Coping With Grief & Loss

It takes time to work through grief and it’s best not to do it alone. Sometimes you might be surprised by feelings of sadness when you don’t expect them – or you might keep worrying about other people’s health, or your own.

If you’re struggling to come to terms with a death or significant loss, finding daily life hard and things don’t seem to be getting any better, it can help to talking to one of our bereavement and loss counsellors.  Find out more how the 1point bereavement and loss service can help you cope more effectively with the death of someone close, or look at how a personal loss or a traumatic event has impacted on your mental wellbeing.

Contact Us if you would like to know more or make a self-referral for a bereavement or loss counselling appointment.

1point offers two stages of support:

Surviving the Early Stages of Grief

This short-term rapid access service is for people who have experienced a bereavement or loss in the past six months.  This can help clients gain an understanding of their feelings and ‘normalise’ the grieving process.  The service starts with an extended initial session to assess whether psychotherapeutic contact is appropriate at this stage for the client.

Ongoing Bereavement and Loss Counselling

For people who still find themselves in the grieving cycle many months or even years after they have suffered from a significant loss, can benefit from ongoing counselling.  An empathic therapist will help you understand that there’s no right or wrong way to grieve. Everyone’s experiences of grief are individual. The important thing is to find someone who enables you to do what feels right for you.

Signposts

Single Sessions

If you are not sure whether a talking therapy approach is right for you at this time, why not try an initial single therapy session.

IAPT

If you would like to access the NHS’s ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)’ services, click here.

Relationship Counselling

If you feel that your current low mood and feelings are impacting on your relationship with your partner, you may want to consider our Relationship Counselling service.

Good to know

This service is part of 1point’s suite of confidential and independently managed talking therapy support created to improve wellbeing and resilience across all our communities. These therapeutic services are available for people and organisations who would prefer to directly access support and do not need a referral from a GP or health care worker first.

Current funding allows us to offer most services free of charge to Bolton residents, but we welcome donations to help the 1point Network continue this valuable support. If you do not qualify for free therapy, we still may be able to help you access alternative support.

Contact Us for more information about this service.

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