Brokenhearted? Feeling stuck? Crippled with grief?
If so: what’s stopping you from grief counseling?
“I need to do something about this grief before I lose my job! I can barely function! But how will I get started? I work full-time, I’m a single parent and the closest therapist is across town!”
If you’ve got several barriers getting in the way of your much-needed healing, I urge you to consider seeking help ONLINE. Online grief support is more accessible and beneficial than ever! As a provider, I had one client who utilized her lunch break to do online sessions with me. The sessions were amazingly productive and I witnessed her transform beautifully like all of my other in-person clients. - I’ll meet you “where you are.” When I was studying for my masters in social work, I remember more than one professor advising our class, “it’s important that you meet the client where they are.” This phrase is significant because it’s crucial as clinicians that we assess where our client is and we link arms (in a sense) and pace ourselves with them through a journey of health and recovery. Now with online platforms like Zoom, we can physically meet the client where they are.
- Convenience. The definition of convenience is “the state of being able to proceed with something with little effort or difficulty.” Dealing with loss and heartbreak is difficult enough without also having to navigate the complexity of getting help! It will take little effort or difficulty to sign on to a computer with WiFi connection and start your session.
- Live in a remote area? No problem! Quality programs are often found in big cities that have the population to support the program offering. Now people who have a stable internet connection can have access to a wonderful grief support course without having to leave their town/village/residence.
- Imobile? An online program is now accessible for people with limitations in their mobility, physical health or access to reliable transportation.
- An online platform allows clients to reach a specialist without having to sit in a waiting room, enter a facility, leave the home or job (and feel obligated to explain where they’re going). The foundation of this program is rooted in honesty – this platform is a safe place to be completely honest.
- Traffic. Vehicles travel at a snail’s pace in congested areas. Avoid traffic jams completely!
- Parking. It costs money (per hour) to pay for parking behind my office building. Although this is the norm for San Diego and most big cities, why not save a few bucks (and a few dings on your vehicle).
- Dressing up. Getting dressed up for work, church, dates, etc. is either exciting or exhausting. If you are like me and feel more comfortable in yoga pants, throw those babies on and log-in to your computer for a session.
- Time. You’ll literally save hours a week by avoiding commuting to a specialist’s office. You can walk to where you keep your personal computer and begin your session right on time.
- Human Connection. You’ll be surprised at how human connection is still possible even via Zoom (online platform). I have a client who lives in Arizona. She came in-person over the holidays because she was visiting family in San Diego. Halfway through our session she realized, “I just realized we haven’t met in person before – but it certainly feels like we have!”
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