Grief &
Loss
Moving forward alongside grief, not moving on from grief
Grief doesn't follow the rules.
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It doesn't resolve in stages. It doesn't move in a straight line. It doesn't care that enough time has passed, or that you have things to be grateful for, or that other people have been through worse.
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It shows up when you least expect it. It complicates relationships. It sits alongside ordinary moments and makes them unbearable in ways that are hard to explain to anyone who hasn't experienced it.
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And it isn't only about death. Grief lives in endings of all kinds — relationships, identities, possibilities, the life you thought you were going to have.
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I work with people navigating grief in all its forms: the loss of someone they loved, pregnancy and infant loss, the grief of infertility, the complicated mourning that comes after a difficult relationship ends, and the quieter losses that don't always get named — the version of yourself you thought you'd be by now, the family you imagined, the future that didn't happen.
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Grief work isn't about moving on. It's about learning to carry that weight in a way that's sustainable and enriching, not overwhelming or numbing.
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I draw on EMDR for losses that have become traumatic, coupled with a relational, exploratory approach for the parts of grief that needs to be witnessed.​ Grief is heavy enough without doing it alone.
What you can expect:
Support for grief in all its forms — death, relationship loss, shifting identities,
and the futures that
didn't happen
EMDR for grief that has become traumatic or stuck
A place where what you're carrying is witnessed, named, and honored
FAQ
1. Is grief therapy only for people who have lost someone to death?
Not at all; grief shows up in nearly every therapeutic experience. Grief is intrinsic to endings and transitions of all kinds: the loss of a relationship, a former identity, a version of yourself you expected to become, a future that didn't unfold the way you'd imagined. It also shows up in losses that don't get socially recognized or fully witnessed by others — infertility, pregnancy loss, estrangement, a diagnosis, the slow erosion of something that was never formally acknowledged as a loss.
2. What if I'm not sure what I'm grieving, or if what I'm feeling even counts as grief?
That uncertainty is itself a common part of grief, particularly for losses that weren't marked by ceremony or social acknowledgment. If something is affecting you, it counts. We don't need a precise name for it before we can work with it.
3. What if my loss happened a long time ago?
Grief doesn't have a statute of limitations. Some losses resurface at unexpected moments — a life transition, a relationship change, or an experience that reopens what felt resolved. Others were never fully processed in the first place. How long ago something happened doesn't determine whether it's still affecting you now, and it doesn't mean it's too late to work with it.
4. Do you work with people who are anticipating a loss, not just those who have already experienced one?
Yes. Anticipatory grief — the weight of a loss that's coming — can be as consuming as grief that follows the loss itself, and it's often less supported because the loss hasn't "happened yet." If you're navigating a terminal diagnosis, a relationship ending, an identity transition you can see approaching, or any other impending loss, that's worth bringing into the room.
Additional Resources
A few places to learn more between sessions, or if you're not ready to reach out yet.
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What's Your Grief: Articles and a podcast covering grief in its many forms, not just after a death
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Center for Loss and Life Transition: Writing from grief counselor Alan Wolfelt on mourning and loss
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