Grief Counselling

The Family Enhancement Centre is a leading provider of grief counselling / bereavement counselling in Brampton, Mississauga, St. Catharines and Orangeville.

When you lose someone or something precious to you, it’s natural to experience pain and grief. The process of grief and bereavement is normal, and most people go through it. But when grief takes over your life and makes you feel hopeless, worthless and helpless, a therapist can help explain the difference between normal grief and depression.

Grief counseling is a kind of psychotherapy designed to help people cope with grief and mourning following the death of a loved one, or with major life event that trigger feelings of grief (For example – divorce, job loss, loss of a beloved pet, end of a dream, loss of a friendship)

Symptoms:
Consider getting help for grief counselling if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms:

Intense sadness
Preoccupation with the deceased or with the circumstances surrounding the death
Longing or yearning
Feelings of emptiness, meaninglessness or worthlessness
Difficulty engaging in happy memories
Avoidance of reminders of the deceased
Lack of desire in pursuing personal interests or plans
Bitterness or anger

We have a team of highly trained bereavement counsellors in Brampton, Mississauga, St. Catharines and Orangeville , who have years of experience helping people deal with issues related to grief and mourning effectively.

Our Grief counselors believe that every individual experiences and expresses grief in their own way, which is usually shaped by their culture, beliefs and relationship to what was lost. They understand that it is not abnormal for a person to withdraw from their friends and family and feel incapable; some might be angry and want to take action. Our team include social workers, mental health therapists, family counsellors, bereavement counsellors, play therapists, psychotherapists and counselling psychologists.

The experience of grief and bereavement is not something a person ever recovers from completely, but with the passage of time its intensity reduces.

Grief counsellors at The Family Enhancement Centre provide psychotherapy with the objective of:

Supporting the bereaved to accept the loss by helping him or her to speak about the loss
Supporting the bereaved to recognize and express feelings related to the loss (for example, anger, guilt, anxiety, helplessness, and pain)
Helping the bereaved to live without the person who died and to make decisions alone
Supporting the bereaved to separate emotionally from the person who died and to begin new relationships
Providing support and time to focus on grieving at critical times such as birthdays and anniversaries
Explaining normal grieving and the differences in grieving among individuals
Providing ongoing support
Supporting the bereaved to understand his or her methods of coping
Identifying coping difficulties the bereaved may have and advising for professional grief therapy

Our bereavement counsellors and therapists are highly skilled in:

Working with individuals, groups, families, schools, corporations, and agencies to deal with all grief-related problems
Understanding complicated and uncomplicated grief
Working with traumatized clients
Providing critical incident stress debriefing
Formulating strategies for crisis intervention

Grief therapy approach
When providing grief therapy our therapists use following approaches to support a mourner work through grief:

Reinforcing the ability to feel, express, and adjust to painful grief-related changes
Formulate effective ways to cope with painful changes
Establish a continuing relationship with the deceased
Stay healthy and keep functioning
Re-establish relationships and accepting that others may have trouble empathizing with the grief they experience
Build a healthy image of oneself and the world

If you or somebody you know is going through a deep phase of grief and showing any of the symptoms mentioned above, contact us today. We have been providing grief counselling services for over a decade and have centers in Brampton, Mississauga, St. Catharines and Orangeville . Our grief program include providing emotional support, problem-solving assistance, information and guidance for people who have recently lost a loved one. Services are available for widows and widowers, children who have lost a parent, parents who have lost a child, and other people who are grieving.

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