The main objective of the Clinical Psychology Consultation for Pregnancy Loss is to help the person/couple manage the challenges and difficulties arising from the process of grief due to pregnancy loss, in the context of a therapeutic relationship of trust and collaboration, which promotes development and change.
Coping with pregnancy loss is a process of adaptation activated in the face of losses experienced during pregnancy and after childbirth. It is an intense, complex and often devastating experience for those who live through it. It can evoke a wide range of manifestations, such as denial, shock, feelings of guilt, anger, sadness, anxiety, confusion, loneliness or a sense of emptiness. These emerge as natural reactions to the unexpected and sudden loss of expectations, dreams, plans, of a future built up in the parents’ imagination. Thus, this experience can damage central aspects such as identity, self-esteem, emotional relationships or the meaning of life.
This experience of individual suffering is often the target of a social reaction of minimization and invalidation, which hinders the grieving process, contributing to people feeling alone, misunderstood and helpless in their pain.
When the grieving process is continuously interfering with psychosocial functioning, producing difficulties that last over time and/or cause intense discomfort, it is important to seek psychological help.
Clinical Psychology Consultation for Pregnancy Loss at UTERUS offers a safe and welcoming space where each human experience of bereavement is embraced in its uniqueness and specificity. In the therapeutic space, an intervention is developed according to the needs of each person/couple, which encourages emotional expression, the management of changes in the various domains (social, marital, parental, work), reconnection with personal needs, the building of resources to deal with difficulties, helping to create conditions for integrating the loss, adapting to the context of life and recovering well-being. An experience of pregnancy loss is never forgotten, but it can be lived with greater serenity and transformed into an integrated and meaningful experience.
Some reasons for making an appointment include:
- persistent feelings of guilt, anger, anxiety, deep sadness or emptiness;
- social isolation as a form of avoidance (e.g. not to be confronted with questions about the loss, not to see pregnant women or babies);
- problems in emotional relationships (with partner, family…);
- difficulties in resuming the daily routine and effectively carrying out the various roles (work, parental, social…);
- changes in sleep patterns;
- increased substance use.
The number of sessions varies according to the type and degree of difficulties and the objectives defined throughout the psychotherapeutic process.
This Psychology Consultation can be carried out at UTERUS or digitally.
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