Family Grief Counselling (Loss of Loved Ones or Loss of a Job)
Family grief counseling can be a helpful resource for families who are struggling with the loss of a loved one. We can provide a safe space for family members to share their thoughts and feelings, and to learn how to cope with their grief. Grief counseling can also help families to communicate with each other, and to support each other through this difficult time.
If you are a family who is experiencing the loss of a loved one, or if you have lost your job, you may be wondering how to cope with these stressors.
Family grief counseling is a type of therapy that helps families cope with the loss of a loved one. It can be helpful for families of all ages.
Family grief counseling can help families to:
- Understand and express their grief
- Communicate with each other about their feelings
- Develop coping mechanisms
- Adjust to life without their loved one
Loss of a job can also be a difficult experience for families. It can lead to financial stress, changes in roles and responsibilities, and feelings of uncertainty about the future. Family grief counseling can help families to:
- Cope with the emotional and financial stress of job loss
- Communicate with each other about their feelings
- Develop coping mechanisms
- Re-establish a sense of normalcy and stability in their lives
There are a number of support available to help you, we can provide you:
- Grief counseling: we can help you to understand your grief, and to develop healthy coping mechanisms. There are many different types of grief counseling we provide such as individual counseling, group counseling, and online counseling.
- Support groups: Support groups can provide a safe space for you to share your experiences with others who are going through the same thing. There are many different types of support groups we have: including online support groups and in-person support groups.
- Emotional support: we provide a safe space for you and your family to express your feelings of sadness, anger, guilt, or any other emotions you may be experiencing. The counselor can help you process these emotions and find healthy ways to cope with them.
- Communication and understanding: Losing a loved one can strain family dynamics and communication. Here in Grief counseling, we can help family members understand each other’s grief journeys and improve communication skills, fostering a sense of unity and support during this difficult time.
- Coping strategies: We equip you with various coping strategies and tools to navigate through the grieving process. The counselor can provide guidance on self-care techniques, stress management, and healthy ways to remember and honor your loved ones.
- Develops coping mechanisms. We can help families to develop coping mechanisms for dealing with the emotional and practical challenges of grief. This can include things like relaxation techniques, stress management, and problem-solving skills.
- Promotes healing and recovery. Family grief counseling can promote healing and recovery for families who have experienced loss. This can help families to move forward with their lives in a healthy and meaningful way.
The primary goals of family grief counseling include:
- Supporting each family member in their individual grief journey.
- Enhancing communication and understanding within the family.
- Facilitating healthy mourning and the expression of emotions.
- Developing coping strategies and resilience as a family unit.
- Strengthening family bonds and fostering a sense of support and unity.
BENEFITS OF FAMILY GRIEF COUNSELING:
- Provides a safe and confidential space for families to express their grief
- Helps families to understand and process their emotions
- Teaches families coping mechanisms for dealing with grief
- Promotes communication and support within the family
- Helps families to adjust to life without their loved one
Have any Questions?
How can I make a difference in a person’s life in Africa?
- You can donate. Your donations will be managed by a team in Burundi. Funds will go to pay for the counselling services, travel and to support the volunteers while they are with us. Funds will be needed for building rental or purchases, equipment purchase, office equipment, utilities, internet and phone services etc.
- You can volunteer your services long or short term.
- You can support a volunteer or Prayer Minister, Therapist, Counsellor or administrative staff
Who is Jesus?
God gave man a free will. In exercising his free will man may choose to do evil or to do well. The consequences of man’s choices are seen all around us. But God in His mercy, sent Jesus His son to destroy the works of evil. Who can man turn to overcome evil and the consequences in their lives? The answer is Jesus Christ.
When Jesus walked the earth, He healed the blind, cleansed the leper, healed the sick, healed demon possessed people, and restored dignity to a prostitute, a cheating tax collector and a man who was caught lying. He raised a woman’s only son from the dead. Jesus ate with people who society had no time for, but His love transformed their lives.
