Bereavement counselors help patients and their loved ones cope with decline, loss, and death. Bereavement counselors provide services for loved ones for an entire year after a client dies as they work through the stages of grief. Patients and their loved ones may obtain bereavement services whenever they need them.

Bereavement counselors are especially helpful if complex grief occurs. Complex grief is common when emotions are conflicting, or death was unexpected, or under several other circumstances.