The many faces of Grief & Loss

About Grief & Loss
 
When we lose something or someone that is important to us, we grieve.
This journey can be very painful as we struggle to come to terms with this empty space, with the change to the landscape of our lives.
A loved one leaves us - either from death, estrangement, distance, or because either you don't want to be there any more or they do not. 
A loved one hurts us and we suffer the pain of losing trust, losing hope and being confused and troubled - this is also a form of grief.
Grief takes away our momentum, our motivation, our desires and sometimes our reason.
We lose a job and the income it gives us and we are confronted with the loss of routine, our status, perhaps our confidence or the security we have earned.
This too is when we may grieve.
Age may take away our energy, our mobility, sight or vision...and our independence!
This can be very difficult and confronting as we grieve the loss of what we once knew and the level of control we believed we had over our choices in life.
There are so many forms of loss and so many ways we grieve - depending on the emotional attachment to that loss, our resilience or the triggers from other life events that this loss causes.
We may have the support of family to help us get through these times - or they may not be able to help as they are also grieving and affected by the loss, or we may have no family to help us.
Friends can be a great source of support - but they may also not be in a position to help or understand your grief.
Grief and Loss counselling can be an empowering experience in understanding and managing your grief.
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