Can You Relate to Any of These Experiences?
- “Some days I feel numb, and other days the pain hits me like a wave.”
- “I hold it together for everyone else, but inside I feel broken.”
- “I’m grieving a future I thought I’d have — in my relationships, in my family, or in my career.”
- “I can’t stop thinking about how my past ‘should have been different.’”
- “Friends and family tell me to ‘be strong’ or ‘move on,’ but they don’t understand.”
If this resonates, you don’t need to keep pushing down your pain or pretending you’re okay for everyone else’s sake.
You need space where your grief, in whatever form it takes, is welcomed, not rushed.
You need support that helps you process loss, honor your story, and begin to gently rebuild your life.
How Grief Counselling Can Help
Grief counselling provides a compassionate and safe space to explore the many ways loss shows up in life, whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, infertility, unmet hopes, or grieving the past you didn’t get. Together, we’ll work through your unique experience of grief and help you find a path forward at your own pace.
Through evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and trauma-informed care, you’ll learn to:
- Understand and express your emotions without judgment.
- Develop healthy coping strategies for overwhelming days.
- Release guilt, shame, or “shoulds” that keep you stuck.
- Reconnect with hope and meaning as you carry your grief with you.
Grief counselling doesn’t erase the pain, but it can help you feel less alone and more supported as you move through it.
What Research Shows About Grief
Research shows that unprocessed grief can impact both mental and physical health, contributing to anxiety, depression, and even physical symptoms like fatigue or illness. Women, in particular, often feel pressure to “stay strong” for others, which can delay their own healing.
Counselling gives you the opportunity to slow down, release the pressure of holding it all together, and focus on your own healing. By acknowledging your grief, whether it’s loss through death, the loss of dreams, or the loss of what should have been, you create space for emotional recovery and resilience to grow.
Understanding Grief
Grief isn’t just about losing someone you love, it can also be about losing the life you hoped for, or mourning the pain of a past that wasn’t what it should have been. It doesn’t follow a straight line or a set timeline, and it often comes in waves.
In therapy, we don’t force a quick fix. Instead, we explore your unique story of loss, your relationships, your dreams, and what healing can look like for you. With gentle guidance and practical tools, you can learn to carry your grief in a way that feels lighter and more manageable, while still honoring what was lost.
Hope And Support Are Closer Than You Think
Grief counselling can help you find comfort, healing, and hope as you navigate life after loss. If you’re in Red Deer or Central Alberta, I offer in-person sessions where you’ll be met with compassion, understanding, and tools to support you in this difficult season.
If distance or convenience is a concern, I also provide online therapy across Alberta, so you can access support from the comfort of your own home.
Take the next step today. Book your appointment and begin your journey toward healing and renewal.