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Call: 1300 915 271

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Grief and Loss Counselling and Therapist Brisbane Gold Coast Moreton Bay Sunshine Coast

Grief and Loss from losing a loved one may be one of the most difficult and emotional distressing times in your life. Grief after the death of someone you love is recognised as one of the most difficult experiences you can go through especially if you had a secure attachment with the person. Coping though grief and loss is different for each person you may feel different to others and grieve in your own special and unique way.

There is no time frame with the grieving process and others may not understand your continued crying or long period of sadness. You may cry a lot and feel sadness or despair at different times of the day. You may feel anger, shame, guilt or even feel shocked or numb if it was sooner than expected and depending on the circumstances of the death.

Sometimes a violent or traumatic death of a person may make you feel distressed for a long period of time. You may feel very distressed if you experience multiple losses or if you are not sure if you’re loved one is alive. You may also suffer grief and loss when you have a terminal illness or other illness, lose a body part or a function, lose a pet or lose of have to give up your job. You may have something else that is important to you that cause you grief or loss,
There are also times when people may feel a deep sense of relief when the person may be over their suffering and pain.

The five stages of Grief and Loss that most people know about are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Using the latest research and practices it has been found that there is no grief order of process and the phases of grief experience may be normal as you move back and forward through accepting the loss, working through the pain of grief, adjusting to life without the deceased and finding a meaningful connection with the deceased.

Phases of Grief

Task 1 – To Accept the Reality of the Loss
The first task helps you as the client to accept the loss of the person, who is gone, and will not return and understand a re-union is impossible in this life. Acceptance of the loss can be complicated as personal needs are required to emotionally accept the loss.

Task 2 – To Process the Pain of Grief
The second task helps you to acknowledge unbearable pain that is physical, emotional and behavioural. The experience of pain will be different for everybody and we are often not prepared for the level of deep pain that we may suffer. Some people may be uncomfortable with your mourning feelings and tell you to “move on. This may make you feel depressed and you may not feel your pain and may deny the pain and focus on other things.

Task 3 – To Adjust to a World without the Deceased
The third task helps you to adjust to life without the deceased. The areas that may need to be addressed are external and internal adjustments. The external adjustment is when a person suffers a loss and their role immediately changes, the bereaved needs to adjust to not looking after the other person. The internal adjustment is the effect of the loss or death on your self-identity and you need to find a new purpose in life. The grieving process does involve letting go of part of our identity.

Task 4 – To Find an Enduring Connection with the Deceased in the Midst of Embarking on a New Life
The fourth task is commencing a new life with an ongoing meaningful connection to the deceased. This assists with the grief process by recognising disenfranchised grief and when death is not acknowledged by other people and you grieve alone because society or other are is not accepting of your loss. The loss of another person may not be socially accepted, meaning that the person and those around them act as if no loss has occurred. This may be extremely distressing for the person who has suffered the loss.

You may move in and out of these tasks of grief at different times. Bereavement and feelings of separation may cause you to feel alone in particular at night time when other people may not be around to talk to. We all experience loss as some point in our life and the support we have around us may determine how we cope with the impact and adjust to our changed life. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

When you grief for an extended and long period of time you may be suffering with complex bereavement or complicated grief and this may feel like you are in crisis. You may have support from family and friends however feel you are unable to lead your normal life and may have feelings each day of a deep sadness and may not be caring for yourself. You may not be eating, sleeping or socialising and may even be using substances excessively. When this happens you may feel really alone and in a dark place and not have someone to talk to about your concerns. You may still find it extremely difficult to talk about the person you have lost.

You may decide at this time that you will seek extra support through a professional grief therapist who has lived experience. Talking about the loss may cause you intense pain and you may cry a lot as you go through the experience of the person you have lost. We are here to provide a sympathetic ear and help you to cope through the grief process and find new meaning in your life. We will provide you a supportive space and care for you when your emotions are most painful.

