When we enter bereavement we are aware of its beginning, but we cannot anticipate how long it will take to reach the end. At this point the consolidation of appropriate helping resources will dictate how long bereavement recovery can take. Your feelings, such as sadness, anxiety or depression, need to be accepted and worked through or else recovery efforts can be adversely affected.
A bereavement recovery program that focuses on feelings and emotions will net the best results in the shortest amount of time. Step by step instructions mixed with poetic references will put you in touch with feelings that can be documented and worked through. Such a comprehensive approach shows positive results within a few weeks. Today there is no need to suffer bereavement or grief for years on end.
I instructed my clients to read specified material and journal about their feelings as we proceeded with their bereavement recovery. These assignments were to be completed between meetings because the importance of work done outside the consulting room needed to be emphasized. Clients would complete their homework and report at the next session. Taking responsibility for their feelings grew in proportion to this work and was spurred on by a noticeable diminishment in pain.
After helping hundreds of individuals and families deal with grief and bereavement over the loss of loved ones, I noticed a pattern emerging in terms of steps and strategies for successful recovery. These recurring themes became the foundation for a new approach to bereavement recovery that would include poetry, reflections, storytelling and music along with the usual step by step instructions. A creative and functional approach had been established.
Supporting the written word with audio narration puts feeling into the words and helps reinforce many important points for bereavement sufferers. Most good books that aim to help individuals navigate this thorny emotional experience emerge this way. The writer’s training and consulting experience helps extract the important themes from the client’s experiences and turn them into a recovery program. Adding a poetic flair strengthens the impact of the narration and provides even better results.
There are plenty of grief resources on the market today which draw on the experience of previous sufferers to shorten recovery times. In the past we relied on mythology and teaching stories to guide us through difficult times. These lessons were passed on from generation to generation and could be found in all cultures. Human experience created the mythology of the time just as it helps us develop better coping strategies today. Yesterday’s mythology morphed into today’s psychology filling the self-help section of bookstores with all kinds of resources.
Even in mythology, it becomes clear that a feeling based approach to bereavement recovery is the treatment of choice. With today’s understanding of emotional dynamics, defense mechanisms and other survival strategies the point is driven home. A heart-centered and feeling based approach will deliver the best results in the shortest amount of time. The debilitating effects of grieving and bereavement can be turned around in a few short weeks.
When feeling low we often turn to poetry and music to help us identify emerging feelings. A good grief recovery program will combine these elements with a well laid out plan of action. Journaling about feelings makes them real and helps move them through you while giving you a method you can use for any emotional crisis. Bereavement is a feeling based experience that benefits the most from this approach.
Growing self-awareness through growing contact with your feelings will help you heal your bereavement grief. Once you experience and understand the value of identifying and releasing feelings your experience of stress will diminish immediately. Grief counselors like myself know this is not easy. We have been through our own grief while helping others through theirs and we know this experience imtimately. This feeling-based approach has worked for me over a dozen times already and I know it will work for you.
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