Grief and Loss Counselling in Colwood, BC.

Loss is a natural part of life, the ebb and flow of living. Experiencing pain is also an inevitable part of being human. Suffering , however, is optional. Sometimes, the intensity of the grief when we experience loss can disable us and freeze us in our tracks. The grief work that you and I do will bring the forward the emotions that are trapped. I will support you in making sense of the loss and how to go forward with a new narrative about yourself and your life.

My approach is to join with you to understand your experience of loss intimately and deeply in conversation with you. When we are joined with the pain, you will not have to feel it alone, even if the grief is only fully healed with time. I will help you make sense of your feelings and provide psychoeducation around the phases of grief, specifically to how these known phases can be meaningful to your current experience, what you are feeling, and how you can continue to honour the person, relationship, or thing that you have lost and find acceptance and hope.

Grief & loss can seem debilitating and overwhelming and many people struggle in moving on. Counselling is a highly effective resource for healing after a loss. Through compassion and understanding we will work to heal the pain of the event and move into acceptance and peace. Whether you are grieving the loss of a loved one, the loss of health or mobility, divorce or mid life transition, we can help.

Grief must be witnessed, and I am here to sit with you in your pain to witness your grief. I learn from grief expert, David Kessler and work to bring his knowledge into my sessions. Pain and loss is not linear and there are no rules to follow as you grieve. Ultimately, as we work through your grief together we will arrive at a place of meaning making.

Are you experiencing challenges with dealing with a loss? Do you ever feel like you're stuck in a cycle of ruminating on painful memories, and don't know how to turn them off? Is this cycle keeping you up at night, or inhibiting you from living the life you've imagined for yourself? If so - please reach out. We'll work through your loss together so you can find freedom and live more fully and freely.