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How long does bereavement last for?

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London based clinical psychologist Emma Smith discusses the issue of bereavement and goes on to consider the difference between an ordinary period of bereavement and long-term depression. Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com

Video Transcription

There’s no, there’s no right or wrong way to grieve and there’s no time limit on bereavement. Often, people can find that it comes in waves, that actually, it’s, it’s not really an experience that’s over and done with, but it can keep kind of coming back and catching us unawares. And it’s been likened to, to the sea in the sense that sometimes those waves are coming for you. If they come fast and strong and, and very, very much and catching us off guard, whereas, other times, it might be more of a rumble in the background. And I think that’s something that would help us differentiate bereavement from depression as well. That actually, if, if the experience is still coming in waves rather than all the time, that might help us to distinguish whether either you’re still going through ordinary bereavement versus actually sinking into a depression.

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Dr Emma Smith

Dr Emma Smith

19 June 2022

"Dr Emma Smith completed her BSc (Hons) at the University of Warwick, an MSc in Forensic Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Christ Church Canterbury University. She worked as a clinical psychologist in a specialist service in a Central London NHS Trust until moving to Sussex where she now works as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS and continues to offer sessions with The Chelsea Psychology Clinic online."

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