My only child died suddenly on 1/3/13. Up till now I didn't feel I really needed a grief counselor. I have bipolar disorder and thought my psychiatrist could help me with the grief issues.

I was wrong, also it has been 6 months and these past two weeks have been incredibly hard. It is like I fell asleep when he died and now I am awake and the grief is hitting me full force. His birthdate is soon I am not sure if that is causing the extra pain and just finding it hard to make it through the day.

When I look on the Internet there are a lot of grief counselors in my area. I am looking for some advice on what I should be looking at in picking one. I hate the trial and error process and don't feel up to it.

Any advice and comments would be appreciated.

Thanks