Happy Peeps Counselling & Therapy practitioners are committed to providing you with a safe environment to discuss your grief and loss throughout the counselling and therapy process. If you believe you or a family member require support with grief or loss kindly call Happy Peeps Counselling and Therapy 1300 915 271 to make a confidential appointment.

Areas We Service

Grief and Loss Counselling and Therapist Brisbane Gold Coast Moreton Bay Sunshine Coast

Bowen Hills – Brisbane – East Brisbane – Fortitude Valley – Herston – Highgate Hill – Kangaroo Point – Kelvin Grove – New Farm – Newstead – Paddington – Petrie Terrace – Red Hill – South Brisbane – Spring Hill – Teneriffe – West End – Woolloongabba

Northern suburbs
Albion – Alderley – Ascot – Aspley – Bald Hills – Banyo – Boondall – Bracken Ridge – Bridgeman Downs – Brighton – Brisbane Airport – Carseldine – Chermside – Chermside West – Clayfield – Deagon – Eagle Farm – Everton Park – Ferny Grove – Fitzgibbon – Gaythorne – Geebung – Gordon Park – Grange – Hamilton – Hendra – Kalinga – Kedron – Keperra – Lutwyche – McDowall – Mitchelton – Myrtletown – Newmarket – Northgate – Nudgee – Nudgee Beach – Nundah – Pinkenba – Sandgate – Shorncliffe – Stafford – Stafford Heights – Taigum – Virginia – Wavell Heights – Wilston – Windsor – Wooloowin – Zillmere

Southern suburbs
Acacia Ridge – Algester – Annerley – Archerfield – Burbank – Calamvale – Coopers Plains – Darra – Doolandella – Drewvale – Durack – Dutton Park – Eight Mile Plains – Ellen Grove – Fairfield – Forest Lake – Greenslopes – Heathwood – Holland Park – Holland Park West – Inala – Karawatha – Kuraby – Larapinta – MacGregor – Mackenzie – Mansfield – Moorooka – Mount Gravatt – Mount Gravatt East – Nathan – Pallara – Parkinson – Richlands – Robertson – Rochedale – Rocklea – Runcorn – Salisbury – Seventeen Mile Rocks – Sinnamon Park – Stones Corner – Stretton – Sumner – Sunnybank – Sunnybank Hills – Tarragindi – Tennyson – Upper Mount Gravatt – Wacol – Willawong – Wishart – Yeerongpilly – Yeronga

Eastern suburbs
Balmoral – Belmont – Bulimba – Camp Hill – Cannon Hill – Carina – Carina Heights -Carindale – Chandler – Coorparoo – Gumdale – Hawthorne – Hemmant – Lota – Lytton – Manly – Manly West – Moreton Island – Morningside – Murarrie – Norman Park – Port of Brisbane – Ransome – Seven Hills – Tingalpa – Wakerley – Wynnum – Wynnum West

Western suburbs
Anstead – Ashgrove – Auchenflower – Bardon – Bellbowrie – Brookfield – Chapel Hill – Chelmer – Chuwar – Corinda – Enoggera – Enoggera Reservoir – Fig Tree Pocket – Graceville – Indooroopilly – Jamboree Heights – Jindalee – Karana Downs – Kenmore – Kenmore Hills – Kholo – Lake Manchester – Middle Park – Milton – Moggill – Mount Coot-tha – Mount Crosby – Mount Ommaney – Oxley – Pinjarra Hills – Pullenvale – Riverhills – Seventeen Mile Rocks – Sherwood – Sinnamon Park – St Lucia – Taringa – The Gap – Toowong – Upper Brookfield – Upper Kedron – Westlake

