What is Grief and Loss?

Sometimes grief is sharp, overwhelming, and disruptive. Sometimes it is dull, distant, and saps you of your energy. Often, it goes beyond words. If you are feeling the weight of grief, you know how disorienting it can be. Loss leaves us with unpredictable emotions, distressing memories, difficult decisions, and a domino effect of change that impacts all areas of life. Navigating these ups and downs can be hard and lonely. In that process, grief therapy provides relief, support, understanding, and guidance. 

Why Grief Therapy?

People often reach out for grief therapy when they want help navigating the shock, pain, changes, and meaning of their grief in a healthy way. This looks different for everyone. For example, maybe:

• Grief is affecting your ability to function.
• Few people understand and your relationships are suffering.
• You are operating in hyper-productive mode, taking care of everyone else, and now you’re realizing you need help taking care of you.
• You feel numb and want to know why you aren’t reacting like everyone else.
• You’ve found yourself struggling with physical symptoms (e.g., problems with sleep, appetite, concentration, pain, lethargy, tension, or anxiety attacks).
• You’re facing multiple losses or traumatic loss.
• Pain from a past loss is impacting your daily life and you feel it’s time to talk about it.
• Grief has stirred up existential questions you want to explore and work through.
• You want to learn about yourself and grow from your experience of loss.

If you or a loved one can resonate with any of these, we are here to help.

Our Approach

Grief is universal, but everyone’s grief process is unique. Whatever your loss may be, and wherever you are in your process, we are committed to providing emotionally supportive space and helping you process the layers of your loss. Our goal is to help support you in finding freedom, peace, and purpose in the new landscape of your life. Using up-to-date approaches to grief therapy, we tailor the treatment to meet your unique concerns in ways that honor your history, values, beliefs, and cultural context.

If you or your family are facing a significant loss, we are here to help. Grief therapy in an individual or group psychotherapy context can be a powerful source of support, guidance, and healing. If you want help finding the fit that’s best for you, we would be happy to answer questions and discuss therapy options.