Grief and Loss Counselling in Don Mills, ON.

I provide compassionate, supportive counseling for individuals navigating grief and loss, understanding that healing is a deeply personal and nonlinear process. Using evidence-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and trauma-informed care, I help you process complex emotions like sadness, anger, guilt, and confusion. Together, we create a safe, nurturing space to honor your unique experience, explore your feelings without judgment, and develop coping strategies to adapt to life after loss. My goal is to support you with empathy and patience as you gradually rebuild resilience, find renewed hope, and reconnect with meaning and purpose.

I define grieving as: "Your body is healing an emotional break and/or bruise". A loss of any type will create emotional bruising or an emotional break - such as the loss of a loved one. Grieving is a normal emotional healing process. Our emotions will heal, just as a broken leg will heal. However, we are to nurse the bruise/break properly, otherwise the emotional body can not heal itself. I will help you develop a healthy emotional wound care system. I provide a safe place for you to vent your feelings. Venting feelings or I like to call it "washing your emotional wound" is the first step. Then I teach the emotional nursing steps which will guide and support the healing process.

Although therapy cannot help you replace who/what has been lost, it can help you come to accept the reality of the loss, to be able to look backwards and remember the good, and to be able to look forward with hope. Grief and loss therapy can be helpful for those who have lost a loved one, are going through a separation or divorce, lost a job, experienced an injury, received a medical diagnosis, or recently experienced a disappointment.

It takes great courage to experience grief and survive loss. I can teach you how to be present to your own vast and deep emotions in a way that allows your body to release and your spirit to expand and become more through loss. Through the most difficult experiences, we discover our strength. We each have a unique path to discover. Through learning to respect our own timing, we allow ourselves to stay long enough in our sadness to develop a relationship of respect and honoring that empowers us to move on when we are ready.

Individuals often come to see me for therapy in my practice in the downtown area of Toronto in order to help them cope with grief, bereavement, and difficulty adjusting to painful loss. For some clients this includes the loss of a close family member, for others this includes the loss of an intimate relationship. In either case, the opportunity to discuss such losses and to understand their impact is an important part of the psychotherapy process.

Grief comes in many forms-whether it's the loss of a loved one, a pet, the end of a relationship, or even a loss of identity. We all grieve differently. There is no right or wrong way to grieve - only your way. Having someone walk with you through your grief can make a meaningful difference. Grief is a journey, and you don't have to go through it alone. Together, we will work through your loss at your own pace that feels right for you.

In Grief & Loss therapy, I provide a compassionate, supportive space for clients to process their emotions at their own pace. I understand that everyone’s journey through grief is unique, and I tailor my approach to meet each client’s needs. Using a combination of therapeutic techniques, including Narrative Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), I help clients express their feelings, navigate the stages of grief, and find healing through meaningful reflection. Together, we work toward acceptance, emotional balance, and a renewed sense of hope for the future.

My approach to grief and loss is rooted in empathy and understanding. I provide a supportive space for you to process your feelings and navigate the complex journey of healing. If you're seeking support during this challenging time, I invite you to reach out and book a free consultation. Together, we'll honor your experiences and find ways to move forward. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Grief is a complicated experience that leaves many feeling alone even in a room full of people. I work through the various stages of grief with you to process your emotions. Grief is like a heavy backpack you can't put down. I will support you in managing the overwhelm and exhaustion you feel as you return to daily tasks. Let's connect to get you back to feeling like yourself.

Grief and loss can feel overwhelming, touching every part of life and leaving people unsure of how to move forward. In my approach, I create a compassionate, supportive space where clients can express their feelings openly, without judgment. Together, we explore the unique ways grief shows up, whether through sadness, anger, guilt, or even numbness, and find meaningful ways to cope and heal. Using approaches like person-centered therapy, mindfulness, and narrative techniques, I support clients in honoring their loss, making sense of their emotions, and gradually rebuilding a sense of hope and connection in their lives.

Grief, another powerful emotion we experience when dealing with loss, is a conditioning that affects all human beings. In our society there is often a notion that we should hurry up and get over our grief but maybe we should grieve as long as we need to. One way to see loss is to see loss as change and then to let change in. By developing a practice of loving kindness towards ourselves and others we can take a gentler approach toward loss and pain.

I bring a great deal of compassion and empathy to work involving grief, whether that grief is from the death of a loved one or the loss of a dream or idea. I incorporate elements from narrative therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and internal family systems therapy into my work surrounding grief. In a safe, confidential space, we'll discuss ways to help you cope with your loss.

Have you found yourself in deep sadness from a recent loss or that may be many years old and perhaps you are only recently recognizing? People were designed to reach out to someone when they are grieving and have had a loss. Unfortunately in our modern world, we are expected to be brief about our losses, to shrug them off and move on. You don't have to suffer alone. I will support you to more fully allow yourself to experience this loss and sadness in safety so that you can truly process the pain. Please contact me for help.

