I am offering a 12 week program this winter which creates a safe environment in which to look at old beliefs about dealing with loss; to look at what losses have affected your life; and to take new actions which lead to completion of the pain attached to one of those losses. I will be sending out more information closer to the time.
Last week I completed my certification training with the Grief Recovery Institute and learned so much about helping people deal with many sorts of grief that impacts our lives. Simply defined, grief is the normal and natural reaction to significant emotional loss of any kind. While we never compare losses, any list would include death and divorce as obvious painful losses. Our list also includes many others; life transitions, retirement, moving, pet loss, financial and health issues among them.
The range of emotions associated with grief are as varied as there are people and personalities. Grief is the emotional response to loss but most of the information we have learned about dealing with loss is intellectual. We are all advised to "let go", "move on" after losses of all kinds. Most of us would do that if we knew how. For many people, unresolved grief can be diagnosed and treated as depression.
Please let me know if you or someone you know may be interested in taking this journey with me.
susan@susanevanslcsw.com
217-359-6104