Dr. Gary Zomalt: Reclaiming one’s self from grief and loss through psychotherapy

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There is no right or wrong way to grieve — but there are healthy ways through which pain can be managed. Psychotherapists like Dr. Gary Zomalt work through phases with individuals suffering from grief and loss.



Availability to help aggrieved patients requires empathy and the right amount of advice to lighten up their emotional and mental loads, even leading them to face life’s toughest moments and enter a deep internal search for answers.



Sorrow could be the emotional or mental suffering people feel when something or someone they care about is separated from them permanently such as by death. While this feeling could be very frightening and overpowering, it is a normal reaction to loss.

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Entering a therapy or counseling at these moments may be essential to begin a journey towards healing. Psychotherapists like Dr. Gary Zomalt provide helpful support and guidance to grieving individuals to help them regain their self-esteem, strengthen their emotional faculties, and enrich their lives in general.



Although sadness and yearning are the dominant emotions the bereaved often displays, guilt, regret, anger, and a sense of meaninglessness could also be present. Psychotherapy is a vital tool to help these individuals eschew from further emotional malignancies.



Grieving is an individual and highly personal experience. The ways by which people grieve depend on many factors, including their unique personalities and coping mechanism, their life experiences, culture, faith, and the nature of the loss. People’s deepest wounds may sometimes need privacy and exclusivity, but the genuine healing process often requires the strength, encouragement, and support of other people.

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