Throughout the course of our years, we all experience a loss at some point in our lives. In fact, statistics show that 1 in 5 children will experience the death of someone close to them before 18 years of age. Feelings of grief and loss are not always associated with death, however, but commonly surface after a loss of some kind – whether it is the loss of a loved one, a severed relationship, a pregnancy, a pet, or a job.
When a person loses something or someone valuable to them, feelings of grief can be overbearing. Grief can leave a person feeling sad, hopeless, isolated, irritable, and numb by affecting them mentally, emotionally, and physically. It’s important to understand that healing from grief is a process and everyone copes with this emotion differently.
Through psychotherapy, an individual or family may:
Improve coping skills
Reduce feelings of blame and guilt
Explore and process emotions
Understand the normal feelings of grief and know this is normal
Find ways to connect with others that can help them not feel alone
Know that their way to grieve is individual and unique to them and it is ok
Service areas include Jenks, Bixby, Glenpool, Sapulpa, Tulsa and Broken Arrow in-person and online throughout Oklahoma
