Grief counselling provides a supportive and trusting atmosphere to support individuals through their grief journey to help them deal with their loss. Within this safe, supportive and trusting environment, bereaved people are encouraged to share their feelings, both positive and negative, towards the deceased person. Ventilating feelings is an encouraging part of grief-work, allowing individuals to discuss and confront their emotions and anything else they need to face, e.g. confronting overidealised images of the
