Grief Therapy Online

Grief can feel like a giant, gaping hole in your life.

At first, the pain may feel unbearable — almost too painful to breathe. You may feel like you’re on an emotional rollercoaster: one moment numb, the next panicked, the next furious at everyone, including yourself, the universe, or the people arguing about paint colors at Home Depot.

And then, suddenly, you may be crying again.

There is no single way grief is supposed to feel. Some people feel flooded. Some feel numb. Some feel guilty, angry, confused, relieved, anxious, or disconnected from the world around them. Most people feel many things, sometimes all in the same day.

Grief Is Not Only About Death

We often think of grief as the loss of someone we love. But grief can also follow many other kinds of loss, including:

the death of a loved one
miscarriage, infertility, or reproductive loss
divorce, separation, or the end of a relationship
loss of a home, job, community, or familiar life
relocation, immigration, or moving away from your support system
loss of health, safety, identity, or a previous version of yourself
loss after trauma
retirement or a major role change
the death or illness of a pet
financial instability or the loss of a dream you were holding onto

Sometimes a current loss also opens older wounds you thought had healed.

What Grief Can Feel Like

Grief can affect your emotions, body, relationships, and daily functioning. You may notice:

shock or disbelief
sadness or waves of crying
anger, irritability, or resentment
guilt, regret, or replaying what happened
fear, anxiety, or panic
numbness or feeling disconnected
fatigue, insomnia, appetite changes, nausea, aches, or lowered immunity
difficulty concentrating
feeling alone, even around other people

Time does not simply “heal all wounds.” For many people, time changes the shape and intensity of grief. The loss may become less raw, but it can still remain part of who you are and how you understand your life.

When Grief Feels Lonely

In the first days or weeks after a loss, people may show up with offers to help. But months later, when others have returned to their lives, you may still be trying to understand how to live with what has changed.

This can be one of the loneliest parts of grief.

You may feel pressure to move on, be strong, function, or return to “normal” before you are ready. You may also judge yourself for grieving too much, not enough, or in ways that surprise you.

Grief has its own timing. It does not always follow a neat path.

How I Work With Grief

My approach to grief therapy is gentle, respectful, and paced carefully. I do not believe grief is something to rush, fix, or pathologize.

In our work together, we may make space for the many emotions that come with loss, explore what this loss means in the context of your life, and support the parts of you that feel overwhelmed, numb, angry, guilty, or alone.

Depending on your needs, I may integrate psychodynamic therapy, somatic therapy, EMDR, parts work, mindfulness, and polyvagal-informed approaches. EMDR and somatic work may be helpful when grief is connected to trauma, disturbing images, medical events, sudden loss, or experiences that feel stuck in the body and nervous system.

Therapy cannot erase grief. But it can offer a place to be accompanied, to make meaning, to care for what has been wounded, and to begin finding your way in a life that has been changed by loss.

Online Grief Therapy in Colorado and California

I offer online grief therapy for adults located in Colorado and California. Online therapy can provide a private, steady space for support, especially if you are functioning on the outside while grieving quietly, living far from family or community, or navigating loss during an already demanding season of life.

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If you are grieving and wondering whether working together might be a good fit, I invite you to reach out for a free 20-minute video consultation.

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