If you are looking at this page chances are you have lost somebody or something you hold dear to your heart. If so, I am glad you are reaching out; it will be my pleasure support you, hold you, and guide you though this process until you can overcome it. Loss is a part of life. We can grieve for a variety of reasons; we may lose a job, a loved one, we may fail to achieve a goal, we may face infertility, or lose the health we used to have. Even though the grieving process is never fun when it debilitates your ability carry a normal life Grief Therapy becomes necessary. We'll work according to your personality including approaches such as psychoeducation, CBT, mindfulness and spirituality .

It is hard to believe the grief and anguish we suffer through grief and loss until you are experiencing it. Many well-wishers want to "get over it" and "move on." This truly is the time to have someone hold an empathic and sacred space for you to explore your grief with no judgments. Energy modalities help the process, they will not dissolve appropriate grief. They will help us gain a new perspective.

Grief and loss are normal, universal emotional experiences, but there is a tendency to get stuck in depression or anxiety rather than feel the sadness involved with loss. That’s understandable, because suffering is painful and difficult to bear alone. A therapist can support an individual with strategies for finding hope that a broken heart will mend. The aim is to build trust that, by allowing the expression of these feelings, the energy spent on suffering can be freed and reinvested back into creating a fulfilling life. As you do with a broken shoulder, you pay attention to the pain and attend to it in healthy ways while nature takes its course, allowing broken bones or hearts to heal.

When supporting individuals through grief, I use compassion and presence to hold a safe space for them to explore their feelings. Grief isn’t only about losing someone physically—it can also arise when loved ones don’t meet certain milestones, when expectations aren’t fulfilled, or through personal losses. I work collaboratively with clients to unpack their experience of loss, provide emotional support, and help shift their mindset so they can hold space for their grief and gradually move forward.

Grief and loss are significant life experiences that can be difficult to manage. I have heard from many that sometimes it seems like the extreme sadness will not leave them. I work with such clients to try and make space in their life to experience positive emotions along with the sadness. Grief is very individual and some clients desire help to "move past the grief", while others do not agree with this. I work to meet clients where they are, to optimize their day to day life experiences according to their own individual hopes. In addition, I help clients to find meaning in their experience of grief and loss, honour the life of their lost loved one, and manage the related difficult emotions.

Grief can feel like carrying around a heavy suitcase that clouds every aspect of your life. Though we often think about grief as stemming from the death of a loved one, grief can come from all forms of losses. Changing jobs, ending a relationship, being diagnosed with an illness, losing a pet, or even moving to a new place can cause grief. You might experience shock, anger, confusion, sadness, despair, frustration, guilt, shame, and life might feel meaningless. I work support you in unpacking the complex feelings behind grief, so that you don't have to be alone. Together, we can work to honour what you have lost, while building a path forward.

Grief can feel overwhelming, isolating, and all-consuming. I provide a compassionate space to fully share your pain, remember and stay connected to those you’ve lost, and explore ways to integrate their presence into your life. Clients gain relief, emotional clarity, and the strength to carry love forward while gradually discovering peace, hope, resilience, and renewed purpose in their daily lives.

In grief therapy, I provide a compassionate and safe space for you to work through the pain of loss. Whether you’re grieving the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or another major life change, I help you express your emotions and understand what you’re going through. Together, we explore healthy ways to cope, find comfort, and gradually move toward healing while still honoring your loss.

We all must deal with grief sometime in our lives. However, there are times we lose someone dear to us and it feels as if we will never see the sun again. Processing our loss through therapy helps to make that dark journey less difficult and in time blur the sharp painful edges of pain. During therspy we will look at and restructure negative debilitating thoughts and replacing them with more constructive and positive ones. We never fully get over the loss, but we learn how to celebrate and cherish our missed loved ones.

Our team has an extremely sensitive and compassionate approach that allows individuals, couples and families to explore issues around grief and loss in a safe environment. In helping clients make sense of their experiences and emotions around loss, they are able to grieve in healthy ways. The process of grieving allows for fresh perspectives to emerge around how to move forward after losing someone or something of deep value.

Are you experiencing a loss of sense of self, job loss, separation/divorce, unexpected transitions, death/loss of a loved one (pets included), challenging life transitions, retirement, or unexpected change. Grief comes in all forms. Together we can improve quality of life by learning how to cope with change and bring back joy & humour in difficult times.

When you experience the loss of a loved one, whether young or old, there are so many adjustments to be made. What is your new normal? Do you even want to adjust to a new life without this person? Grief is complicated and is not linear, and at times we need someone to walk alongside us in this journey. You may need to process anger, new anxieties, emotional and physical pain, complicated feelings and confusion. Let us help you navigate through this grief journey.