Grief Therapy After a Major Loss
I work with adults in their 40s through 60s who are navigating the emotional challenges and transitions of midlife.
Grief doesn't follow a schedule, and it doesn't always look the way others expect it to. You might be moving through your days, handling responsibilities, appearing okay — while carrying something heavy that most people around you can't see. Or the grief may be very present and visible, and you're simply not sure how to move through it.
Loss in midlife is often layered. You may be grieving a person, a relationship, a version of your life, or a future you imagined. Sometimes it arrives alongside other transitions, making everything feel more uncertain.
However grief is showing up for you — quietly or loudly, recently or over time — there's room here to talk about it.
How Grief Shows Up
You may be experiencing:
Sadness, numbness, or emotional heaviness
Difficulty concentrating
Changes in sleep or appetite
Irritability or withdrawal
A sense of disorientation or disbelief
Questions about meaning or identity
How I Work
I offer a calm, steady space to talk about your loss without minimizing it or rushing the process. Together, we explore the emotional landscape of your grief and the ways it's affecting your life, relationships, and sense of self.
Therapy Can Help You
Understand your grief responses
Feel less alone with your loss
Make space for your emotions
Navigate the changes that follow loss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it too late to get help with a loss that happened years ago?
No. Grief doesn't follow a timeline, and unprocessed loss can resurface — sometimes years later, often triggered by a new loss or transition. If something from the past is still affecting how you feel today, it's not too late to give it attention. There's no expiration date on grief work.
I feel like I should be over this by now. Is something wrong with me?
No. The idea that grief follows a predictable schedule and then ends is a myth. Grief is not linear, and the pressure to be "over it" — from others or from yourself — often makes the experience harder, not easier. Therapy offers a place where there's no timeline and no pressure to be further along than you are.
My loss isn't a death — it's a divorce, a friendship, a career, a version of my life. Does that count?
Completely. Grief is the response to any significant loss, not only the death of a person. The end of a marriage, a major career change, an empty nest, the loss of health or physical ability — these are real losses that deserve real acknowledgment. You don't need to minimize what you're carrying because it doesn't fit a conventional definition of grief.
How is grief therapy different from just talking to friends or family about my loss?
Friends and family offer connection and love, which matters enormously. But therapy offers something different — a space where the focus is entirely on you, without the other person's own grief, discomfort, or need to reassure you shaping the conversation. It's also a place where you can say the complicated things — the anger, the ambivalence, the things that feel unspeakable — without worrying about burdening someone else.