Grief, Mourning, and Bereavement Counseling | Washington + Idaho

Grief does not move in straight lines. There are no stages to complete, no timelines to meet, no right way to carry loss.

Grief can arrive all at once or unfold slowly. It can be layered, complicated, and intertwined with trauma, before, during, or long after a loss. It may surface quietly, or it may intrude without warning. Some days it feels consuming… other days it feels distant, unfamiliar, or strangely absent.

Grief work is about tending to what has been lost while learning how to live within what remains.

In therapy, grief recovery is a process of gently holding the past in the present, making space for memory, meaning, and mourning, while slowly allowing yourself to imagine a future that has been irrevocably changed by loss. A future that looks different, but is still worthy of care and attention.

This space allows anger, relief, guilt, gratitude, shame, numbness, love, and longing to coexist without judgment. Together, we establish rhythms of self-care, remembrance, and meaning-making at a pace that honors both your loss and your capacity.

I work with:

• Sudden or unexpected loss

• Complicated relationships with the deceased

• Anticipatory grief and terminal illness, including supporting care-givers

• Relationship or life season endings

• Loss of identity, health, or ability

• Trauma intertwined with bereavement

• Disenfranchised grief, including suicide, overdose, estrangement, abortion, incarceration, deportation, and other socially stigmatized losses

Grief asks something honest of us.

Not resolution. Presence.
Not answers. Care for the life that is still unfolding.

If you are carrying loss and looking for a place to tend to it, you can begin here.