During a mourning process, there are a wide variety of psychological reactions that are normal and expected. As painful as they may be, we must make room for them in order to begin to heal. Therefore, one of the crucial steps of bereavement is the emotional expression of our pain.

To avoid isolation and loneliness during this process, we have opened a support group for people who are going through bereavement.

This group is directed to anyone who is dealing with the loss of someone close to them and would like to receive support during the mourning process. If you would like to deal with grief surrounded by others who are dealing with similar experiences, and receive information regarding what to expect from the emotional process of loss, this group will be a good tool for you.

The group will host a maximum of 10 participants and a minimum of 3. It will be hosted through the online platform Zoom and will consist in sessions of an hour and a half weekly, every Tuesday from 12 to 1.30. The price per session will be of 25 Euros and the duration of the group will be 10 sessions.

During each session, we will address different topics related to the grieving process and its steps. Different weekly tasks or exercises will be offered in order to help the participants move through each phase of the mourning process. During the sessions, the participants will be able to share their own experiences with grief, tools to manage the emotional impact, and give each other support.

This group will take place in English.

Families play a crucial part in our emotional, physical, and spiritual development, as we are all a product of the relationships we experience with whomever we consider to be a part of that family unit. Challenges faced by each individual family member naturally impacts the others. Although the family system is complicated, it is one in which can be more easily understood through the process of family therapy.

In reality, that answer is self-defined. A family member does not necessarily mean that an individual shares blood relations, or that you must live with that person—rather that the person plays a supportive and long-term role in your life. That can include, grandparents, aunts, uncles, girlfriends/boyfriends, babysitters, step-children, foster children, etc.

Family therapy sessions can include all or just those members who are willing to participate.

Some issues commonly addressed by family therapy:

The length of time in therapy depends on the number of goals on which the family would like to work, however, a family will commonly see results within 5-20 sessions.

All couples experience conflict to some degree in their relationship. When conflict is not effectively resolved, negative emotions can accumulate and lead to recurring, painful arguments, or a distancing which results in isolation and loneliness.
The goal of couples counseling is to identify the sources of conflict, and to teach effective techniques to resolve it. The focus of couples counseling at SINEWS is on what each individual can do to improve the relationship, rather than what their partner needs to change. Both parties must come with the desire to change his or her own behavior.
Through counseling, couples will learn to be on the same team again. They will learn how to support and inspire each other. They will learn how to regain romance and enjoy real intimacy. Essentially, they will reconnect, and rebuild a life together.

Couples seek counseling for a variety of reasons. Some couples want counseling before making an important commitment like getting married or moving in together in order to do the work on the front end of the relationship. Others have a history together and feel unhappy and stuck.
Couples should consider counseling when they are suffering (lonely, angry or irritable most of the time…), or when their relationship problems are impairing their ability to function in other areas of their life (work, parenting, physical health, etc.).
If you are “escaping” by busying yourself in other areas (work, children, etc.) to avoid facing the problems in your relationship, couples counseling is something you want to seriously consider. It’s also important to point out that many couples, at some point in their relationship, would benefit from outside, professional help from a Marriage counsellor in Madrid, to resolve their difficulties.

Some people feel uncomfortable with the idea of talking to a complete stranger about personal problems. If your husband, wife or partner is reluctant to go to counseling, it can be useful for the willing party to start counseling alone in order to gain insight. This insight may be enough to influence change in your relationship, or it can give you clarity as to how to proceed (get partner into counseling, divorce, etc.).

Couples Counseling is usually what’s considered “short-term therapy”; 12 sessions on average.

La metodología de este proceso de evaluación consiste en una entrevista con un psicólogo y la cumplimentación del IPP-R (Cuestionario de Intereses y Preferencias Profesionales Revisado, TEA Ediciones, S.A. 2004). Este instrumento está diseñado específicamente con dos propósitos. En primer lugar nos aporta información acerca de qué tipo de actividades nos aportan más satisfacción, y en segundo lugar nos permite averiguar el grado de conocimiento que tenernos respecto a las tareas que conllevan realmente las distintas profesiones. De todo ello, se elabora un informe con el perfil de preferencias y otros resultados destacados.

Esta evaluación se puede completar con la evaluación de la Inteligencia y perfil de aptitudes a través del WAIS-III (Escala de Inteligencia para adultos de Wechsler, TEA Ediciones, S.A. 2008). Este instrumento mide todo aquello que tiene que ver más con la capacidad y aptitud para desempeñar de forma óptima una determinada tarea, que con la satisfacción al desempeñarla. Los dos instrumentos se complementan y aportar información de gran valor para planificar la futura carrera profesional.

It is essential that the decision about our professional future should be based not only on the more or less realistic or fanciful idea we have of what a certain job might consist of, but also our personal qualities and our interest profile. The ideal would be to choose a profession that takes full advantage of our skills while we find it stimulating and feel fulfilled.

The purpose of the abilities test (intelligence profile) and professional preferences is to give guidance on career choice, a vital decision considering we spend a third of our time at our workplace.
Vocational or career counseling is of particular interest to young people aged 16 years and adults who wish to change their professional path.

In the career counseling session the following tools are used:

The personal interview allows us to obtain information on personal qualifications (early development, academic background, skills and extracurricular interests, personal or family contact with the reality of different professions …) as well as personality traits (ability to persist, sociability, communication and negotiation skills, mental flexibility, need for stimulation, awareness of one’s goals, self confidence…) The decision process and the basis on which the person has been working up until the interview is also analyzed.

Interests and career preferences Questionnaire is an instrument specifically designed for: a) informing of what activities brings us more satisfaction and b) determining the degree of knowledge we have about the tasks involved in different professions.

Identification of strengths instrument It allows us to explore our strengths to realize what kind of activities and opportunities needs to provide our work so that we can function at an optimal level. The use of personal strengths is related to the perception of motivation, strength, authenticity and fulfillment at work and is the basis of efficiency and labor welfare. This knowledge will allow us to choose a job we like and favors our best performance, besides ruling out those who could lead to further job dissatisfaction.

The personal interview and the tests complement each other and provide valuable information when planning the choice of a future career. After the evaluation process, during the concluding session, the results will be analyzed and a report will be given with the skills profile, professional preferences and other prominent results.