Online Grief Counseling & Grief Therapy - Connecticut
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Compassionate Support for Coping With Loss
Online grief counseling—also known as online grief therapy—is a secure and supportive way to process loss with a licensed therapist through virtual sessions. Grief is a natural response to loss, yet it can feel overwhelming, isolating, and unpredictable. Grief counseling provides a safe space to explore emotions, honor your experience, and find ways to move forward without minimizing the significance of what has been lost.
People seek grief therapy after the death of a loved one, but grief can also follow other losses, including divorce, miscarriage, infertility, illness, career changes, or the loss of identity or future expectations. Online grief counseling offers accessible, professional support during times of emotional vulnerability. Grief therapy can also be part of couples therapy/marriage counseling.
What Is Online Grief Counseling?
Online grief counseling uses HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms. Sessions are guided by a licensed mental health professional trained in grief, bereavement, and loss.
Grief therapy does not aim to “fix” grief or rush healing. Instead, counseling supports individuals in understanding their grief responses, developing coping strategies, and integrating loss into their lives in a meaningful and compassionate way.
Evidence-informed approaches commonly used in grief counseling include:
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Grief-informed and bereavement counseling models
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Attachment-based therapy
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Emotion-focused therapy
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Trauma-informed care
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Meaning-centered and narrative approaches
These approaches recognize that grief is deeply personal and does not follow a linear timeline.
How Grief Counseling Helps With Coping After a Loss
What to Expect in Online Grief Therapy Sessions
Grief can affect emotional, physical, cognitive, and relational well-being. Online grief therapy provides support for navigating these changes while reducing feelings of isolation and overwhelm.
Grief counseling commonly helps individuals with:
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Intense sadness, longing, or emotional numbness
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Guilt, anger, or unresolved feelings related to a loss
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Difficulty adjusting to life changes after loss
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Anxiety, depression, or sleep disturbances related to grief
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Traumatic or sudden loss
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Complicated or prolonged grief reactions
Therapy helps individuals process emotions at their own pace while developing ways to cope with anniversaries, reminders, and ongoing life transitions.
Benefits of Online Grief Counseling
Each grief journey is unique, but online grief counseling often includes:
1. Creating Safety and Emotional Support
Early sessions focus on establishing a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where grief can be expressed freely.
2. Understanding Your Grief Experience
Therapy helps identify emotional, cognitive, and physical responses to loss, including how grief shows up day to day.
3. Processing Loss and Meaning-Making
Clients explore memories, emotions, and the significance of the loss, often working toward integrating it into their life story.
4. Developing Coping Strategies
Grief counseling supports practical coping tools for managing waves of grief, triggers, and emotional overwhelm.
Online sessions allow individuals to participate in therapy from a familiar, private setting, which many find comforting during periods of mourning.
Is Online Grief Counseling Right for Me?
Online grief therapy offers several advantages:
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Access to specialized grief support regardless of location
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Flexibility during a time when energy and focus may be limited
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Comfort of home, which can feel safer when emotions are raw
Privacy and confidentiality through secure telehealth platforms
Online grief counseling is appropriate for individuals at any stage of grief—whether the loss is recent or occurred years ago. There is no “right” time to seek therapy. Some people begin counseling immediately after a loss, while others reach out when grief resurfaces later in life.
Grief therapy can be especially helpful if grief feels overwhelming, isolating, or disruptive to daily functioning, or if you feel stuck or unsupported in your healing process.
Meet Rachel Chernyavskiy
Rachel Chernyavskiy is the Owner and Director of RBM Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC. Rachel is deeply committed to creating a safe, welcoming, and confidential environment where clients can openly share their experiences and work through the challenges they may be facing.
Working With a Licensed Grief Therapist
Healing and Coping With Loss Through Online Grief Therapy
Licensed therapists trained in grief counseling understand the complexity of loss and the varied ways people grieve. Therapy respects cultural, spiritual, and personal beliefs while offering professional guidance and emotional support.
Online grief counseling allows individuals to access this specialized care with flexibility and compassion.
Grief changes us, but it does not have to be faced alone. Online grief counseling provides space to honor your loss, care for your emotional well-being, and gradually rebuild a sense of meaning and connection.
If you are seeking grief therapy that is thoughtful, compassionate, and evidence-informed, online counseling offers a supportive path for coping with loss.