Grief and Loss

Life is difficult.  We are faced with losses constantly, from losses of expectations and assumptions, to losses of the people and circumstances we hold dear.  The ultimate loss we experience is death, and contemplating it so excruciatingly painful that we build very strong, personal defenses against it.  Our  society works relentlessly to deny and defy death, so finding support during times of grief can be really difficult.   When we are faced with unthinkable tragedy, our defenses crumble and we find ourselves alone, often afraid and probably in crisis, particularly when loss has come from violence, trauma or is shockingly premature. 

It seems irrational to expect anything serviceable to develop from the pain of losing a relationship, a job, a dream, health or even life itself.   It seems irrational to imagine anything resembling life or beauty can rise out of the devastating story ashes have to tell.  Nature gently shows us that it IS possible, the scorched earth heals and grows green again.  The work of grieving is like sifting through the ashes of anguish and pain.  As a grief therapist I will provide a space for you to reflect, to heal and grow, to find renewed meaning and purpose.

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear”

C.S.Lewis (“A Grief Observed”)