Intentional Journeys Counseling and Consulting, LLC
Therapy for Grief and Loss
Grief can be very personal. There is no right way to be with it.
You may be grieving the loss of someone or something deeply important to you. Or you may be carrying a grief that others do not fully recognize or understand; the loss of a friendship, a relationship, a chapter of life, or something you never quite had but always hoped for. Grief does not always come with acknowledgment. Sometimes you may feel completely alone in it, misunderstood, or as though your loss does not count in the way others’ do. It does.
You May Recognize Some of These Experiences
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Feeling alone or misunderstood in your grief
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Loss that others minimize, overlook, or do not fully acknowledge
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Guilt or a sense of responsibility that is hard to shake
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Grief or intense sadness that comes in waves; sometimes manageable, sometimes overwhelming
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Not knowing how to move forward without feeling like you are leaving someone or something behind
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Holding onto sadness or self-blame because you don’t want to let go of the love or the connection
How I Can Help
In our work together you will have space to feel understood and validated in your grief. We will work gently with the beliefs that can accompany loss; guilt, a sense of inappropriate responsibility, or the feeling that you should be further along than you are. Shifting those beliefs does not mean giving up the love, the meaning, or the positive feelings connected to what or who you have lost. What we work toward is allowing you to release the negative beliefs about yourself that do not belong in this story, while maintaining a meaningful sense of connection to the person, pet, or situation you have lost.
There is no timeline here. You will be given the support you need to experience your sadness without being judged or flooded.
You can find your way through this. Grief does not have to stay as heavy as it feels right now. You can honor what you have lost while also finding your way back to yourself.
I frequently work with mothers, therapists, educators, healers, highly sensitive women and empaths, as well as people experiencing systemic oppression or marginalization who may be experiencing unique types of grief.