You don’t have to grieve alone

Online grief therapy throughout North Carolina and Virginia

Are you having a difficult time re-engaging in life after suffering a significant loss?

Are you struggling with a recent loss in your life? Maybe you're grieving the death of a beloved partner, friend, or even a cherished pet. Perhaps you're mourning the end of a relationship or friendship. You could be grieving a loss of identity if you've experienced a job loss, become a parent for the first time, or undergone other significant life transitions. You want to integrate this loss and move forward, but sometimes, the sadness, emptiness, and guilt are overwhelming.

Grief can impact a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior patterns. Signs of complicated or prolonged grief might look like:

  • Ruminating about the loss; Difficulty focusing and concentrating

  • Avoidance of people, places, and things that remind you of the loss

  • Ongoing and intense emotional pain, hopelessness, regret

 You’re ready to get support and find normalcy again.

How therapy works

You can learn to manage, cope, and move through grief.

Therapy work involves a thorough assessment and an understanding of symptoms and concerns. Therapists will want to know the impact of these symptoms on overall functioning. Other important factors considered are developmental history, levels of social support, strengths, values, and hobbies and interests.

An individualized treatment plan will guide the work of therapy, which often involves skills for increasing self-awareness, identifying and challenging unproductive thoughts, expanding one’s perspective, and taking action in the service of what’s personally meaningful. Other aspects of therapy work might include learning and implementing coping skills (relaxation, mindfulness, communication, and emotion regulation).

Ultimately, therapy works best when the client and the therapist are a good fit. It can take several attempts to find the therapist that feels right. I offer a free 15-minute consultation to answer questions and to see if we’d be a good match.

Grief therapy can help you…

  • Find your inner strengths and navigate difficult feelings

  • Challenge and change faulty and negative beliefs

  • Increase self-awareness and self-compassion

  • Build resilience and move towards acceptance

  • Re-engage in things that are important and personally meaningful

Frequently asked questions about grief therapy

FAQs

  • The therapy work for grief involves learning how to cope with the pain of loss, acceptance of the full range of emotions associated with grief, and re-engaging in life in meaningful ways. Learn more.

  • Grief is universal and inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any less painful. The suffering of grief is unique for everyone and can become complicated to the point where it’s hard to move on or engage in life after a loss. Suppose you’ve found that your grief process impacts you in your relationships, work, or home. In that case, you might benefit from therapeutic support Learn more.

  • Schedule a free consultation! I’d be happy to chat and answer any questions. Learn more.

 You don’t have to grieve alone.