Seeing Cruise next week what to expect

[stillgrieving]

Just under four years ago my DS's very much loved grandmother (my mother), died fairly suddenly and then abut four months later in a freak accident his best friend was killed (he was 16), two years later his grand father died. When his friend died he was offered counselling by his school, tried it and said it didn't help, he also briefly saw Seesaw, again felt at the time it didn't help. I have tried to support him but I remain devastated by the loss of my mother, he knows this. He remains very sad underneath his brave face, his grief is very raw it will take very little to make him cry, which breaks my heart because he was such a very happy boy before all of this.
Earlier this year he felt talking to someone might now help so after speaking to our excellent GP he contacted Cruise and after a considerable wait they've arranged to see him at home next week. He doesn't know what to expect or how many times they'll see him.

[stillgrieving]

Anyone?

[Pleasemrstweedie]

You don;t say how old your DS is. If he's a young person, rather than a child, I'd expect them to offer him six sessions, which seems to be their standard.

I'm very definitely an adult LOL, and I had six sessions, which was enough to enable me to deal with the practical stuff after I lost my mother (I can't say DM), but did not touch the underlying issues.

I do, however, wish you and your DS luck. He's had so much to cope with in such a short time.

[Dawsonforehead]

I saw a different bereavement counselling service, as an adult. But in general you can expect him to be listened to and it is a safe environment to talk about however he views his grief. I came out with some controversial stuff and my counsellor even laughed along with me when that's what I needed. I don't know if this is possible for your son, but I wrote a few sentences in my diary after each session....I knew the number of sessions would be limited and I wanted a memory of how I worked through certain problems in case I needed to refer back to it in the future. Wishing you all the best.