Bereavement can affect people in a range of different ways. There’s no right or wrong way to feel when you have lost a loved one.
A therapist can help you to explore your feelings and come to terms with your grief and loss.
In this short film, our member Paula Fowle explains how she supports people who are bereaved so they can move forward with their lives.
She talks about the different stages of the process of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
She highlights how bereavement counsellors offer clients a safe, non-judgmental space where they can offload their feelings.
And she explains how she gives people ideas for things they can do to help them cope with what they are going through.
Find a bereavement counsellor who can help you on our Therapist Directory.
Bereavement
How do you cope with the death of a loved one? How can you deal with the overwhelming feelings of loss and grief? BACP member Sara Mathews explains how counselling can help.
What is counselling?
Find out how counselling works, what therapists do and what happens in a therapy session.
Get help for someone else
How to offer support and where to get advice.