Bereavement, Grief and Loss Counselling

Grief is personal and does not follow a fixed timetable. The death of someone important can affect identity, relationships, work and the way the future is imagined. Feelings may include sadness, anger, guilt, relief, numbness or confusion.

Loss takes many forms

Counselling can also be helpful after losses that are not always recognised by other people, including separation, divorce, retirement, redundancy, declining health, the end of a military career or a major change in identity and purpose.

When grief feels difficult to carry

You may feel pressured to move on, protect other people from your feelings or return to normal before you are ready. Earlier bereavements can also be stirred up by a new loss, making the present experience feel especially intense or complicated.

How psychodynamic counselling may help

Psychodynamic counselling provides time to speak about the person or part of life that has been lost, the relationship you had with them and the feelings that remain. We can consider how the loss connects with earlier experiences and with the way you relate to yourself and others now.

The aim is not to remove grief or impose a stage-based model. It is to help you make sense of your own experience and gradually find a way to live alongside what has happened.

Grief and men

Some men have learned to remain practical, protect others or keep painful feelings private. Grief may then appear through anger, withdrawal, restlessness or overwork. Counselling offers another place for those feelings, while remaining open to adults of all genders.

Sessions and fees

Sessions are available in Chelmsford, Colchester and online. Each 50-minute session costs £60.

Contact me

Call or text 07396 737999, or use the contact form to arrange an initial consultation.