Grieving
The process of adjusting to a loss — not only a death, but any loss that changes who you are.
How it shows up in daily life
Grief doesn’t move through tidy stages and doesn’t run in a straight line. It comes in waves, often over unimportant things — a song, a smell, an empty chair. Between the waves it is normal to laugh too; that isn’t a betrayal.
What we do with it in therapy
The task isn’t to forget but to find a form of relationship to what is no longer there. A space where you don’t have to be strong and where nobody hurries you is often the most important part of grieving.
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Resistance
Everything that steers you in therapy away from a topic that is too close — forgotten appointments, jokes, long detours.
Code of ethics
The set of rules binding on a therapist — from confidentiality to the prohibition on exploiting the relationship.
Anhedonia
Losing the capacity to feel pleasure in things that used to bring it.
