find your way through loss.

Grief Therapy in Santa Rosa, Ca.

Maybe you have recently lost a loved one.

Or perhaps it has been some years. Time feels surreal. You watch other people moving on with their lives. Maybe people in your life expect that you should be done with your grieving and moving on as well.

You feel like your mind has gotten stuck in a loop of regrets…wishing if only you did something differently…if only you said something else…if only you intervened sooner…

Perhaps you are grieving another type of loss.

Maybe you are going through a divorce and grieving the loss of your relationship. Maybe you are going through a health crisis and grieving your body and your life as you knew it. Maybe you are transitioning from a job and grieving your loss of identity. Or maybe you are grieving the loss of your dreams and future life plans.

Maybe you have experienced people stepping back away from you.

They just don’t want to hear about your grief anymore. Maybe they are uncomfortable listening. Or maybe they just don’t know what to say.

You feel alone and disconnected. You can’t imagine that your broken heart will ever recover or that you will ever feel any kind of hope again.

You’re wishing you didn’t feel so alone in your sadness.

It’s like you feel lost and Disconnected and don’t know how to move forward.

Sound like you?

Struggling with persistent regrets.

Tired of people expecting you to be over your loss.

Ready to stop blaming yourself.

Wishing that you could connect to your purpose in life.

Here’s what we’ll do together

Body-centered Grief Therapy can help you move forward with support, compassion and hope.

The Grieving Process

Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life’s biggest challenges. Nobody escapes the reality of loss. Yet as a society on the whole we are not so comfortable with talking about or being with people who are grieving a loss.

Grief is an individual journey that affects every person differently.

There is no one way to grieve. Grieving does not follow one specific timeframe. People experience a multitude of emotional waves whose currents have different rhythms and pacing at different points in the process.

Unattended grief, though, can leave you feeling lost, alone and an experience of lingering in life.

Losing a loved one changes our foundation and ground of being. There is no quick fix in finding equilibrium and acceptance. After a loss healing is an ongoing process of finding more and more acceptance and compassion in ourselves.

Having a compassionate witness and ally after a loss is an extremely supportive part of the healing grief journey.

Tending to your heart with compassionate support

In sessions together I am there as a witness to your pain. Wherever you are in your grief journey I will meet you exactly where you are with presence and compassion.

Together in a safe space at your own pace

We will explore all the various colors, textures, qualities in which your grief would like to express itself. I will guide you to turn your attention inward so that you can bring deeper awareness to all of these various grieving parts of you .

Through curiosity and compassion we will explore how you are feeling, sensing, noticing different parts of your body and your breath as we turn our attention and give voice and expression to these grieving parts.

I will guide you through a creative process

We will map your different nervous system states bringing deeper awareness, compassion and insight into how your nervous system can best be supported during your grief journey.

Using imagery, mindfulness, gentle movements and breath awareness we will discover new options, new patterns of movement, thoughts, and behavior that we can introduce as regulating resources into your nervous system.

This somatic grief process offers a whole new way of coming home to yourself and your life after loss.

This process offers a healing experience of support and connection as you build your nervous system’s capacity for finding equilibrium and meaning again.

At the end of the day, I want you to know:

You will find your way through this pain. With the right support and process you can reconnect to yourself and your life in a meaningful way again.

What we’ll work on

Imagine a life where…

  • Your relationships feel nourishing and supportive.

  • Work feels inspiring and meaningful.

  • You feel connected to yourself and hopeful about your life.

  • You feel lighter and more spacious.

Healing is possible.

Healing is possible.

Questions?

FAQs

  • Yes. This approach is extremely effective no matter where you are starting from in relation to your body. If you are open to remaining curious in exploring and shifting your relationship to your body/mind even if it may be challenging at times - Transformation happens.

    Safely with support at a pace that feels just right for you, we will listen and connect to the innate wisdom of your body and it’s cues as we embark on re-shaping your nervous system for lasting change.

  • Yes, supporting you through your loss is really possible through online work. There are always advantages to working in-person, but there are also a significant number of advantages of working online. Since Covid many people have discovered that they actually prefer it as well.

    People appreciate the convenience of online therapy, not having to leave their home or office, get in their car and deal with traffic. They find that this actually alleviates a lot of extra stress when arriving to therapy as well as transitioning after the session.

    Safety is one of the key components to working with your nervous system when supporting you through your grief. Having sessions in your own environment orients you to an experience of familiarity, comfort and safety which can truly support the changes and facilitate the healing process.

  • Some people find that they can make significant shifts in their experience of loss the first 3-4 months of working weekly together.

    For others going through the grieving process they may need support for a longer period of time. They notice more gradual changes in their nervous system, taking 6-12 months to find their equilibrium again.