Loss or Grief Therapists in Jena, Germany

Grieving the loss of a loved one, or of something else dear to us - home, work, aspects of our functioning (due to ill health, for example), is typically a painful, challenging process. In some occasions it might become too challenging, affecting a person's ability to return to life and continue living it in a satisfying-enough way. In more extreme cases, it could mark the onset of more debilitating depressive experiences and impairment of functioning. I offer a confidential space where we can think together of your subjective experience of loss and grieving and the impact it has on your life.

Grieving the loss of a loved one is an intensely personal and often painful journey. I understand how overwhelming and isolating this experience can feel. At my practice, I offer a compassionate space where you can honor your loss, express your emotions and navigate the difficult process of moving forward while honoring your memories and experiences.

It can be considered that all parts of life is about loss and grief. I help people how to love and how to loose.

With a background of profound studies in the Tibetan BARDO, and quite a few experiences of accompanying the dying since my childhood and youth, I am experienced in holding space for people during times of grief. I offer both: company during the dying process to the dying person and company to the people remaining. Loss and grief are radical and deeply revealing teachers. Being in touch with the wounding and finding gentle and patient ways to breathe through this will open the door. There are in fact infinite doors into the light.

Jena is a Thuringian university city home to Friedrich Schiller University, one of Germany's historic research universities, and the birthplace of the Carl Zeiss optics company and SCHOTT AG—both still major local employers—giving the city a distinctive identity as both an elite academic and a high-technology industrial center that has navigated the profound economic transformation from East German planned economy to the unified Germany market economy. The psychological legacy of reunification—Ostalgie (nostalgia for the East), identity disruption, and the economic upheaval of the Wende—is present in the experiences of many older residents, while younger generations and international students bring a more globally oriented perspective. Mental health services are provided through public health structures, and a private therapy sector serves the university community and professional population. Common therapy concerns include identity and community belonging in a city navigating post-reunification change, student mental health at a demanding research university, anxiety, and the particular experiences of an East German city that has adapted more successfully than many of its neighbors but still carries the weight of transformation.

Gender ID

	75%	Female
	25%	Male

Session Type

	75%	In Person and Online
	25%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

75%	Psychodynamic Therapy
50%	Developmental Therapy
50%	Integrative Therapy
50%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
50%	Psychoanalytic Therapy
25%	Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
25%	Contemplative Psychotherapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
75%	Senior
75%	Young Adult
25%	Teen

Client Focus

75%	Christian
75%	Men
75%	Women
50%	Asian
50%	Black / African American

Loss or Grief therapists in Jena, Germany

Dr Aneliya Gonsard

Tricia Bernard-Hector

Gordon Wax BA HONS MBACP

Adima Hawkes