grief work

Reflecting on what has been lost

Grief and shame are tough companions that many people carry from trauma. Together, we can unpack them and lighten the burden of impactful memories that keep replaying in your mind. Whether you have lost a loved one, a part of yourself, or even a future you imagined, we will explore how your loss has impacted your story. 

✶ Shame is a heavy companion to carry alone

✶ Grief work allows us to honor our past and reclaim our future

  • No. Other diagnoses such as trauma or OCD have a “gold standard” approach that has evidence supporting its treatment efficacy. There is no gold standard approach for grief because each and every person’s journey with grief is different. Rather than assigning an universal intervention or protocol to “cure” grief I witness someone in their grieving process and help them through the Four Tasks of Mourning.

  • I previously worked at the Austin Center for Grief and Loss and oversaw their grief support groups for Loss due to Chronic Illness & Pain, Caregiver’s Loss, and Reproductive Loss. Although these were the topics I worked with most frequently, grief touches almost every client that I work with. If you have not experienced a death loss you can still be grieving many things. You can grieve a part of you that you lost somewhere along the way or tragedy that you witness on the news.

  • When working with grief I utilize the Four Tasks of Mourning and help you navigate barriers with each task. The four tasks include: 1) Accept the reality of the loss, 2) Process the pain of the grief, 3) Adjust to the world without who (or what) you lost, 4) Finding a connection with who (or what) you lost in present-day life.

    Many people can get stuck in one task of the grieving process: trying to move on without acknowledging the loss or reliving the pain of the loss over and over again. Together we will move through each of these tasks and help you honor your past and reclaim your future.

  • On the weekends you will find me at thrift stores, antique malls, and estate sales sorting through items from someone’s past and giving them a second life. I have always found beauty in honoring what came before.

    The process of therapy is similar. The deepest parts of you are worth a second look. Together we will reflect on the story of how your Parts came to be and reclaim your future. These Parts are important Keepsakes, that remind you where you came from. Your history is worth knowing, and your future is worth fighting for.