Counselling for grief and bereavement
Grief doesn't follow a timetable. If you're carrying a loss that still feels heavy, therapy can give you a space to process it in your own way and in your own time.
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What grief can look like
Grief is one of the most complex emotions we experience, and it rarely looks the way we expect it to. You might feel waves of sadness that catch you off guard, or a numbness that worries you because you think you should be feeling more. You might feel angry, guilty, or relieved, and then guilty about feeling relieved.
Grief isn't only about death either. You can grieve for a relationship that ended, a version of your life that didn't work out, a parent who was never really there, or a future you thought you'd have. These losses are just as real, even if the world around you doesn't always recognise them.
Sometimes grief shows up long after the loss itself. You thought you'd dealt with it, but years later something triggers it and it comes flooding back. That's completely normal. Grief processes at its own pace, not ours.
How psychodynamic therapy helps with grief
There's no right way to grieve, and therapy isn't about trying to fix it or move you through stages. It's about giving you a space where your loss can be properly acknowledged and where all the complicated feelings around it are welcome.
Psychodynamic therapy is particularly well suited to grief because it takes the whole picture into account. We explore not just the loss itself, but what the person or thing you've lost meant to you, the role they played in your life, and the feelings that have come up around it, including the ones that don't fit neatly into the story.
Sometimes grief connects to earlier losses that were never fully processed. In therapy, we can explore those connections, which often helps the present grief make more sense.
You don't have to carry it alone
If you're struggling with a loss, whether recent or from a long time ago, talking about it can help. I'm happy to have a conversation about what you're going through.