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Grief and Loss

in Redondo Beach, CA

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Helping adults manage their grief

Your grief feels dark, heavy, or even impossible to deal with

Most people who start therapy for grief and loss feel a bit overwhelmed with what they are feeling.

And you may feel very alone. Maybe it’s because you’re fearful that bringing up your grief will hurt people in your life. Or it could be that even if you do bring up your grief, no one understands you. The worst part can be when people say things like “he’s in a better place” - phrases that do not feel comforting, or make you feel worse.

In life, it may have become a struggle to look forward to anything or you're noticing that you’re often exhausted and unfulfilled. Everything just turned gray. The colors are flat. And you feel that way too.

Do You Feel Sad, Guilty, Overwhelmed?

Do any of the following resonate with you?

You don’t know how to handle the grief, it just feels overwhelming.
You might think you are going crazy.
You struggle to explain what you’re feeling in words.
You get emotional and may cry at the drop of a hat.
You might feel anxious or worry more than before.
You feel guilty for some reason. Maybe because “I didn’t do this” or “I didn’t say that” before they passed.

If these sound true for you, I want you to know that you're not "crazy." It’s very common for humans experiencing grief to question, “I don’t know if I’m doing grief very well.” Even though you might feel alone, what you are going through is common and it's okay to ask for help.

Grief Support Is Here For You

You can get support managing the grief. It’s possible to…

Get accompanied in your grief, so you aren’t alone.
Get understood in what you are going through.
Get validation that you’re not crazy through insight into how grief works.
Get practical tools that help with managing the grief to take with you and keep forever.

Get Someone To Walk Alongside You, For As Long As You Need

Here, your grief and loss isn’t on a time table

There’s no limits around what you can and can’t say or can or can’t feel or how long you need to grieve.

Therapy for grief and loss means that you’ll have someone with you, helping withstand the overwhelm of grief. Overwhelm may be a good word for it because often, we can’t even explain what we’re feeling. It’s just a lot. And support can help.

Even if you’re embarrassed about your grief, therapy helps. I’ve sat with people in grief so they aren’t by themselves in what they are going through. My clients go from feeling isolated, like no one “gets” how they feel, to having someone who fully sees and understands them, and can be there ongoing.

How Therapy For Grief and Loss Works

Therapy for grief and loss consists of 60-minute, one-on-one sessions. In addition to listening, I will share tools that will help you manage your grief and provide guidance based on my experience. I play an active role.

Here’s how it will work step-by-step:

First, I provide a safe space so that you will feel comfortable sharing about your grief.
Through hearing your story, we will start to get a picture of what you’re experiencing.
You’ll get understanding and someone that can sit with the depth of your grief. This is helpful especially if you don’t have other people in your life that can be there for you.
Along the way, you’ll get insight into what grief is and how it affects us which can validate your human experience.
If it makes sense for you, we can incorporate brainspotting to help heal deeper levels of what may be coming up for you.
Over the course of our sessions, you will get supported with your grief.

Through hearing your story, we will start to get a picture of what you’re experiencing.

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Let’s Get Started Today

Start now and get support for your grief

During your free phone consultation you can share what’s going on for you and we can explore how I can help.

Call me for your free phone consultation today at 310-938-0494.