Condition guide
Grief & Loss
Support for loss that hasn't loosened its grip
Overview
Grief is a normal response to loss, not a disorder. Most people move through it with support from the people around them and never need clinical care.
Counseling helps when grief stays acute and disabling, when the loss was traumatic, when a family is grieving in incompatible ways, or when there's simply no one available who can hold it with you.
Common symptoms
- Intense yearning or preoccupation with the person you lost
- Difficulty accepting the loss months later
- Emotional numbness or a sense of unreality
- Withdrawal from people and activities
- Guilt about what you did or didn't do
- Sleep and appetite disruption
- Difficulty functioning at work, school, or home
Causes and risk factors
- Death of a partner, child, parent, or close friend
- Sudden, violent, or traumatic loss
- Non-death losses: divorce, career end, health decline, miscarriage
- Anticipatory grief during a terminal illness
- Cumulative losses in a short span
- Limited social support or isolation
Treatment options we offer
- Individual grief counseling at your pace
- Trauma-focused treatment for traumatic bereavement
- Family sessions when members grieve differently
- Child and teen grief support with developmentally appropriate methods
- Screening for depression that has developed alongside grief
Therapy approaches used
- Grief-focused counseling
- EMDR for traumatic loss
- Family sessions
- Play therapy for grieving children
How TMS fits in
Grief itself is not treated with TMS. When a major depressive episode develops alongside or after a loss and doesn't respond to medication, TMS may be appropriate.
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