Grief and Loss Therapy for Every Kind of Goodbye
The Comments Meant to Make You Feel Better
“You weren’t even happy in that relationship.”
“At least your child is healthy.”
“Everyone’s kids grow up and move out.”
“Nobody likes their job.”
Each comment is meant kindly, and each one makes your loss sound smaller than it feels.
No One Seems to Understand Why You’re Still Struggling
Your relationship ended in a shock you’re still absorbing, happy marriage or not.
Your child changed their identity, and while your love for them hasn’t moved an inch, the future as you thought it would be has ended.
The house feels so alone now that your child has moved out.
Every week, that job steals a little more of your joy.
Why One Loss Fills Your Whole View
Grief comes in many forms beyond the death of someone you love.
Many people only learn through their own experience that letting go of and healing from an addiction is grief too.
So is losing the dreams you held for someone, or a breakup that turns your life on its end.
When nobody around you calls it grief, the hurt has no place to go, and that one tree blocks out the whole forest.
Give Your Grief a Name
I bring in mindfulness and Buddhist tools so we give your grief a name, whatever shape your loss has taken.
Our sessions become a place to share the hurt with someone who understands it.
Mindfulness brings us back to what you’re feeling today, the hurt exactly as it is.
Along the way, I’ll tell you what I’m noticing, warmly and directly.
Make Room for the Confusing Feelings
Grief stirs up feelings that seem to argue with each other, like anger at someone you love or relief sitting right beside the sadness.
Together, we’ll label each one as it surfaces and practice accepting it.
The Buddhist tools I use are meant for an ordinary afternoon when a memory ambushes you.
Once it’s named and accepted, the hurt starts to become something you understand.
See the Whole Forest Again
With time and distance, you begin to see your loss in a different light.
The tree that filled your whole view is still standing, and the rest of the forest grows back in around it.
Your quiet house holds the years that filled it, along with the ache of the empty rooms.
The comments meant to cheer you up land differently once you’ve named what you actually lost.
Let the Love Stay in the Picture
Grieving the future you pictured sits right alongside loving the people in your life today.
When the ache shows up again, you’ll recognize it and give it a name.
Open the Door to Healing
When you choose a consult time, you’re opening the door to healing.
We will create the space to be unfiltered and unapologetic about the losses nobody else seems to count.
Email me at strengththrubalance@gmail.com or phone (626) 780-7158 to book a free consultation, and bring the grief you’ve been told to get over.
Let’s Get Started
Let’s get started in finding the balance between your struggles in life so that you can begin to feel the benefits of creating and nurturing the strength within you.
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