Grief guidance
In grief counseling, we work together to create a safe and caring space where you can express your grief, understand your reactions, and find new directions and balance in life. Grief is not about “moving on,” but about living with what has happened – while maintaining a connection to yourself and the life that continues.
As a grief counselor, I will be present, curious and neutral. I will be present by listening to you: You will have the opportunity to open up and talk about the loss you have experienced or are experiencing, and how it affects you – in your body, in your thoughts, in your emotions, in your relationships and in your understanding of life. With my curiosity, I will ask questions that help you discover patterns, needs and insights that can support you in navigating your grief. The answers often already lie within you; my job is to help you find them. And no matter where you are in your grief process, I will meet you neutrally and without judgment – but with my trained intuitive sense as a tool, so that I can support you in creating awareness of what may be behind your reactions or feelings.
Together we will create space for grief, understand its language, and work to find new ways of being in life.
Grief has many faces. That's why you can come to me if you have experienced, among other things:
Loss due to death
Divorce or breakup
Impaired health or loss of functional ability
Loss of identity, meaning, or direction
Life changes that have created sadness or uncertainty (e.g. dementia or serious illness in a loved one)
Existential questions like “Who am I now?” or “How do I continue living?”
Since I work holistically, you may find that I incorporate my intuitive abilities into grief counseling when it makes sense. This can be in the form of visualization, exercises, or just presence that helps us go a layer deeper. I see intuition as a natural human ability that we all have at our disposal.
ABOUT GRIEF COUNSELING
My grief counseling is based on the bio-psycho-social-existential grief model and the two-track model, which I am trained in. Which, in short, means seeing the whole of you – and giving expression to the grief.
We work with:
Understanding the natural reactions of grief
Creating space for both pain and everyday life – called commuting
Strengthening your ability to self-regulate
Finding meaning and direction in a new reality
Maintaining connection to what you have lost in a healthy and sustainable way
Grief counseling is a structured and gentle form of conversation where I support you in understanding your grief and finding your own ways of living with it. I see the whole you – both the emotional, the physical, the relational and the existential – and I use my empathy to support you in a holistic process. However, it is important to emphasize that grief counseling is not therapy or a release from grief, but is more about giving grief an expression. If you need us to work therapeutically with your grief, then we will work in a different way, e.g. via healing, hypnosis or hypnotherapy or another form of therapy work. Alternatively, I can refer you to a skilled colleague.