Grief and Loss Counseling

Oregon Counseling provides grief and loss support to those who have experienced any type of significant loss.

Loss caused by death, end of relationships, physical or emotional trauma, chronic pain, or onset of illness or injury can all result in tremendous grief and emotional pain. These losses have the potential to elicit existential difficulties, such as lack of control and reduced predictability about life. Such changes may diminish a person’s well being, hope for the future and ability to cope.

There is no right or wrong way to grieve. Everyone’s experience with loss is different and everyone grieves on their own timeline. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to go through it alone and without support. 

Do I need grief and loss therapy?

Grief counseling can help you with your healing process from loss. If your grief is interfering with your everyday life, counseling might be a good option for you. 

You may benefit from grief counseling if you’re:

• Experiencing ongoing symptoms of distress, such as crying, insomnia, loss of appetite, increased irritability and anger, or panic attacks.
• Struggling to complete everyday tasks
• Avoiding any reminders of a lossed loved ones
• Withdrawn or avoiding social interaction
• Having persistent feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts. 

How Grief and Loss Counseling Works

Oregon Counseling provides grief therapy and counseling that is effective in reducing depression, anxiety and even physical symptoms, like pain. Our compassionate therapists will help you understand your feelings, actions and thoughts as they are related to your grief. They will listen to you and allow you to talk openly.  Our therapists will also help you with coping for each stage of your grief.

If your grief involves the loss of a family member, you may benefit from family counseling or couples counseling. When a whole family experiences loss, it can be helpful for each family member to enter into counseling to process the loss together.