Grief or Loss

In reality grief and loss is the largest chunk of what I've always treated. The grief response is the response that humans have to change. Specifically I have helped many clients through grieving simple losses all the way to complex losses such as children, miscarriages, and stillborn.

Complicated grief/loss: Unresolved grief/loss: Anticipatory grief/loss:

You lost someone close to you and maybe at first your friends and family were all there for you but now it feels like they have moved on and you haven’t. You don’t want to burden your loved ones with these heavy feelings but you just can’t seem to get past feeling like the loss just happened. I can help you move through this difficult time. I provide somatic based tools to help you start the healing process.

Healing grief or loss are a way of healing many other concerns. When someone is grieving they connect to other losses in their live and it can feel overwhelming. Working with grief or loss is a journey to self awarness and gratitude.

Grief has no time limit and it manifests differently for everyone, from walking down the grocery aisle to remembering what our life was like before we came out, grief can be complex. I work with individuals and groups to give space to reflect, heal, and continue to honor the person, identity, or life they may have lost. I would love to work with you to understand your grief and explore how your grief is a part of your life today while finding ways to aid in your healing journey.

We will all face loss at some point in our lives. I have walked through this journey with many clients and would love to support you as well.

How do you deal with the loss of something you'd hoped for? Perhaps you are caring for a dying family member: you may be experiencing grief ahead of time - "anticipating" the loss of your person - and it may look like rage or depression. Perhaps you just got news that your estranged parent is remarrying and now you are confronted with the pain of *all that* unresolved grief and loss. We'll look at it together.

The majority of my clients are grieving "everyday losses," experiencing the grief that often goes unnamed - pain, confusion, anxiety, stuckness, uncertainty that accompanies major changes in our lives, threats to our identity, transitions that require us to reshape who we are, what we want from life & how to move forward. I am honored to also support those grieving loss of loved ones & pets, and understand that these can be complicated relationships that may produce a range of emotions.

Whether a loss is expected or unexpected, there is often no easy way to cope with the changes and challenges that ensue, whether from loss of a loved one, a pet, a relationship, or systemic challenges to be mourned such as climate change or a pandemic. It can be helpful to explore unfinished processes and identify one's own needs that become clearer in the experience of grief or loss. There is no way out, there is only a way through.

I have years of experience with grief and loss, both professionally and personally. I have run extensive grief and loss groups.

Grief wears many faces—whether it’s the heartache of losing a loved one, the ache of a breakup, the emptiness after a pet’s passing, or the shock of a job loss. As your compassionate guide, we will untangle the "emotional spaghetti" you might be dealing with waves of sadness, guilt, anger, and that gnawing feeling that life will never be the same. We’ll build coping skills, find meaning, and rediscover joy. Because healing isn’t linear, but it’s possible.

Loss is painful and complex. It can be accompanied by feelings of guilt or despair, and behaviors including avoidance, difficulty identifying your needs or setting healthy boundaries, irritability or angry outbursts, or isolation, to name a few. Grief and loss manifest so differently from person to person it’s impossible to predict its path. But you don’t have to work through it alone. With support, you can find a voice for your pain, overcome obstacles to joy, and move forward with confidence.

I work with folks who have anticipatory grief, are facing death/their own mortality, are caring for someone who is chronically/terminally ill, adjusting to a new diagnosis, loss of independence or other physical/cognitive capacity, loss of pet, loss of friend/family members, loss due to suicide, loss due to moving/life changes, complicated grief, etc

I have 10+ years working with clients impacted by grief and loss, most recently in the capacity of patients and families impacted by cancer.

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.

I work with all kinds of grief and loss: breakups, transitions, deaths - sudden or expected. I fuse Somatic, IFS, Psychodynamic and Narrative techniques so clients feel it all without overwhelm or judgement. They learn how to soothe and express themselves, and experience pleasure, joy and hope again. In particular, I use Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, TIST, Polarity Therapy, Breema, Yoga, Authentic Movement, EMDR, Expressive Arts and client-defined Spirituality.

We all experience loss in our lives whether it is the loss of an influential person, job or experience. We even experience loss and grief with \'good\' things happen, we move, have the birth or adoption of a child, get a new job, etc. We often need help and compassion to sort through the various feelings and process the steps to help us move into places of acceptance of our new situations. Comprehensive grief work can help us get through and around change with compassion for ourselves.

Change is the only constant, and everything must change. Which is hard. Because whereas change is good, loss is painful. Let me guide you through the process of accepting your loss. Loved ones and pets leave a hole in our lives and we are never the same. We will look at the meaning of loss in your life as well as explore unexpected feelings that may be arising.