Symptoms include:
- Numbness
- High levels of emotional distress (saddness, anger or anxiety)
- Difficulty accepting that your loved one in no longer here
- Feeling that it is impossible to think about your furture
- High levels of unnecessary guilt or self blame
TREATMENTS
Treatments focus on supporting clients around accepting and dealing with the difficult emotions around losing someone. Recommeded treatments for complex grief and mourning include CBT, emotional stabilisation, CFT and EMDR.