Loss or Grief therapists in Tehachapi, California CA
Loss or Grief
Maria Gray
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, NMP
Grief and loss is a part of life. Therapy offers a place where you can put those thoughts and feelings into words and allow yourself to feel whatever is coming up, emotionally and somatically.
11 Years Experience
Loss or Grief
Jonathan Kruger Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
While the loss of loved ones is a natural and normal part of life, loss that is unexpected, untimely, accidental, or drawn out, may lead to trauma for those left behind. The grief associated with such trauma can be debilitating and, perhaps even more challenging, isolating. Such grief can also have a cascading effect, leading to deeper depression, anxiety, fear, and maladaptive behaviors to address these overwhelming emotions. While grieving is natural and must run its course, I believe strongly that any loss can be helped through exploration of the corresponding emotions and behaviors with an objective and trusted therapist.
My approach to grief and loss is anchored in my own experience. Having lost most of my family over a very brief window of time, I know well the many emotions that accompany such unexpected and sudden loss. My treatment approach is a merger of my clinical skill set with a deeply empathetic ear, anchored in the coping mechanisms I personally deployed to help manage the many transitions through my own grief. In my work with my patients around loss and grief, I focus on navigating the negative emotions that can accompany loss (guilt, anger, hopelessness, overwhelming sadness) while, over time and when appropriate, jointly crafting with my patients a narrative that celebrates the life of those that have moved on, and facilitates the release of those emotions that can keep patients “stuck” in the trauma of unexpected loss.
11 Years Experience
Loss or Grief
Elaine Skoulas
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A., LMFT
Grief and loss may be one of the most universal experiences, yet it can be extremely isolating experiencing grief in a society that does not know how to talk about these issues. My experience includes grief training and working with individuals and groups specifically with bereavement, death, and grief.
9 Years Experience
Loss or Grief
Kate Merrill Evans
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Grief changes us. Grieving a loss, whether it is fresh or long-standing is something I hold a great deal of reverence around. I can help you navigate the terrain and integrate how the process teaches us new aspects of self, others, and the world. As a trained Ceremonial Healing Practitioner in the Song of Sophia lineage, I can also guide you through the shadowy portals grief can sometimes open up for us.
5 Years Experience
Loss or Grief
John Jakubowski
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT, APCC
Loss is inevitable and timeless - grief is not. A large portion of his journey was working with Zen Hospice, and helping individuals and families deal with loss and transform their grief into something else. It is a journey best not walked alone, and the practice is walking through the middle, and learning that it will pass.
5 Years Experience