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Conditions we treat

Grief & Bereavement

Loss reorganizes a person. Sometimes that reorganization looks like depression, and sometimes it is grief that needs different room than depression does. Both deserve careful company.

Care formatsIndividual · Bereavement group · Family

Typical session50 min weeklyNo clock imposed on your timeline

ModalitiesContinuing-bonds · EFT · IFS · Group

IncludesPregnancy / infant loss · Anticipatory grief · Non-death losses

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The shape of it

What we mean when we say Grief and Bereavement.

Grief and depression overlap, but they aren’t the same. The difference matters because the help that works for them is shaped a little differently. Depression often makes it hard to feel anything; grief is usually saturated with feeling, and the difficulty is what to do with it. We work with both, and with the long territory between them.

Loss is not only the death of someone close. It includes pregnancy and infant loss, the end of a relationship, the loss of a parent who is still alive but no longer recognizable, the loss of a future you had planned on. We don’t rank losses. We help you make room for the one you are carrying.

This page might be for you if…

You’re tired of being asked how you’re doing and tired of saying “okay.”
The people around you have moved on a little faster than you have.
Some part of the loss hasn’t quite landed yet.
It has been longer than you expected and you’re not sure if that means something is wrong.

What this can feel like

From the inside, it often sounds like this.

You’re tired of being asked how you’re doing and tired of saying “okay.”
Some part of the loss hasn’t quite landed yet, and you don’t know whether to push it or wait.
The people around you have moved on a little faster than you have.
You’re afraid of what happens if you let yourself feel the whole thing.
It has been longer than you expected and you’re not sure if that means something is wrong.

We don’t rank losses. We help you make room for the one you are carrying.

— From the practice

How therapy can help

What working on this looks like.

The work is rarely about “processing” the loss in any one prescribed way. It is more about building a relationship with the loss that can hold the rest of your life around it. We draw on continuing-bonds frameworks, EFT-informed individual work, and — when appropriate — group support with other people in similar territory.

Individual grief therapy — with no calendar imposed on what your timeline should be.
Bereavement group — when participation allows. Hearing other grievers makes the territory less lonely.
Family work when grief is rearranging a household.

Not sure if this fits what you’re carrying?

A short conversation with our healthcare coordinator usually clears it up. No commitment to schedule.

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Common questions

Things people ask about Grief and Bereavement.

How do I know if my grief has tipped into depression?

There’s a kind of overlap zone, and the difference often matters less than the help. We’ll think about it with you, and the work doesn’t require us to settle the question first.

Is it strange that I’ve been grieving longer than feels normal?

Almost certainly not strange. There is no right timeline. Prolonged grief is its own clinical category and is treatable when it does need attention.

Will I be expected to talk about the person every session?

No. The work goes where the work needs to go. Sometimes that’s the loss directly. Sometimes it’s everything else around it.

You don’t have to figure this out alone

Reach out — even if you’re still not sure.

Most people sit with the question for a long time before making the call. Whatever you’re carrying, we’ve almost certainly sat with someone holding something similar. The first step is just a conversation.

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Grief & Bereavement

What we mean when we say Grief and Bereavement.

This page might be for you if…

From the inside, it often sounds like this.

What working on this looks like.

Not sure if this fits what you’re carrying?

Things people ask about Grief and Bereavement.

Reach out — even if you’re still not sure.

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