Why do I need Jesus?
Is your heart broken?
Do you worry about tomorrow?
Are you sick?
Are you troubled by demons?
Do you know where you will spend eternity?
Do you have physical needs that you cannot meet?
Have you lost all hope?
Do you suffer from terrible memories?
Is your heart longing for love and acceptance?
Do you need someone to turn to?
Are you laden with guilt, anger, thoughts of revenge?
Do you suffer from self-hatred?
Do you…..?
Are you…?
You can fill in the blanks with your own needs. Jesus Christ is not a magic wand, but when you choose to turn your life over to Him and you choose His ways, your life will be transformed. He will give you His joy. He can heal your body, mind, soul and spirit. He can heal your family.
How can I get Jesus?
It may be news to you that when God created man that He created us in His image. He created us to share His glory, His goodness, His fullness of life, joy, beauty, love. He did not do this for the animals. He did this for humans.. He created us to prosper, multiply and reproduce His glory and fill the earth with His glory. The earth that we live in was meant to be a beautiful place for all creation.
What happened?
Evil happened. Rebellion against God happened. First it took place in Heaven and that evil was thrown out of heaven and onto the earth. It corrupted man. Man joined the rebellion against God. He wanted to be god. The bible said that man’s heart is bent on evil. Our perfect human nature was corrupted. Man cannot do anything to bring himself back to his original perfect nature, which was filled with God’s glory.
This is why Jesus came. This is why God sent Jesus to destroy evil. First evil has to be destroyed out of our own souls. Man made himself an enemy to God. When evil entered man, man lost the goodness that he was created with. His rebellion against God separated Him from God. Righteousness and unrighteousness or goodness and evil cannot coexist. God’s plan is to destroy evil forever. His plan from the beginning was to save humankind. He knew that when He gave us a will that we would choose wrongly and so, He had a plan in place to heal us and to bring us back into right relationship with Him.
The first man’s rebellion placed a death sentence on all of our heads. Rebellion has to be judged because God is a God of justice. Evil cannot go unpunished. However, the Judge, God found someone who was willing to take our place, someone who was willing to die in our place.
Jesus willingly took your place and He fulfilled the requirement that man must die for his rebellion against God. Rebellion has to die in our hearts and we must turn our hearts back to God.
Why would the Judge, God, give Jesus His only begotten son to die for us? His love for you and I is as great as His love for His son Jesus. His love for us was not conditional. We did nothing to deserve it.
Jesus not only died to pay the penalty for our rebellion against God, but He offers us the great life exchange. We need His life in us, so we can live again as God created us to live in the first place. The bible says that it was Jesus, the WORD, who created us. God spoke the WORD and there was life. This is a mystery to our minds. The bible also says that Jesus’ light is in us. This is what life is. It is light. We can invite His Spirit to come and dwell inside of us. That same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead can bring transformation to your life and to your life situation.
When we acknowledge that we are living in rebellion against God and His ways and we decide that we do not want to live that way anymore, then we are ready to ask Jesus into our heart.
The Bible is clear on how to receive Jesus. Repent of our sins, all that we are guilty of doing, saying and thinking that is evil in God’s sight. Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the LORD. He has to become our Lord. Walking in obedience to the word of God and to his voice will begin to change our lives.
After we invite Jesus into our heart, two things happen, we become a son of God and He begins the work of making us like Himself again. We come into covenant with Him, a blood covenant. Jesus’ blood sealed a covenant with God for us so that now, we fight the same enemy and we become God’s friend.
You can begin your journey with God: for salvation is to know Jesus and God the Father and His Holy Spirit.
You must be baptised in water. This is important, it is a public declaration that you are a follower of Jesus and that you are leaving the old life of rebelling and death and starting a new life in God.
Do not take the journey alone. Find a church who seeks a relationship with God the Father, Jesus the Son and Holy Spirit, attend a bible study group and begin to grow in relations with God and with His people.
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