Services Offered

Are You Grieving?

Are you grieving the loss of someone special? Does your grief have you feeling weighed down, confused, overwhelmed, alone, and lost?

That makes sense. Everything you are feeling, thinking, and doing is part of grief.

Grief is a huge, traumatic, and overwhelming whole-person experience. You may think grief has ‘broken’ you, or that you’re doing grief wrong because you’re not ‘healing’ fast enough, or you haven’t found ‘closure’ yet. Maybe you feel that it is impossible to even heal from such devastation and believe the deep pain you are in will always be this way.

Dealing with the death of a beloved person or pet can make you feel like you’ve lost a core part of yourself. Grief feels isolating because friends and family have quickly gone back to ‘life as usual’, while you feel anchored in your grief. This is where I come in.

Here Is How I Can Help You

Dealing with grief can be overwhelming and scary.

So it makes sense to speak with someone like me, a grief coach. I understand how grief feels from the loss of my beloved Father, and I understand the needs of a grieving heart. I can help you understand what grief is and how it affects your feelings, thoughts, body, social relationships, and self-identity. And from there, we can begin to learn about effective coping tools that will help you regain balance and feel hopeful that our grief will soften.

My goal is to share plenty of grief wisdom and helpful coping tools with you. Together, we’ll work towards moving you from just ‘surviving’ and reacting to grief, to a place filled with confidence, control, balance, harmony, and hope. Over time, your mind, body, and soul will begin to feel happiness and joy once again as you embrace a life of love with loss. New experiences and relationships will blossom, and you’ll discover ways to keep your cherished bonds alive in every possible way.

Unique Services I Offer

I know full well how complicated and heavy grief is. I also understand that everyone needs to have a sanctuary in grief. A safe place in their grieving and healing process and a safe haven in which to feel feelings, share stories, ask questions, seek advice and learn how to cope, slowly but surely. I am that place. And here are the services that help to create that grief sanctuary.

1. My counselling style is client-centred, which means I want you to feel in charge of our conversation. I see you as the expert in your grief and life with loss, and you decide the topics we discuss.
   On my end, I want to hear about your beloved, what life feels like now, I want to know what feelings are the heaviest, what thoughts keep looping, what you’re hoping to achieve from our time together, and what healing looks like to you.
2. I will always be checking in with you to understand your feelings and thoughts. I work respectfully, slowly, and compassionately to truly understand and support you. I will ask questions along the way and always check in on how you are feeling. I also avoid using complicated grief jargon or psycho-babble because I believe it isn’t helpful, and it usually feels confusing and impersonal.
   The session always ends with my simple question, “So, how do you feel?” My goal is for you to tell me that our time together has left you with a positive emotional shift, a newfound sense of grief wisdom, new tools you know you will use, confidence that you can soften your grief, and hopefulness.
3. Unlike the traditional 50-minute therapy session time frame, my sessions are 60 minutes. I can give you a full hour, because I am virtual, and I understand that those ten minutes can mean a lot when you’re in grief.
4. I also do not limit my sessions to a 60-minute limit. I know how it can sometimes take a bit to find the words to say what we are thinking and feeling. And sometimes we get into a session thinking we have nothing new to talk about, and two hours later, it turns out there was a lot to discuss. And some people find it hard to talk about their feelings. And all of this needs time … not hard time limits.
   It feels very unsettling to be told in a grief session, “Well, that’s our time for today. See you next week?” So, I always allow my clients to talk for as long as they need to, and I do not charge extra. I book every session for three hours, so you have all the time you need.
5. Grief comes in waves. There are minutes, hours, and days when grief is calm and we feel OK-ish, and then there are times when we get swarmed by so many feelings and thoughts. All of this can feel unsettling, overwhelming and scary.
   That is why I allow my clients two ways to talk with me.
   You can always book as much time as you need, and as often as you want. AND, I allow all of my clients to reach out to me anytime between those booked appointments. Just text or email me about what’s going on, and I will get back to you that same day. We will talk briefly, and then set up a Zoom for that day, or when it works for you. You will never feel alone with me as your companion in grief.

You Can Trust Me

I will create a grief sanctuary in every session. You’ll always feel safe, supported, and respected. You will begin to trust that I respect you, respect your grief, and that you can share anything and everything with me, and there will be no judgment.

I will make it OK for you not to have all the answers. You do not have to pretend with me. You do not have to be the strong one. I will not rush your healing. I will meet you as you are and where you are in your grief, and together we will take as long as it takes to get to where you want and need to be.

I would be privileged to walk with you as your companion in grief.

Let’s Get A Grip On Grief

If you’re ready to meet me and start positively changing your grief and your life with loss, then please book your free 15–30-minute discovery call.