Grief & Loss
Grief changes everything.
It’s not just sadness. It’s disorientation. A rupture in our world and how we know ourselves in it.
Grief is often associated with death, but losses of all kinds are a regular part of life. Grief can come through divorce, illness, professional changes, relocations, identity shifts, or coming to terms when the life we had envisioned for ourselves is no longer possible.
However it arrives, grief is not something to “fix” or “get over” or quickly “move on” from.
Grief is something to be met, witnessed, integrated.
Who I Work With
I offer grief therapy for adults across Arizona, who have experienced:
Death of a loved one
Sudden or traumatic loss
Loss of identity or major life transition
Long-term caregiving and ongoing and anticipatory grief
How I Understand Grief
My approach to grief therapy is informed both by neuroscience and an understanding of grief as a deeply human, relational process — not a problem to solve.
Grief is not linear. It does not follow stages. And it does not simply disappear with time.
The emotions we push away in the midst of loss—the anger, guilt, or even relief—can linger in our unconscious mind, affecting us without our awareness.
Grief is rarely straightforward, especially if your relationship with the person or life you lost was complicated. It can be helpful to explore these ambivalent feelings, allowing you to confront the complexity of the relationship and how it’s affecting not only how you are grieving but also who you are to be now on the other side of the loss.
What Grief Therapy Looks Like
Grief therapy with me is about:
making space for the reality of your loss
understanding how grief is showing up emotionally, physically, relationally
allowing the full range of feelings — sadness, anger, guilt, numbness, even relief
unpacking the complications and realities of relationships
reorienting to a life that has been changed
integrating realities of life before the loss with realities of life after the loss
processing how others respond to your grief and loss
We move at your pace.
There is no timeline. No expectation that you should be somehow feeling different by now.
A Different Approach: Not Moving On, But Moving With
Many people come to therapy feeling like they’re failing at grief.
You’re not.
The cultural pressure to “move on” or grieve in particular ways often makes grief harder, not easier.
Instead, we focus on:
Learning how to live with loss
Integrating the relationship and what it meant
Exploring who you are and how you matter — then and now
Allowing grief to exist alongside meaning, connection, and even moments of delight and joy
This aligns with a growing understanding in grief research that healing is not about closure but about continuing bonds and integration.
