Grief-focused therapy
Supports adaptation to loss without pathologising a natural response.
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Grief, loss and bereavement support
There is no correct timetable for grief. Therapy offers a place to understand the loss and find a way to carry it without being overwhelmed by it.
Understanding your experience
What this can feel like.
Grief can follow death, separation, illness, loss of function, identity, fertility, work or another major life change. It may involve sadness, anger, numbness, guilt, relief, confusion or physical exhaustion—sometimes all at once.
Common signs and experiences
Everyone’s experience is different. You may recognise some of these patterns without experiencing all of them.
- 01Intense longing, sadness, anger or emotional numbness
- 02Guilt, regret or repeatedly replaying events
- 03Difficulty accepting or making sense of the loss
- 04Withdrawal, sleep disruption or reduced functioning
- 05Feeling pressure to grieve in a particular way
- 06Grief interacting with anxiety, depression or trauma
How psychology can help
Treatment centred on your goals.
A psychologist will work with you to understand what is happening, what maintains it and which changes feel both meaningful and achievable.
- 01
Create space for the full and sometimes conflicting grief response
- 02
Process difficult memories, guilt or unanswered questions
- 03
Adjust to changed roles, routines and relationships
- 04
Develop ways to maintain connection while continuing life
- 05
Recognise when grief is becoming prolonged or complicated
Therapeutic approaches
Modalities that may help.
The best approach depends on your needs, preferences, history and goals. Your psychologist may integrate more than one evidence-based modality.
Narrative therapy
Explores meaning, identity and the continuing story of the relationship or loss.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
Helps make room for pain while reconnecting with values and life.
Trauma-focused therapy
May help when the circumstances of the loss were traumatic.
Grief itself does not automatically qualify for a Mental Health Treatment Plan. Your GP determines eligibility when grief contributes to a clinically diagnosed mental health condition.
Your next step