Some losses just break our hearts. The most off-limits topic for conversation is not death nor feelings, but grief. Common myths keep many of us stuck in the muck. No, time does not heal grief. No, it won't just naturally get better. No, you don't have to wait for a period of time before you start to face it. No, you can't not rid the pain by replacing the loss with something else. No, there are no predictable stages as everyone is unique and must face their own situation.

What many don't know is there are specific actions that must happen for the pain of a broken heart from loss to be relieved and to feel again. This counseling focuses directly on the losses of your life that cause you the greatest pain, including the most recent, and helps you to finish the unfinished that goes around and around in your head and heart, so you can move on in your present life.

The length of therapy always depends upon what you want to accomplish. This therapy is designed to create as much progress as possible in each session.

This focus of this grief counseling is based on the action steps of The Grief Recovery Handbook by John James and Russell Friedman and is influenced by the research of John Gottman, Ph.D., the writings of David Schnarch, Ph.D., researcher Karen Horney, and the teachings of Ganga Karmokar.

Email Don Elium at Don@DonElium.com or call by phone at 925 256-8282 for an appointment today!

Don

Don@DonElium.com

In office in Walnut Creek, CA

925 256-8282

Don Elium, MA MFT practices individual and couple counseling in his office in Walnut Creek, CA,

San Francisco Bay Area