Grief doesn’t follow a clear path. It doesn’t move in tidy stages. It arrives how it arrives — with waves that can be sharp or strangely dull, sudden or slow.
Loss comes in many forms: the death of someone loved, the end of a relationship, a change in health, a life that no longer looks the way it once did. Some losses are recognised and spoken about. Others remain quiet — hard to name, or difficult for others to see.
Grief can feel isolating, even when others mean well. It can stir guilt, anger, confusion — or nothing at all. Sometimes it lingers long after it “should have passed.” Sometimes it doesn’t appear until much later.
Therapy offers a space where grief can take the shape it needs. Not to be rushed or resolved, but to be listened to — even when there are no clear words. In that space, something of the loss can begin to be lived with, rather than around.
