Meaning and Purpose: Grief often raises existential questions. We help you explore these questions and find meaning in your loss, aligned with your own belief system.

Coping with Specific Types of Loss: Certain losses, such as the death of a child, partner, or close friend, can present unique challenges. We offer specialized support tailored to these situations, including the loss of a pet or miscarriage.

Assessing Complicated Grief: Sometimes, grief becomes prolonged or complicated, affecting daily life. In such cases, our counselors may use interventions like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help heal trauma and unblock recovery. Our grief counselors are trained to recognize these signs and provide the necessary support to facilitate recovery.