About Loss and Therapy
By Caroline Kendal MBACP (Accred)Caroline Kendal offers Counselling, Psychotherapy
About Loss
Losses evoke similar feelings to those experienced in bereavement.
The break up
of a relationship can be devastating and can involve many different
losses. We not only lose the other person, but also companionship,
intimacy and security, hopes for a future together and faith in
relationships. We could also lose our homes and suffer financially. When a parent, the loss of children around can be extremely hard.
The loss of a job can result in feelings of unworthiness and humiliation.
With illness and disability, we lose some of our capacity for independence and freedom.
Leaving
home for the first time, beginning and ending education, entering the
world of work, getting married, starting a family and retirement: although some life events may be a joyful step for us, change also
brings about loss which can often be overlooked.
Moving,
whether it is country, area or house can be an exciting new start but
may also arouse mourning for what we have left behind.
While
we hope to gain wisdom as we age, we are also confronted with changes,
both physical and social. We may experience loss of health, strength,
attractiveness and potency. We may grieve for dreams and hopes that
were never realised.
With all loss, we can feel that our sense of dignity is threatened.
Therapy
Therapy
offers us empathy for what we are going through. It also enables us to
make sense of what has happened, explore what it means to us and
understand any part we have played. In this way, therapy can help us
come to terms with our situation and our limitations, giving us
strength to face the future and move on.
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Updated 19|08|2009
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