Greif counselors will be available

That’s always a line in a news story after people die from a bus or train accident, tornado, earth quake, airplane crash, school shooting.

And I always ask the television: For what reason?

I wonder, too: How does it work, this counseling of grief?

And: Why do the TV people who announce its presence never report on the number of participants?

And: What goes on in grief counseling?

“Bereavement counselling (sic) can help you to explore your feelings and come to terms with your grief by talking one to one with a trained counsellor (sic). You will probably attend a number of sessions with your counsellor (sic) spread over weeks or months, until you are ready to stop. During these sessions you can talk about how you feel and your counsellor (sic) will listen and comment, rather than giving you advice. Bereavement counselling (sic) can help to support you through this very difficult time.” (Note: “Counseling” and “counselor” were misspelled in the article.)

http://www.friendsatrest.com/bereavement/what-happens-at-bereavement-counselling/


I do not intend to “explore my feelings” or “come to terms” with my grief. When something bad happens, I will do whatever I do. As far as coming “to terms,” time does at least place a Band Aid © on emotional wounds.

What you do is live with it. What you do is get over it. The world turns and the sun will come up tomorrow.

Others believe the same.

‘Doing More Harm Than Good’

“Shortly after the attacks, (researchers) offered participants an opportunity to share their thoughts. Some did, some didn’t. Two years later, the scientists found that people who kept it inside were better off than those who let it all hang out.”

http://drx.typepad.com/psychotherapyblog/2013/02/doing-more-harm-than-good-by-pathologizing-grief.html

I have to wonder: In the times before analyzing every event and every emotion, how did humanity survive?

Psychotherapyblog link from maggiesfarm.

Another thing: These days, everybody knows how to cry on camera.