Therapy for Grief - Treatment for Grief with a Psychologist

Psykologvirke has specialized competence in the treatment of grief.

Our psychologists have many years of continued education and offer targeted therapy sessions that delve deep enough for you to experience lasting changes.

In this article you can read more about how therapy for grief with us works and learn more about some things you can do to help yourself. You can also quickly schedule assistance via video therapy or in-person sessions in our offices, located in downtown Oslo.

Treatment for grief with a psychologist

Grief reactions can vary greatly and are, in themselves, a normal reaction that human beings have an inherent capacity to handle.

When you consider psychological help for grief treatment, it is often because you need help in an acute phase where the grief seems overwhelming, or when the grief persists over time and makes it difficult to move on.

In other cases, there can be difficulties with resolving latent grief. Or maybe you feel listless and the world seems surreal.

Grief therapy with our psychologists?

Often, a loss can stir up a lot of organizing experiences in the psyche – which also enables processing of both current and past wounds and experiences.

The waiting time for grief therapy with us is short, so you will receive assistance quickly in processing your grief. Our psychologists have a high level of expertise in recommended methods for treating grief and complicated grief reactions.

Psychological help for grief: Mapping mechanisms

When you seek psychological help for grief from us, we begin with an assessment to gain a more precise understanding of what the loss consists of and what factors make it difficult to process.  

Then we will know more about what is needed for the best treatment of grief in your particular case.

Often, support sessions where one can sort through thoughts and feelings with the aid of an objective professional can be enough.

In other cases, there can be more specific mechanisms that are forming a block in your system.

It may involve unresolved emotional conflicts, often completely or partially unconscious.

Treatment of grief – methods in grief therapy

There are no methods that work equally well for everyone, all the time. The key to successful grief treatment is that we work in a way that makes sense to you.

Our expert assessments will form a starting point, and then together we will monitor progress and the need for any potential adjustments.

Contact us here to schedule an appointment. Online booking takes under two minutes and you may be able to start therapy within a few days.

For more information concerning normal and complex grief reactions see the following links.

https://www.krisepsyk.no/tema/sorg/