Grief & Loss
“I keep thinking grief feels like climbing a staircase while looking down,” she said. “You won’t forget where you’ve been, but you’ve got to keep rising. It all gets farther away, but it’s all still there. And you’ve only got one way to go and you don’t really want to go on rising, but you’ve got to. And that tightness in your chest doesn’t go away, but you somehow go on breathing that thinner, higher air. It’s like you grow a third lung. Like you’ve somehow gotten bigger when you thought you were only broken.”
— After the Flood: A Novel by Kassandra Montag
Loss comes in many forms: the loss of a loved one or relationship, the loss of a job or purpose, or even the loss of a particular future or hope. These losses can be very difficult to deal with.
Grief is a natural response to loss. Grief is normal, but sometimes people need or want extra support through the experience.
If your grief seems like it is too much to bear, it is okay to seek professional assistance to help work through your grief. It's a sign of strength, not weakness, to seek help.
I have a client-centered mindset. This means I use a variety of approaches to meet you where you are at, and we will collaborate to see what works best for you. My main goal is to provide you with a safe space to allow you to reach your therapeutic goals.
I work with people processing a wide variety of losses, but some of the most common issues I support are bereavement, pregnancy or perinatal loss, and end of life issues.