Grief or Loss

Grief and Loss are and can be a significant part of a person's life, a sentinel event, a cumulation of losses that may have begun in childhood and carried over to adult life, and many more experiences that constitute grief and loss. We can be left with significant physical and emotional health issues when confronted with grief and loss. I am a huge proponent of grief and loss processing and will approach this from a highly tailored and sequential format that is specific to your needs.

Every grief journey is individualized. So, it’s key to find what works for you. Working together, my goal is not to move into a space where you “get over it” – that’s just not how grief works. Rather, to arm you with the tools to carry your grief, bring comfort back to your memories, and give yourself grace for what each day ahead may bring. You don’t have to continue living in this in-between. Healing and a way forward are possible. Let’s get there together.

Losing someone or something you love is hard. What's more, is that no one really understands what it feels like for you. Your experience with grief is unique and speaking about how you currently feel in the midst of gut-wrenching loss is a key to finding your way through other issues as well. If we leave our grief unattended, it will be a strenuous task to find your way out of other underlying issues. Walk with me and we can find a path which provides you with comfort and peace.

We live in a culture that doesn't recognize grief as a natural part of the human experience. You may be feeling isolated or misunderstood in the wake of a personal loss. I'm here to hold your experience and validate your feelings so that you don't have to feel so alone.

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!

Trained in Grief and Loss and a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, I can help you move through your loss and find joy and purpose again. I utilize the Grief Recovery Method to will help you work through your losses and identify what has been holding you back, areas where you have gotten stuck, and learning how to let go of the pain and suffering. I also am trained in Brainspotting and getting trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy.

With deep and personal expertise in grief and loss, I provide compassionate support to those navigating bereavement. Drawing on years of experience, I help clients process their emotions in a safe, empathetic space. My approach honors each person’s unique journey while guiding them toward healing and comfort.

So much of the pain that we feel is unprocessed grief and loss from childhood emotional wounds and childhood emotional neglect.

I have specialized training in the Grief Recovery Method.

Besides learning how to be with my own grief and loss, I find the issues of grief and loss to be especially important because our culture is uncomfortable and seemingly unable to allow us the space and time to grieve our many losses.

I provide compassionate support for individuals navigating grief and loss, including bereavement, miscarriage, or life transitions. With expertise in grief counseling, I create a safe space to process emotions, explore meaning, and rediscover hope and purpose. My approach considers cultural, familial, and systemic influences, guiding clients toward healing and resilience during difficult times.

As a former hospice social worker, I know that grief isn’t something we simply "get over." It’s not linear, and it stays with us in different ways. Therapy can help you learn to live with the presence of your grief, rather than trying to erase it. I’m here to support you as you navigate the waves of loss, creating space for your feelings and helping you find ways to carry your grief with compassion and understanding.

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.

I have a number of years of experience and specific supervision working with grief. Not only acute grief as in the death of a loved one or loss of relationship, but the many other griefs that are an inherent part of the human experience, especially unprocessed grief that lives beneath the surface of mental health disturbances.

My work with those enduring loss spans a variety of people: those who have lost a loved one to COVID, those who have lost a job, or gone through a challenging break up. But my grief work has also included learning to make peace with an estranged family, allowing space to mourn a disappointing or painful childhood, and processing feelings connected to sobriety or sober curious choices. Grief is about attachment and change, and my approach honors those responses.

In my work with clients experiencing grief and loss, I strive to provide a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where they can process their feelings fully and at their own pace. Grief can bring a wide range of emotions—sadness, anger, confusion, even relief—and each is a valid part of the journey. I help clients explore and honor these emotions, allowing them to feel seen and heard in their pain.