Grief And Loss Counselling Melbourne

Are you experiencing strong feelings of loss and grief, or are you now becoming aware of unprocessed grief from the past? Whichever it is, your feelings can be supported and dealt with appropriately. It may be necessary to engage a grief counsellor or psychotherapist.

The trained psychotherapists at Bayside Psychotherapy have experience dealing with grief and loss counselling via several methods. We can tailor an approach to support your needs.

We can help you via face-to-face loss and grief counselling at our Melbourne clinic, or if you can’t get to Brighton or prefer to work from the comfort of your own home, we also provide online grief and loss counselling via Skype. Read on for more details.

Everyone experiences grief at times. Loss of a partner, a parent, a pet, or any number of losses can trigger us to feel intensely, or go numb, and sometimes question our life priorities and values. And, if we are predisposed to avoiding feelings or to feeling but not dealing, we can struggle with grief and loss even more.

For this reason, an empathic counsellor can help you to feel safe and secure to work through painful and even shameful feelings. Unfortunately our society is not generally skilled in understanding the effects of grief and loss. The lack of adequate grieving can result in an experience called ‘complicated grief’, later in life: Grief that is delayed and heightened delivers consequences of anxiety, depression, musculoskeletal conditions and even digestive disturbances.

Don’t let grief take over your life.

Call us on (03) 9530 6353 or use our contact form to book your confidential appointment.

Let’s work together to help you deal with grief and loss

Our grief and loss counsellors can help you in our Melbourne clinic or you can get assistance via Skype with online counselling.

Mindfulness therapy and grief and loss counselling can assist you to process safely what you feel, without judgement. Grief is not an "illness." Your experience of grief and loss is unique, and might even feel overwhelming, but does not mean you are going crazy.

The first counselling session aims to find out if you “click” with your grief counsellor, and how we can help you best. We will help you to feel safe in the room, then help you to transform your feelings of safety into the rest of your life, so you can be with your loss and grief feelings without being overwhelmed by them. This is sometimes achieved through mindfulness therapy and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, within a tailored style rather than scripted approach. Our unique blend of Eastern and Western therapies means you'll have a good chance of recovery even if you've tried other kinds of grief and loss counselling before.

How Long will Grief and Loss Counselling Take?

Although grieving, and psychotherapy, are more of a process rather than a fixed destination, you could start feeling better quickly. After a few sessions we will know how counselling is helping, and then we will have a clearer idea of how long to expect for lasting change to occur. Our grief counsellors will aim to assist you to become more accepting, in our supportive and non-judgemental space.

How is Bayside Psychotherapy’s Approach to Grief and Loss Different?

We believe that you don't have to somehow 'get over it' in order to move on. When you participate in grief counselling in our Melbourne psychotherapy clinic, we work a little differently to what you may be accustomed to. Our therapists blend Eastern and Western counselling methods, which makes our approach unique. Our training in counselling, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and Buddhist psychotherapy means we have a wide range of skills and compassion available to help you through your intense feelings, and help support your journey towards making sense of your life.

It takes courage to start grief and loss counselling, and it could be rewarding and relieving for you too.

Please call our grief counsellors on (03) 9530 6353 or use our online form to make a grief counselling appointment. Your call is completely confidential, and there’s absolutely no obligation.