Grief and Loss

Grief Counselors Online to Help You Cope.

Grief is integral to human life, but that doesn’t mean you’re prepared to deal with losing a loved one. When that happens, a surge of emotions flows through your body, leaving you utterly broken. The inability to cope also impacts your personal, social, and professional lives.

BK Therapy provides grieving individuals with phone consultations to experience all this without judgment. Our grief counselors online, Bonnie Nielson and Maryann Yannon, can help you navigate this challenging experience. Instead of pressuring you to return to normal, we’ll assist you in adjusting to the new reality at a pace you’re comfortable with.

Understanding Grief Counseling Online.

The death of a partner, friend, colleague, family member, or pet causes physical and emotional pain, preventing you from functioning properly. While many people are able to get through a devastating situation like this on their own, others require grief counseling online. It’s a form of therapy providing bereaved individuals a platform that shows them the ways to ease the process.

The primary objectives of online grief counselors may vary, but typically, they include accepting the loss, walking through the pain, adjusting to the new life, and maintaining healthy connections. At BK Therapy, our experienced grief counselors online are here for you. We thoroughly understand that grief is different for everyone, which is why you can take all the time you need.

We believe proper guidance, courage, and an open heart can teach you how to manage – or even overcome – grief. Whether you’re feeling intense sadness or avoiding situations that remind you of your loved one, our professionals will provide reliable phone consultations. This way, you’ll learn how to be patient and kind to yourself.

Stages Our Online Grief Counseling Can Walk You Through.

At some point in their lives, everyone experiences grief. Some feel empty, while others can get angry and start crying in a span of a few minutes. Based on the various emotions a grieving individual feels, grief is divided into five stages:

Denial – For some people, denial is the first stage of grief. It’s also a defense mechanism that lessens the impact of the shocking situation. In denial, you may object to the accuracy of the news that your loved one is no more. You may think the person who informed you was mistaken and wait for them to say the same. Eventually, when you learn the truth, the emotions and feelings you suppressed will start to rise.

Anger – Once the realization of the loss sets in, anger takes over. You can start blaming those who left you for whatever happened to them. It can also be in the form of bitterness or impatience. However, this intense emotion has a purpose. And the more you feel it, the more it dissipates, allowing you to heal. As anger recedes, your rational brain will encourage you to think about and process what happened.

Bargaining – In moments of vulnerability and helplessness, it’s common to think you can control them. The third stage of grief – bargaining – is one of them. You make an internal commitment to do everything possible to reverse what had happened – ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ Guilt often accompanies bargaining, and you might even seek assistance from a higher being, like God. Doing so postpones the sadness, albeit for a limited time.

Depression – Depression is a severe and common mental disorder characterized by a lack of interest in activities and low mood. But in the context of grief, it’s a natural response. It can make you feel foggy, fatigued, not hungry, or not want to move on. Depression can even convince you to cut yourself off from friends and family. Just like other stages of grief, this is also a crucial phase you’ll have to pass through.

Acceptance – Contrary to popular belief, acceptance doesn’t mean you’re okay with what has happened. The final stage of grief helps you come to terms with the reality – that your loved one has gone. Most people never like this reality, but they start living with it. You might start feeling the need to connect with others in acceptance. That signals that you understand how life will be from now on.

How Our Online Grief Counseling Can Help.

Our online grief counseling process isn’t a miracle cure that’ll make you forget your loved one even existed – no counseling can ever do that. And that’s completely fine. Because the objective of our phone consultations isn’t to avoid the pain of loss but to understand, accept, and manage it.

And our grief counselors online do that by establishing a healthy relationship with you to create a safe environment. Once you become comfortable, we actively listen to you and ask questions about the bond you shared with your loved one. Together, we embark on a healing path that makes grieving easy.