Short transcript of David Kessler explaining the differences between private (individual) and group bereavement counseling. He contrasts the intimacy and privacy of one-on-one counseling with the communal reassurance of bereavement groups where participants feel less alone.
What is the difference between private and group bereavement counseling?
When we look at the differences between individual counseling, private counseling, and bereavement counseling, in individual counseling, it's just you with a counselor, and there are people who are more private, who feel more comfortable with that setting.
And in terms of bereavement counseling, when you go into the group setting, other people like the idea that they feel less alone because in a bereavement group, you are sitting with other people who have also lost a loved one. So for some people, the group setting feels just right. For others, they want the intimacy of just one on one with a counselor.
