Grief and Loss Counseling in Santa Fe, NM.

Grief is a natural response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering you feel when something or someone you love is taken away.The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief. However, even subtle losses can lead to grief. For example, you might experience grief after moving away from home, graduating from college, changing jobs, selling your family home, or retiring from a career you loved.

I work with a lot of individuals who are dealing with profound grief and loss, as well as the feelings of sadness and depression that often come up with the death of a loved one. I consider this sacred work. Everyone who loves will eventually lose someone as a part of being human. Many times in our work together we just sit with the loss together, experiencing the loss until the time of grief naturally subsides. Other times grief brings up complicated psychological issues from the past that need attention. Either way, I will be there for you.

Grief counseling helps people cope with grief and mourning following the loss of a loved one or due to major life changes that trigger feelings of grief (i.e. job loss or divorce). It provides a space for individuals to work through and process the complex emotions surrounding loss. Healthy grieving results in remembering the loss with a newfound sense of peace, rather than searing pain.