Grief is often felt as a sense of deep sadness when something or someone we value greatly is lost. This incomprehensible unhappiness can be observed in many ways; however, a few examples are anger, denial, frequent sighing, shortness of breath, or purposeful busyness. Most people encountering loss experience a mental and emotional state of agony that is a very personal occurrence of internal pressure and pain. Since grief can appear differently within people, culture, as well as ethnicity, it must be explored and evaluated on a person-by-person basis.
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More about Sherrie L. King, M.S, LPC, GC-C
Sherrie L. King is part of the Flourishing Hope Counseling team. She is an excellent clinician. Mrs. King is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Grief Counselor with over eight years of experience has transformed her life after enduring narcissistic abuse. Thriving in her recovery, she has helped countless children, adolescents, spouses, and adult children of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) parents.
Sherrie understands the heightened levels of distress, grief, PTSD, family estrangement, and abandonment these individuals face due to the complexities of the NPD family dynamic. She is dedicated to healing the mother wound and, as a post-trauma thriver with 15 years of no contact, she knows firsthand the importance of being heard and understood on the healing journey.