Grief and Loss Counseling in Lochbuie, CO.

Marie provides a compassionate and supportive space for individuals navigating grief and loss. She recognizes that each person’s journey is unique and honors the full spectrum of emotions that arise during these times, from sadness and anger to confusion and guilt. Through a blend of evidence-based approaches and mindfulness practices, she helps clients process their emotions, find meaning, and gradually integrate the loss into their lives. Her goal is to guide clients toward healing, resilience, and renewed connection with themselves and their world.

Grief can impact emotions, relationships, sleep, concentration, and a person’s sense of meaning. Counseling offers a supportive space to process loss at one’s own pace, without pressure to “move on.” Clients often experience relief from overwhelming emotions, greater clarity and self-understanding, and practical tools for coping day to day. Over time, many feel less alone, more grounded, and better able to re-engage with life and relationships while honoring what has been lost.

Grief is a powerful and unique process. There are numerous examples of how grief and loss can show up in your life, but often grief is in response to a deep and profound loss that you have experienced. This can show up as losing your loved one; your spouse, your close friend, your colleague, your beloved pet, or it can be the loss of your job, your marriage, your relationship, your home, or some other aspect of your identity. Love, patience, and compassion are vital to your grief process. Being able to navigate your grief process on your own can be overwhelming and that is when it is helpful to have someone to work with to support you and help you heal by being a witness to your process.

Katie approaches grief and loss therapy with respect for the individuality of each client’s experience, recognizing that grief is complex and does not follow a linear process. She provides a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore emotions, thoughts, and reactions associated with loss without pressure to resolve or minimize them. Her work focuses on helping clients process grief, honor their loss, and develop adaptive ways to integrate it into their lives. Through a strengths-based, collaborative approach, Katie supports clients in building coping strategies, restoring a sense of stability, and identifying pathways toward meaning, connection, and emotional resilience at a pace aligned with their needs and readiness.