City of Ipswich
Augustine Heights – Barellan Point – Basin Pocket – Bellbird Park – Blacksoil – Blackstone – Booval – Brassall – Brookwater – Bundamba – Camira – Carole Park – Churchill – Chuwar – Coalfalls – Collingwood Park – Dinmore – East Ipswich – Eastern Heights – Ebbw Vale – Flinders View – Gailes – Goodna – Ipswich – Karalee – Karrabin – Leichhardt – Moores Pocket – Muirlea – New Chum – Newtown – North Booval – North Ipswich – North Tivoli – One Mile – Raceview – Redbank – Redbank Plains – Riverview – Sadliers Crossing – Silkstone – Springfield – Springfield Central – Springfield Lakes – Tivoli – West Ipswich – Woodend – Wulkuraka – Yamanto – Amberley – Ashwell – Calvert – Deebing Heights – Ebenezer – Goolman – Grandchester – Haigslea – Ironbark – Jeebropilly – Lanefield – Marburg – Mount Forbes – Mount Marrow – Mutdapilly – Pine Mountain – Purga – Ripley – Rosewood – South Ripley – Spring Mountain – Swanbank – Tallegalla – Thagoona – The Bluff – Walloon – White Rock – Willowbank – Woolshed

Logan City
Bahrs Scrub – Bannockburn – Beenleigh – Belivah – Berrinba – Bethania – Boronia Heights – Browns Plains – Buccan – Carbrook – Cedar Creek – Cedar Grove – Cedar Vale – Chambers Flat – Cornubia – Crestmead – Daisy Hill – Eagleby – Edens Landing – Forestdale – Greenbank – Heritage Park – Hillcrest – Holmview – Jimboomba – Kagaru – Kingston – Logan Central – Logan Reserve – Logan Village – Loganholme – Loganlea – Lyons – Marsden – Meadowbrook – Mount Warren Park – Mundoolun – Munruben – New Beith – North Maclean – Park Ridge South – Park Ridge – Priestdale – Regents Park – Rochedale South – Shailer Park – Slacks Creek – South Maclean – Springwood – Stockleigh – Tamborine – Tanah Merah – Underwood – Undullah – Veresdale Scrub – Veresdale – Waterford West – Waterford – Windaroo – Wolffdene – Woodhill – Woodridge – Yarrabilba

Redland City
Alexandra Hills – Amity Point – Birkdale – Capalaba – Cleveland – Coochiemudlo Island – Dunwich – Karragarra Island – Lamb Island – Macleay Island – Mount Cotton – North Stradbroke Island – Ormiston – Point Lookout – Redland Bay – Russell Island – Sheldon – Thorneside – Thornlands – Victoria Point – Wellington Point

Moreton Bay Region
Albany Creek – Arana Hills – Banksia Beach – Beachmere – Bellara – Bongaree – Bray Park – Brendale – Bunya – Burpengary – Caboolture – Caboolture South – Cashmere – Clontarf – Dakabin – Deception Bay – Eatons Hill – Elimbah – Everton Hills – Ferny Hills – Godwin Beach – Griffin – Joyner – Kallangur – Kippa-Ring – Kurwongbah – Lawnton – Mango Hill – Margate – Moodlu – Morayfield – Murrumba Downs – Narangba – Newport – Ningi – North Lakes – Petrie – Redcliffe – Rothwell – Sandstone Point – Scarborough – Strathpine – Upper Caboolture – Warner – Whiteside – Woody Point – Woorim – Armstrong Creek – Bellmere – Bellthorpe – Booroobin – Bracalba – Camp Mountain – Campbells Pocket – Cedar Creek – Cedarton – Clear Mountain – Closeburn – Commissioners Flat – D’Aguilar – Dayboro – Delaneys Creek – Donnybrook – Draper – Highvale – Jollys Lookout – King Scrub – Kobble Creek – Laceys Creek – Meldale – Moorina – Mount Delaney – Mount Glorious – Mount Mee – Mount Nebo – Mount Pleasant – Mount Samson – Neurum – Ocean View – Rocksberg – Rush Creek – Samford Valley – Samford Village – Samsonvale – Stanmore – Stony Creek – Toorbul – Wamuran Basin – Wamuran – Welsby – White Patch – Wights Mountain – Woodford – Yugar

