Grief or Loss

You are stuck, in a cycle of grieving. You thought it wouldn't last long but now it feels like it will never end. Friends and family just don't want to talk about it anymore and so you stay silent. But it feels like you just want to scream, release the pain you feel inside. A safe space to feel and breathe again, that would be nice. A place that is finally where you can feel and not judged. Counseling around grief can be tricky but so needed. Reach out to connect with a grief counselor today!

Few people understand what it is like to grieve and most prefer avoiding the topic all together or give unsolicited advice. You may be feeling alone and sense that others are uncomfortable or inpatient when you discuss your feelings. I provide a space where you can relax, learn about, process and express your feelings freely without judgment. It can be a great relief to have someone who understands personally and professionally what grief and loss is like.

We understand that endings of any kind, from the loss of a job to the loss of a loved one, can be some of the toughest challenges anyone can face in life. We also support those who are in anticipatory grief—the anxiety of an upcoming loss—and help you move through all the variations of grief and loss that will come your way. We aim to provide you with the resources and support to cope with your loss and find a path forward. Our team is here to guide you through healing and riding the waves.

Losing someone can be the one of the hardest transitions that you will go through in life. Unfortunately, everyone in your life has a 100% chance of dying and you will at some point experience the pain of grief and loss. As a certified Grief Recovery specialist, I have worked with clients in this difficult phase in their life to move forward and continue living productive lives. When you lose someone, you don't move on from that person, you move forward with that person in a different capacity.

When we are grieving, it takes a lot of mental, emotional and physical UNSEEN labor in order to adjust to a new life without our loved ones. In our sessions you will be able to identify what is happening in your body and mind, why and a roadmap for the future. Grieving is uncomfortable, but a necessary process for you to make the adjustments you need to live without your loved one. You will find comfort and validation in our sessions while also learning practical tools you need.

Platonic friendships, intimate relationships, marriage and marital issues, separation and divorce (with and/or without children), all types of relationships, including nontraditional. The challenges themselves can range from communication, connection, sex, infidelity, etc. We can work together to try to repair or separate amicably. On the other hand, perhaps your relationship(s) is/are just fine, but you are interested interested in improving them – we can work with that too!

Grief can be an unwelcome initiation to the deeper levels of life. I work to support you in telling the story of your grief and loss, in exploring deeper themes around death, loss, and grieving, and in finding your way through the tangled undergrowth. I work to help you claim your agency within your journey of grief, tend to the emotional, spiritual, and psychic wounding you may have sustained, and locate the rituals, frameworks, and stories that can offer you a pathway forward.

I specialize in working with climate- and eco-grief, as well as working with grief and loss in general.

We will build tolerance for big emotions so they do not consume you. You will develop confidence and trust that you will not get lost in your emotions. We will identify your needs and values as it pertains to your loss. We will honor what is lost through finding meaning and continued purpose in your life.

I have extensive experience working with grief and loss of various types and take a trauma-informed, body-centered holistic approach in the treatment of grief. My experience includes working with complicated grief, disenfranchised grief, and sudden or ambiguous loss or death.

We are not often taught in our society how to hold, move through, and build relationship to our individual or collective grief. I enter into the work of grief and loss through my own intimate relationship to the life/death/life cycle. I understand that grief is a gift that creates a sacred portal into understanding the depth of our love. Grief brings us closer to what it means to be human, and we need more spaces that hold reverence to the sacred process of grief.

Sometimes we are in pain from those who have passed, yet other times it's the loss of relationship that we are grieving. Each grief experience is unique and can be complicated if there was conflict or anger that you are are still feeling as well. I am experienced and compassionate in this area, to help support you wherever you are at in the process.

I want you to know that it's okay to grieve. Grief and loss can feel like an insurmountable hill, but I'm here to help you climb it. Together, we can navigate your grief journey, acknowledge your feelings, and find ways to help you cope. Whether your grief stems from the death of a loved one, a divorce, or even the loss of a home, remember that your emotions are valid and necessary for healing. Let's start this journey together, shall we?

I like to take a narrative story approach to working with grief and loss; contrary to the popular 5 stage model of grief. I believe that what we grieve and have loss around can still be cherished if we want it to. We can decide what that looks like, based on our values, traditions, and culture. We don't have to have rigid rules; it can be a personal process.

Losing someone or something we care about can have profound impacts on us. It can change how we understand the world, our relationship to ourself, and can feel so big we don't even know how to talk about it. My goal is to help you explore the variety of reactions you may be having, think more about past experiences with grief and loss, and develop some tools around coping with this massive change in your life.