The novel When the Grief Counselor Becomes the Grieving Counselor is a book that is touching the hearts of its readers by providing them with a unique and personal experience of the healing power of writing and believing in the aftermath of crushing loss. Focused on the true emotional experience of Adrian one of the most successful therapists who suddenly finds himself requiring assistance when his wife dies a slow and tragic death, this powerful novel reveals how expressive writing and soul-searching turn into the means that draw him out of his tragic state and bring him back towards optimism.
Adrian spent over 20 years of his life counselling other lives in grief, addiction, and trauma. He was the voice of reason, the pillar of wisdom and the leading light to many people who are in the process of loss.
In the middle of the night, when he was overwhelmed by memories and felt that the loneliness was breathing down his neck, he went to the written word. Something that started out as brief journal entries has quickly turned into uncouth, unadulterated poems and highly personal letters to his late wife. Among the first poems he wrote, about the noise of the love of his life passing away and the numbness of emotions that came after this, is the poem I Lost You Today. These texts turn into confession and consolation, cries of pain that he was not yet able to articulate.
At this dark season writing, which he had always advocated and never himself followed in any regular way, took its place. What initially started as random ideas in a journal gradually took the shape of poetry, letters and personal contemplations that enabled him to work through his sorrows in a manner in which no other thing would. It was not only a way to express yourself but also a means of surviving.
Adrian wrote one of his earliest works, a poem named I Lost You Today. In it, he has embodied the emotional mess of losing his wife.
Every individual had his or her narrative of the loss, though each of them was one of the fragments of the voyage that Adrian had only started to make. The sincerity, their shaky voices and their weakness together created a bond that was not seen. It was the first time he did not need to explain or perform like other people did since the death of his wife. His support group turned into a niche, a place where no one judged his pain clinically but dealt with it with compassion.
The second strong point of support groups is that they will destroy the isolation that grief brings. Adrian retreated into himself after the death of his wife. Home was claustrophobic, the memories too numerous. He started to lose touch with clients in his professional life as he could not bear their pain in addition to his own. But the presence of the group drew him back into union. Adrian felt his isolation mellow when he heard other people talk about how grief had interfered with their sleep, their habits, their religion, and their day-to-day living. He was no longer on his own. Their mutual grief was mutualized, lightened, too, as it was no longer in his hand.
The safety that is provided through support groups also helps to create the feeling of being safe enough to express themselves truly. Being a therapist, Adrian was accustomed to being the tough guy, the stabilizing force, who carries the emotions of all others. Yet in the team he was able to speak freely. He cried freely. He confessed tremendous things that he never expressed. He was dealing with suppressed memories. The team neither judged nor was right nor impatient about him. They actively listened, merely providing a presence, which is more curative than the advice. Such unleavened sincerity would be an important component in his emotional healing.
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