Grief Talk. Professional Grief Counselling in Sydney & Online
with Dr Cory Middleton, Psychologist.
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Professional Grief Counselling
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Practical Guidance for Terminal Conditions
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Rebuild Life After Death
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Navigate Others Reactions to Death
“How can I live with this loss?”
“How will I survive this pain”
It is a common myth that people ‘get over’ grief. Grief has no timeline. So while it is common to ask ‘how will I ever get over my grief?’ - there is no definitive answer. Immediately following the loss, the future may seem very dark and frightening, and you may wonder how you will survive the pain. Even many years after a loss, you can feel sadness when confronted with reminders. But it’s important to take steps towards accommodating grief in your life, even if they are small steps.
Access Grief Counselling in Sydney
Experiencing a significant loss can bring up a range of emotions. You are learning to live with a new “normal.” Although grief can be very painful and at times intolerable, you don’t have to suffer in silence or in isolation. Seeking help to work through your grief is not a sign of weakness.
Grief Talk is lead by Dr Cory Middleton, a Psychologist who works with grief counselling in-person (Sydney) and online (Australia and internationally).
Grief is personal. It is something that you are likely to experience differently from others, even in differently from those in your same family. Grief can be experienced after the death of a family member, friend, colleague and of course a pet. Grief can equally be experienced relating to the loss of a significant relationships (e.g. the end of a marriage). Grief may or may not come with trauma. Grief can come with a range of pressures from others. Dr Cory Middleton creates a safe space for you to share your experience of grief, so that you can find ways to integrate your loss more effectively with the rest of your life. It’s natural to always miss a person, yet with support people can build healthy lives around their grief and beyond loss.
Get help for grief.
Dr Cory Middleton provides professional psychological support for individuals experiencing all kinds of grief.
Get in contact today and we will endeavour to get back to you quickly for an initial call. Many people have questions about grief counselling, and we’d be more than happy to talk you through what to expect.
You may also be eligible for a Mental Health Care Plans (this is a rebate Medicare Australia provides per session for significant mood-disturbances). Check with your GP to enquire about a referral to Dr Cory Middleton for your grief work.
FAQs
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Dr Cory Middleton provides professional grief counselling in-person at our Sydney CBD office (185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney). Dr Cory also provides professional ONLINE counselling for those who find it hard to physically get into the office.
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Grief counselling can be booked weekly, fortnightly, monthly or adhoc. The frequency is largely guided by your specific bereavement needs.
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Dr Cory Middleton is a registered Psychologist, professionally bound by rules of confidentiality. All grief counselling (whether in-person, online or by email/phone) will be treated as confidential unless otherwise agreed.
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Grief counselling typically continues until the client feels that they are able to cope with a respect their grief, whilst building a healthy life around that experience. Grief counselling helps you navigate so many changes that come with this new ‘normal’. The goal of grief counselling is to have a trained professional listen, understand and guide you through your experience of grief and bereavement.
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It is a common myth to expect that people ‘get over’ grief. The reality is that grief can at times feel overwhelming and held tightly in focus throughout every minute. It’s not about “getting over it” but rather finding ways to respect grief as one component of many components in your life. You can feel grief and still build moments of joy and fulfilment in other areas. When you think of it, grief is still there, yet so are a range of other parts of your life.
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The experience of grief is different for everyone. At times grief can be debilitating, and it may be hard to make sense of what has happened. the circumstances surrounding grief can also amplify the experience - for example when their is trauma involved, complex relationships, or even the significance of that persons role had in your life. Professional Psychology Counselling helps you unpack the parts of you that matter in your experience of grief.
Professional Grief Counselling Fees
60-minute session
$245
If eligible, Medicare will rebate $93.35 of this fee
90-minute session
$343
Where is our Office?
We are directly next to Hyde Park in the centre of Sydney. A short walk away from Town Hall or St James train stations. The Sydney Metro Station Gadigal station is very close.
If taking a bus, there are many convenient bus locations on Elizabeth street opposite our building. We are a short walk away from Queen Victoria Building bus station too.
Our physical address is Suite 804, 185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW.
“To honor your grief is not self-destructive or harmful, it is courageous and life-giving.”
— Alan Wolfelt