Grief and Loss

Loss can come at any time and the pain we experience can rock us to our very core. Heartache, desperation, feeling lost and alone. Pain.

At times like this it can be essential to reach out for help. Our society does not do well supporting people with grief. Most people around us will pathologize our grief, try to “fix” it, and want to make it go away as soon as possible. Reaching out to friends and loved ones can lead to lots of advice that doesn’t fit for us, listening to other people’s loss, or even to feeling guilty or ashamed for still feeling sad and in pain.

My approach to supporting people through their difficult losses is based on a non-hierarchical perspective. How we respond to loss is dependent on so many factors, such as how supported we feel in our lives both financially and emotionally. It often brings up past traumas, losses, and harmful habits (such as substance use).

You shouldn’t have to go through this alone. Speaking with a counsellor can give you the time and space to be with your grief as it is and not feel that you need to “get over it”. I can also give you strategies to help “contain” the hardest feelings of grief so that you can set them aside when you need to.