THERAPY FOR
Grief and Loss
Loss: A Universal Experience
No one is immune to loss. It's something we all experience at one point or another in life. When we experience a loss, a natural process of grieving occurs. The grieving process is painful, exhausting, and can sometimes feel disorienting. It often consumes so much energy that people are left with little interest or ability to engage with the outside world. Over time, as people move through this painful process, they eventually emerge feeling more energized and ready to reconnect with life. This is a natural process and doesn’t necessarily require outside intervention.
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At times, the pain of loss can feel too overwhelming to bear alone. When grief becomes too much, the natural process of mourning can get disrupted, leaving you feeling stuck. This is called 'complicated' or 'prolonged grief.' Therapy offers a supportive space to help you navigate your way through.
When the Grief Process Becomes 'Complicated'
There are all sorts of ways grieving can become complicated, and instead of moving through the process, we get stuck. Grieving is a process, and if it is not allowed to complete—if the loss is not fully grieved—it stays stuck inside your body, weighing you down. Each subsequent loss in life reignites and compounds the unmourned losses, and if not addressed, continues to burden you, sapping your energy and life-force.
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So why does this happen? The grieving process can become interrupted for a variety of reasons. Some losses occur in childhood, where one does not have a conscious memory of the loss and therefore hasn't had the opportunity to grieve. For others, loss can be so unbearably painful that it's easier to sidestep the pain. But sidestepping the pain comes at a cost: the loss of your vitality and life-force.
Who I Work With
I work with adults navigating all forms of grief and loss. Whether you're grieving the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or the loss of a dream—and whether it happened recently or years ago—therapy offers support and a path forward.
Types of Loss I Work With:
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Anticipated Loss
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​​Death of a Loved One – including a parent, child, partner, sibling, friend, or anyone significant in your life
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Early and Preverbal Loss – Losses experienced in early childhood affect us much differently than those that occur later in life. Preverbal or early losses happen before age three—before our frontal lobe (our thinking brain) is fully developed. These early experiences—such as the death of a caregiver, a parent's depression, or trauma in the womb—profoundly shape how we connect and relate to others, often in ways we don't fully understand. Therapy offers a space to make sense of how your early losses may still be affecting you today, and provides the opportunity to grieve.
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Life Transitions – Even joyful changes like graduation, retirement, relocation, or becoming a parent involve grief as one chapter closes and another begins
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Loss of Identity or Dreams – career changes, loss of physical abilities, infertility, or unfulfilled aspirations
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Relationship Loss – divorce, breakups, estrangement, or the end of meaningful friendships
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Sudden and Traumatic Loss
How Therapy Can Help
Whether you're grieving a recent loss or one that occurred long ago, therapy provides a safe, supportive space to navigate painful and complex emotions. Therapy can help you recognize where you may be stuck in the grieving process and uncover ways you might be holding yourself back from fully mourning your loss. Through a trusting relationship with a therapist, individuals are often able to walk through the unbearable pain of a loss, knowing they're not walking alone—that they have a trusted therapist walking with them.
