Grief and Loss
Your Grief Came With Your Loss
Grief and loss are companions.
If you had not experienced a loss, you would not have to grieve.
Your grief proves that someone or something mattered to you.
Some of that grief is about the present. It can be the death of a pet, a spouse or partner, a sibling, a parent, a child, or someone in your extended family, after a long illness or as a sudden shock.
Your Grief Also Reaches Back
Loss can also be about the past, and it counts just as much. There is grief for a parent who is still living and was never a parent to you or for a childhood you lost by growing up far too young.
There is no doubt that loss is complicated.
No two people grieve the same, so the way I work with your grief has to fit you.
Take It Slowly, and I Will Stay with You
Grief brings up more than sadness. Anger shows up, too, and in my experience, it tells you you’re feeling what happened.
I will guide you through each of those emotions, including the ones that are hard to sit with.
Together, we will address things slowly so you can handle each step without feeling overwhelmed or unable to function.
My approach is client-centered, and your grief decides what we talk about each time.
Bring Every Feeling You Have
Whatever your situation is, I am here with you.
My job is to listen and to validate every emotion you have.
In my experience, something about the loss begins to shift once it has somewhere to go.
What You’re Grieving Can Touch Every Part of Your Life
The loss will never go away. Nor should it.
It is part of the person or the life you loved, and you get to keep it.
What can change is how much room it takes up in your days.
I believe grief is the gateway to healing, and that the rawest pain softens into something you can live with.
Keep Your Loss, and Let It Settle
Your grief will not look like your sister’s or your friend’s, and it doesn’t have to.
My hope is that you keep your loss and still find room for the rest of your life.
Start With a Short Conversation
Your loss is reason enough to reach out.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation where you can tell me a little about who or what you lost and ask whatever you need.
Reach me at (720) 279-4631 or at mhunt@fourwindscounselingcenter.com.
Rule Your Own Life
Fifteen minutes on the phone will tell you most of what you need to know about whether I'm the right person for this.
There's no script for that call, so ask me anything you want.
Call me: (720) 279-4631. Or write to me at mhunt@fourwindscounselingcenter.com.