Relationships can be challenging--whether it's with a partner, friend, family, or even self. We don't get a manual, but it's also not magic to experience meaningful, healthy connection. Unfortunately love and loss go hand in hand. If we don't know how to move past the pain of disappointment, change, and endings it will be hard to open up fully to love and new beginnings.
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I love being a counselor because I deeply believe we all need someplace to land with all the baggage, heartache, and rough edges. You deserve to be heard without judgment or shame. No clichs like, "time heals all wounds." No well-meaning words of comfort and advice that force you to put on a dutiful smile.
Then, first few sessions are still about you getting the chance to feel things out. It's natural to feel some initial nerves and discomfort and for it to take time to not feel like strangers. Still, personality and style are important for you to get the most out of the counseling experience and that may take a few sessions to determine.
You are investing your time and resources, so it's important to approach counseling services in a way that best meets all of your needs--practically and effectively. Typically, counseling involves at least 8 sessions to establish a foundation, gather history, identify goals, and work on a particular issue.
There is no software program to upload to our brains. No wonder that despite our best hopes, intentions, and efforts we find ourselves frustrated with family and friends, repeating the same patterns that don't get us the love and connection for which we long. No wonder the Relationships Section at the bookstore is huge!
Grief is not limited to the loss of human relationships through death. In fact, grief is the normal and natural reaction to loss in all its forms, life transitions and changes, and unmet hopes, dreams, and expectations. Even though it's normal and natural, it can be hard to know what to do with the complex and sometimes conflicting feelings.
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Lynda Jaeger
Oct 06, 2018
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The loss you feel may not be because of a death. It could be a loss through a divorce, an estrangement or something more tangible like your home. Any loss can be traumatic and THIS is the place to come to learn to move on. Tamara is the most caring, empathetic and effective counselor I have ever known.
