Grief Counseling: Support and Healing with Monique Ngo, LMFT at Poiesis Wellness

Some ways in which you may experience grief can be do to the loss of:

A family member, friend, partner, or pet
A relationship (i.e., romantic, friendship, coworker)
Your home or community
Your job or career
Your health due to serious illness
Stability, whether or financially or otherwise

We can also experience grief around endings of major life accomplishments; whether that be graduating from school or finally achieving what you worked for and feeling a loss sense of self of what’s next. There is also anticipatory grief, where we experience grief in knowing that someone in our lives will die soon or grief and anxiety contemplating our own death. If your experience of grief is not listed here, please know that this list is incomplete.

Although grief is unique to everyone, below are some common symptoms you can experience while moving through grief.

Emotional Symptoms

Behavioral Symptoms

Emotional Symptoms

Sorrow
Emptiness
Irritability
Guilt
Loneliness
Anger
Longing
Despair
Resentment
Dread
Anxiety

Physical Symptoms

Behavioral Symptoms

Emotional Symptoms

Fatigue
Headaches
Restless
Upset Stomach
Tightness in chest and or throat
Heart palpitations
Sleep disruptions
Change in appetite

Behavioral Symptoms

Difficulty making decisions/overthinking
Difficulty concentrating or focusing
A sense of loss of hope or direction
Basic tasks like getting out of bed, showering, and chores feel like an enormous undertaking

Moving Through Grief

Some people also experience a shift in their spiritual and or religious beliefs after experiencing grief. When someone experiences grief for the first time, it can shift the way we navigate life and our understanding of loss.

There is no timeline for grief. As a general guideline, if you find that after one-year experiences of grief feel ongoing, intense or find that symptoms have not improved, you may be experiencing prolonged grief. Even so, there is never going to be a time when you are “done” with grief. Grief instead changes over time and becomes integrated in our lives. Your connection with a loved one who has died never goes away and you can still feel sadness reflecting on past relationship that ended.

Meet with Monique for Grief Counseling

If you are having trouble coping with loss, especially if it’s interfering with your ability to live your life, it may be time to reach out to a grief counselor for support.

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Poiesis Wellness

Grief Therapy with Monique Ngo, LMFT at Poiesis Wellness

Some ways in which you may experience grief can be do to the loss of:

Emotional Symptoms

Behavioral Symptoms

Emotional Symptoms

Physical Symptoms

Behavioral Symptoms

Emotional Symptoms

Behavioral Symptoms

Behavioral Symptoms

Behavioral Symptoms

Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim

Moving Through Grief

Meet with Monique for Grief Counseling