About Trauma, Grief, & Loss Therapy

The death of a parent is among the most stressful life events imaginable. The fact that the vast majority of us experience this loss at some point makes it no less painful or disorienting. A traumatic or untimely loss can complicate matters further, as can the loss of a parent with whom we’ve had a difficult relationship.

Many of my adult clients tell me that their mourning is initially overshadowed by immediate concerns like funeral planning, writing memorials, reckoning with the estate, consoling children, and managing family interactions. It may be hard to find time to tend to the various feelings of grief, sadness, anger, fear, & more. I provide a safe space for individuals and couples to care for themselves around this unique loss.

Reproductive losses are often characterized by anticipation and excitement that gives way to devastation and grief. This unique “emotional whiplash” can create intense distress for individuals while straining intimate relationships. In some cases, one partner may “feel” the loss more than the other. Other couples may struggle to comfort one another in the ways they have come to expect.

If you and/or your partner are navigating a reproductive loss, I can help you comfort and sustain one another while processing the loss in a meaningful way. I frequently support individuals and couples dealing with:

• infertility/sterility
• miscarriage
• stillbirth
• neonatal deaths
• recurrent pregnancy loss
• IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatments
• failed adoptions
• endometriosis and PCOS

Many reproductive losses fall into a category I call "disenfranchised losses" -- losses that are unseen and thus unsupported by the wider community. You may feel dismissed by friends and family as "overreacting," or have well-meaning connections coldly quote statistics in an attempt to comfort you. You may struggle to find people in your life that you feel really understand the gravity of your loss. Wherever you are in your grief process, I am here to support you and your partner in a way that honors your experience.

Caring for an aging parent can place unexpected strain on even the strongest intimate relationships. The emotional weight, shifting priorities, and time demands can lead to disconnect, resentment, or misaligned coping styles. Grief counseling for couples offers a space to navigate these challenges together—helping you communicate more clearly, support each other more fully, and stay connected as a team while facing the complex realities of aging, loss, and love.

The death of a spouse or partner can leave you feeling unmoored -- grieving not only the person you lost but the shared life you built together. Grief counseling provides a space to express the pain, confusion, and loneliness that often come with such a profound loss. Together, we’ll honor the depth of your bond, explore who you are in the wake of it, and support the slow, sacred work of healing and reimagining life after loss.

Family estrangement can bring a quiet, complicated grief -- one often filled with ambiguity, guilt, or longing. Grief counseling offers a space to untangle those emotions, make sense of what’s been lost, and begin healing on your own terms. Whether the distance was chosen or imposed, therapy helps you honor your truth, process the pain, and hopefully rediscover a sense of peace.

When you're in an intimate relationship, that grief doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it can strain communication, trigger past wounds, or create confusion about how to show up for each other. Therapy helps both partners navigate these emotional undercurrents with greater empathy and clarity, so you can remain connected.

The death of a child is an earth-shattering loss, one that can shake every part of your world, including your most intimate relationship. Grief can take different forms for each parent or partner, and those differences can create distance, misunderstanding, or even conflict during a time when connection is most needed.

Counseling offers a compassionate space to grieve together and apart—to honor your unique pain while also learning how to support one another. With guidance, couples can navigate this profound loss side by side, rebuilding trust, tenderness, and meaning in the aftermath of the unimaginable.

The loss of a beloved pet can bring deep, often unspoken grief -- especially if the loss is premature and/or traumatic. For couples, this kind of loss can surface unexpected emotions or coping differences that create strain or disconnection. Grief counseling offers space to honor the bond you shared with your pet, process the pain of their absence, and navigate the ways loss impacts your relationship. Together, you can find empathy, healing, and a renewed sense of closeness through shared remembrance.

It's easy to gloss over the pain and grief of a job loss, especially given some of the other things on this list! But the loss of a job also brings with it a host of other potential challenges -- financial uncertainty, identity disruption, impact on self-worth, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, even suicidality, just to name a few. For couples, it may surface fear, shame, or resentment, especially if coping styles differ or roles shift suddenly.

Grief counseling provides space to process the emotional impact of job loss, not just as an individual setback but as a shared challenge. Together, you can work to strengthen communication, support one another with compassion, and rebuild a sense of purpose and partnership in the face of uncertainty.

Loss doesn't always fit inside a neat little box. If you're dealing with a loss that isn't on this list, please know that your experience is no less valid. What's more, it's not uncommon to experience a deep sense of ache, pain, or grief without being able to link it to an explicit loss. Sometimes therapy is about making sense of what was actually lost, and not just dealing with the aftermath. In the loss literature, the term "ambiguous loss" has become a catchall for these types of losses. I am here to support you in your experience of loss, no matter what it is.