Grief and Loss Counselling in Halifax, NS.

Have you recently experienced a life change such as the end of a job or relationship, or a move to a new city or country, and you find yourself struggling to cope with the emotions and adjustments that come with this change? Are these changes affecting your emotional well-being or daily life? I am here to help you and provide a safe space where you can process the emotional impact of loss and help you adapt to change.

The pain of grief and loss comes in many forms. There is no one way to grieve and no one way to work with it. Your loss might be the death of a loved one, grieving a life once lived, or a relationship that has ended. Looking at the stages of grief allows us to understand what is happening, and with that knowledge, we move forward one step at a time into the new normal.

Have you found yourself in deep sadness from a recent loss or that may be many years old and perhaps you are only recently recognizing? People were designed to reach out to someone when they are grieving and have had a loss. Unfortunately in our modern world, we are expected to be brief about our losses, to shrug them off and move on. You don't have to suffer alone. I will support you to more fully allow yourself to experience this loss and sadness in safety so that you can truly process the pain. Please contact me for help.

When we lose something or someone we value, big or small, we often do not know how to respond. Loss begins a life-altering journey that can be enraging, unpredictable, painful, laborious, exhausting, and isolating. There is no recovery manual that maps out time, effort or distance. Liz's empathetic approach provides the space needed to navigate and narrate unchartered territory, while respecting that healing is a process. She facilitates the unpacking of personal experiences and works collaboratively to design a living plan that honors the relationship with grief while also creating a new way of being that is authentic and unique.

Although grief is normally thought of in terms of the death of a loved one, grieving is a common human experience that happens after many types of losses in life. Have you experienced the death of someone close to you, divorce, a friendship ending, or even a job loss, you may be experiencing sadness, regret, anger, and other complicated emotions that may be causing you to struggle. I can help you process through those thoughts and feelings a find a place of healing.

Grief and loss are experienced differently for each person - so therapy must be individualized and tweaked just for you and your situation. It is a process not an event and so we go over your story together and look for those events and perceptions that are uniquely significant to you. That tells us where to start, and what to expect. There is no "normal" when it comes to grief and loss, but you can get back to feeling normal for you.

While grief and transition are a natural part of life, we are still often overwhelmed by sadness, anger and all the confusing emotions that come with loss. There is no right or wrong way to grieve—just your body and mind doing what it can to process the pain of major life change and the loss of how things were. Working with me means compassionate care that helps you to approach and feel your feelings in a safe way, taking things one step at a time. I promise you that all grief can be transformed into a gentle honouring of who or what was lost. I would be happy to team up with you in your journey towards peace and acceptance.