Sunshine Coast

Aroona – Bald – Knob – Balmoral – Ridge – Battery Hill – Beerburrum – Beerwah – Bells Creek – Birtinya – Bokarina – Booroobin – Bribie Island – North Buddina – Caloundra – Caloundra West – Cambroon – Conondale – Coochin Creek – Crohamhurst – Curramore – Currimundi – Diamond Valley – Dicky Beach – Elaman Creek – Glass House Mountains – Glenview – Golden Beach – Harper Creek –  Kings Beach – Landsborough – Little Mountain – Maleny – Meridan Plains – Minyama – Moffat Beach – Mooloolah Valley – Mount Mellum – North Maleny – Palmview – Parrearra – Peachester – Pelican Waters – Reesville – Shelly Beach  – Warana – Witta – Wootha – Wurtulla – Maroochy area – Alexandra Headland – Belli Park – Bli Bli – Bridges – Buderim – Burnside – Chevallum – Coes Creek – Coolabine – Cooloolabin – Coolum Beach – Cotton Tree – Diddillibah – Doonan – Dulong – Eerwah Vale – Eudlo – Eumundi – Flaxton – Forest Glen – Gheerulla – Highworth – Hunchy – Ilkley – Image Flat Kenilworth – Kiamba – Kidaman Creek – Kiels Mountain – Kulangoor – Kuluin – Kunda Park – Kureelpa – Landers Shoot – Mapleton – Marcoola – Maroochy River – Maroochydore – Mons – Montville – Mooloolaba – Mount Coolum – Mountain Creek – Mudjimba – Nambour – Ninderry – North Arm  – Obi Obi – Pacific Paradise – Palmwoods – Parklands – Peregian Beach – Peregian Springs – Perwillowen Point – Arkwright – Rosemount – Sippy Downs – Tanawha – Twin Waters – Valdora – Verrierdale – West Woombye – Weyba Downs – Woombye – Yandina Creek – Yandina – Yaroomba

Gold Coast

Advancetown – Alberton – Andrews – Arundel – Ashmore – Austinville –
Beechmont – Benobble – Benowa – Biddaddaba – Biggera Waters – Bilinga – Birnam – Bonogin – Boyland – Broadbeach – Bundall – Burleigh Heads – Burleigh Waters – Canungra – Carrara – Cedar Creek – Chevron Island – Clagiraba – Clear Island Waters – Coolangatta – Coombabah – Currumbin – Currumbin Waters – Currumbin Valley – Eagle Heights – Elanora – Gaven – Gilberton – Gilston – Guanaba – Helensvale – Highland Park – Hollywell – Hope Island – Illanbah – Isle of Capri – Jacobs Well – Kingsholme – Kirra – Labrador – Lamington – Lower Beechmont – Luscombe – Main Beach – Maudsland – Mermaid Beach – Mermaid  Waters – Merrimac – Miami – Molendinar – Mount Nathan – Mount Tamborine – Mudgeeraba – Natural Bridge – Nerang – Neranwood – Nobbys Beach – Norwell – Numinbah Valley – Ormeau – Oxenford – Pacific Pines – Palm Beach – Paradise Point – Parkwood – Pimpama – Reedy Creek – Robina – Runaway B ay – Sanctuary Cove – Southport – Springbrook – Stephens – Surfers Paradise – Tabragalba – Tallai – Tallebudgera – The Spit – Tugun – Varsity Lakes – Willowvale – Witheren – Wongawallan – Wonglepong – Worongary – Yatala

Acknowledgement to Country

Happy Peeps would like to acknowledge Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Yuggera land on which we work and conduct our business. We value the cultures, identities and continuing spiritual connection to country, waters and seas, kin and community and the rich contribution to society. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and are committed to making a positive contribution to the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, by providing services that are welcoming, safe, culturally appropriate and inclusive.

Inclusive Practice

Happy Peeps is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of mental health services. We welcome all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Anger ManagementAnxiety – StressDepressionGrief and LossPost-Traumatic Stress DisorderRelationships – Divorce – SeparationSelf harm & Suicide PreventionSleep Disorders and ManagementSubstance Use and AddictionTraumaTrauma and Stress-RelatedWomen’s Health