Grief and Loss | Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Grief & Loss: Expert Guidance Through Complex Bereavement
Grief is a profound, non-linear process recognized as the deeply challenging, yet natural, experience of psychological and emotional adaptation following a significant loss. This process extends beyond emotional sadness, often encompassing complex physiological, social, and identity shifts. At Olive Tree Psychology Clinic, we approach grief and bereavement with high clinical expertise and compassion. Our intervention is grounded exclusively in established, evidence-based frameworks, including the Dual Process Model and the Meaning-Making in Grief approach. This structured methodology is applied to systematically guide clients through the essential "tasks of mourning," from accepting the reality of loss to safely engaging and integrating emotional distress enabling the rebuilding of a life structure and identity that has been altered by the loss, and finding enduring connection. We provide a dedicated space to process complex emotions and address the anxiety and identity shifts that accompany loss. By integrating practical, evidence-based interventions for grief, we ensure you cultivate sustainable resilience and are supported on a lasting path toward meaningful adaptation.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Recovery
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a clinically rigorous and complex psychiatric diagnosis that arises following exposure to a traumatic, life-threatening event or series of threatening events. It is specifically distinguished from common distress by persistent, severely disabling symptoms that dramatically compromise an individual's daily functioning over extended periods of time.. These symptoms are systematically categorized into core clusters: re-experiencing (intrusive memories, debilitating flashbacks, and nightmares), avoidance (deliberate evasion of people, places, or thoughts linked to the trauma), and hyperarousal (persistent irritability, severe sleep disturbances, and hypervigilance). At Olive Tree Psychology Clinic, we prioritize Trauma-Focused Therapies specifically Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Written Exposure Therapy (WET) which are universally recognized as the gold standard and first-line treatment by major clinical guidelines. We provide a structured, safe, and supportive clinical space necessary to methodically process traumatic memories, challenge and modify unhelpful core beliefs, and actively develop the profound psychological resilience required to move decisively beyond the trauma's grip and reclaim a full, meaningful life.