ABSTRACT
We will explore what it means to confront the reality of the loss, to give up searching and fighting to recover the bond, and to plunge headlong into the despair of knowing it is forever altered and cannot be recovered. This is pretty rocky territory, but remember you are not alone, we are right here with you. In this session we dive deeply into the grief of loss. We will be naming, owning, and making room for the ruthless pain that accompanies the loss of an important relationship. We will explore and process the big, painful feelings that might be there for you, and will find what you are needing at your core to help you in your adjustment to this loss. This involves not only acknowledging the loss of someone special and all that this relationship could have been (this is extremely difficult for many), but also acknowledging the things that might have been missing for you, your unmet attachment needs (also very difficult). We will explore how you can be there for yourself and reach out to others in these most desperately harrowing moments. We will find a pathway into and through the grief and look at some strategies for riding the waves of emotion until the storm starts to pass, which although hard to believe now, it will.
