You need not be alone on your grief journey!
Grief is a universal reaction to the death of a loved one.
Yet, your grief is a unique experience and an intensely personal expression of your attachment and relationship with your loved one.
Together, we explore your complex, sometimes mixed, grief emotions, fluctuating reactions, persistent sad thoughts, how to manage difficult moments, and self-care practices to navigate your grief journey.
Grounded in evidence-based research, proven therapeutic interventions, and strategic coping techniques, my core grief counseling beliefs include:
Love never ends.
Death ends a life, but not a relationship.
Grief is the form love takes after a love one dies.
Grief is a full range of normal, mixed, sometimes conflicted emotions.
Grief is a unique, individual journey.
Grief is fluid. Emotions fluctuate. Ebb and flow, oscillate like waves of the sea.
Memories serve as continued bonds.
Reconstruction follows destruction of a shattered, assumptive world.
Each heart has a story. A story to be told & retold.
People need people for support to help heal.
Relearn the world. Relearn a new language. Reauthor a life’s story.
Trust your strength of resilience.
Sorrow and joy can alternately co-exist.
Manage the continual presence of absence.
Adaptation, integration, meaning making, posttraumatic growth leads to joy, satisfaction, and healing.
HOPE overcomes despair, guilt, regret, and sorrow.
