Grief Counselling
Appointment requests
I can support you in my practice or online. In all cases personally and individually.
Monday to Friday, from 09:00 to 19:00
Grief Counseling in Mainz
Loss plunges us into a great crisis . In this difficult time I would like to be your support; I would like to offer you a safe space in which you can remember the deceased, express your feelings and at the same time come to terms with your grief. We will work together to integrate the grief into your life and allow you to clearly see a way into your future.
Grief work
Grieving the loss of someone close to you is normal and not an illness. Symptoms such as depression, sleep disorders and listlessness are part of healthy grief. But I don’t want to completely do without diagnostics during the therapy. There is a risk that the loss will become a new trauma or that old wounds will suddenly open in this situation.
Grief can lead to depression  if you cannot do grief work at the right time. Many of those affected experience that friends and acquaintances expect that the bereaved will quickly come to terms with the loss. The consolation is all too often over simplified and expressed as “cheer up, life goes on”. We learn to deal with all situations created by the loss.
My Support
When you grieve a loved one, life stops for a long time and it is difficult to see a way to continue your life. Friends quickly transition back to everyday life and you are left alone with the feeling of loss. You want to talk about your feelings and talk about the person who died. It is important to you to talk about common plans you had and to share your fear of life without your loved one.
I offer you the opportunity to do so in sensitive discussions. In my care you can mourn for as long as you need. No one is urging you to let go and start life before you are ready.
Contact me
Contact me now by e-mail or phone and tell me about your concerns. If I am not available, I will get back to you promptly and we can schedule an appointment for an initial consultation.
You do not need a referral from a doctor. As a self paying client you decide when and how often you come to me. I am looking forward to you taking the first step.
Initial consultation
In an initial consultation, you will describe your situation, and I will inform you about all possible therapy options. The therapy takes place in 60 minute sessions which we schedule to fit into your weekly schedule.
Psychotherapie
Elements are taken from cognitive behavioural therapy, analytical psychotherapy, systemic therapy and client-centered therapy to form an individual treatment concept for each client.
I will help you to overcome fears and obstacles in your life.
I am
alternative practitioner for psychotherapy
My expertise is to help you cope with personal problems, psychological load, stress and burnout.
My wish is to harmonise your feelings with your thinking and the actions you take.
My work applies a solution focused approach.
Your questions about grief counseling
Mourning takes place in 5 phases, which not every mourner lives out in the same way.
- Denial: The bereaved cannot believe in the death of the loved one. For example, he thinks he could come in the door at any moment
- Anger: The mourner seeks a culprit and is angry with him. Anger can be directed at doctors who are said not to have done everything or at the deceased for daring to leave.
- Negotiation: In other words, it’s the “if only I had it” phase. Mourners ponder how they could have averted tragedy and often develop feelings of guilt
- Depression: This phase awaits the environment. The bereaved is sad, cries a lot and cannot bring himself to do anything.
- Acceptance: The shock of death is overcome and the mourner turns to life again.
Friends and acquaintances tend to comfort you with platitudes that don’t help. The phrase: “I know how you feel.” conveys that your feelings are not individual. Mentioning that the deceased is in a better place gives the impression that your grief does not allow them to stay. You have the right to want a loved one with you. The worst is certainly the request to have to be strong for others and the hint that life goes on.
Your therapist will allow you to grieve and give you strength instead of asking you to be strong.
Participants in groups that work without psychological support often unknowingly start a competition about who mourns best. They also often evaluate the grieving process of others and compare it to their own. In some groups, a vicious circle begins that leads deeper and deeper into depression.
