We all experience loss at some point in our lives. When we lose someone we love it’s a devastating experience. Our minds have got used to the routine of life, with the current situation unchanged, or with the arrival of a baby in it. So when something happens and we lose the loved one the whole balance of our life and mind changes. We are left feeling bereft and confused. Fortunately there’s advice and support available from various voluntary organisations like Cruse, for example.
Loss is a natural part of life but it’s such a major event it often sends people spiralling into emotional turmoil. People sometimes become depressed, stressed, anxious, lose sleep, drink alcohol, and can even become psychotic, as a response to the loss. The inability to process this painful unwanted loss can send the brain reeling. We need to release the feelings of sadness and find a slightly different future to cope with life. Sometimes people get stuck in their grief and struggle to think of anything else, years or decades after the event.
How does hypnotherapy help with grief or loss?
Hypnotherapy enables you to create new habits and thought patterns in your mind which will enable you to let go of the constant thoughts of the person you have lost. This will enable you to achieve some level of acceptance, as I did when my father died. Hypnotherapy helps us move on, so we can face life fully, feel more positive, and find our own unique new way forward. If you are considering hypnotherapy for grief please call or email me to discuss if the time is right for you.
Hypnotherapy and psychotherapy are gentle but powerful tools to coax your mind into coping with life again. Of course you will only make changes which you are ready for, at your own pace. With hypnotherapy you are always in complete control, and remain firmly in the driving seat of your mind and your life.
When is the right time to seek help after a loss?
Opinions vary on how long is the right time before seeking help. Every one is different and experiences grief and loss in their own way and at their own pace. Grief is a natural process and hypnotherapy can’t be used to bypass it completely but therapy can help us move through the stages more easily. It can be used to support you in finding your way through to the next positive stage of your life – acceptance and moving on.
Psychotherapy with me, Julie Escott will support you to move forward to a more accepting place, where you can start to think about rebuilding your life. We all know that we’re powerless to change the loss, but I can help you come to a place of greater acceptance and closure which make a huge difference to your future life. Psychotherapy can change those feelings. Hypnotherapy supports you to carry on and move forward in a healthy, positive way. Remembering the past while being able to face the future. Call me or email me to discuss how hypnotherapy can help you.
Testimonial
Julie has helped me for a number of years with hypnotherapy sessions. Recently a very dear and loved friend of mine died and the pain and grief I felt was intense. Every time I thought about my friend I felt like I’d just heard the news and it was like a knife stabbing me. Julie told me about a treatment for grief which she was sure would help.
The session was painful, like all counselling, but by the finish, the edge of the pain really felt like it had lessened. As the days followed I found myself going back to what Julie told me during the session and it has made such a difference.
I am still grieving, of course, but the stabbing has lessened. I can now talk about my friend without crumpling into tears. I feel like I’ve got over the massive shock of my friend dying and I can move forward so that the grief isn’t ruling my life. Julie’s calm voice and positive influence was a fantastic help to me at an incredibly painful time and I am very grateful. TERESA