Grief, Loss, & Change

“Change is the only constant in life.”

Even with change for the better, any kind of loss, change, or transition will have an element of grief.

Grief, by definition, is the emotion associated with loss. That emotion can look like sadness, low motivation, irritation, anger, numbness, and more. Research has developed a variety of ways to explain the process of making peace with grief, but at the end of the day, the emotions are often unbearable and the healing still takes time.

I find value in all parts of the grief process - making sense of what happened, processing the emotions that come up, and making meaning of the whole journey to build your strength and resilience. Together we can discuss tools for coping with the emotions when they arise, process your thoughts about the loss, and explore purpose in the pain to inform your future.

My personal philosophy is that grief does not have a timeline, which means we can navigate the grief at your pace. When others may be rushing your process to “move on”, I want to provide you with space to process and heal at your own rate.

I also understand feeling as though you “should have moved on by now”. If a particular part of the grief feels “stuck” and like you can’t move past it, EMDR may be able to decrease the intensity of the emotion or change the way you think of part of the loss. For more information on EMDR, click here.