Counselling Service for Grief & Loss

Because we are all unique individuals, we will experience grief and loss differently. Grief and loss have be described as a process or cycle that a person will work through. A person will experience and re-experience the various stages as grief does not follow a set pattern.

In 1969, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross identified five stages (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) in what she termed the ‘grief cycle’ when people face loss of something that they hold as close to them. Anyone who has experienced grief and loss will understand that the pain they experience is real, and it hurts. 

We must take time to heal from the emotional and psychological wounds we have experienced. One thing we cannot do is ‘hurry’ this process. Areas of grief and loss include, death, loss of a relationship, loss of employment, leaving home, moving to another location, loss of financial security, loss of health, loss of physical ability, and so on.