It is perhaps inevitable that we will all, at some stage in life, experience the death of someone close. I know from my own personal experiences of significant bereavement, the death of a loved one can be incredibly painful. The death of someone close can leave us feeling utterly devastated and overwhelmed with emotion or for some people an absence of emotion, turning our world completely upside down. It may feel like we have been thrown into a sea of fluctuating feelings and emotions. Perhaps your way of coping with the death of a loved one is to continue your life as ‘normal’. There is no right or wrong way to grieve for a person who has died. We all find our own unique individual way to grieve.

Grief feelings are not exclusive to the death of a loved one, we can also experience similar feelings with other losses in life. For example: Divorce or relationship breakdown, miscarriage, death of a pet, redundancy, loss of financial security, loss of independence through health and retirement

"Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” - Vicki Harrison

As a counsellor I recognise we all need time to adjust after a loss and counselling should not be accessed too early. However, if after a period of time you are continuing to struggle with grief feelings and emotions following the death of a loved one or other significant life loss and want to understand your feelings and emotions and learn how to adjust in life, feel free to get in touch.