Grief Counseling & Therapy

How Grief Counseling & Therapy Can Help You

Grief affects every dimension of your life: your mind, body, emotions, relationships, sense of identity, even your spirituality.

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Grief counseling and therapy offers you a safe, supportive space in which you can:

• Process complex emotions like sadness, anger, guilt, numbness, or even relief

• Understand grief as a natural, necessary process rather than something to "get over"

• Develop healthy coping strategies that honor your unique experience

• Navigate secondary losses that often accompany major transitions

• Find meaning and purpose in the midst of profound change

• Rebuild your sense of identity after losing a part of your life that defined you

• Create a "new normal" that integrates your loss while allowing you to rediscover meaning and joy

While we help people with all of these things, at Big Life Change Therapy we know that grief affects everyone differently. Some people may feel the loss of a relationship more strongly than the loss of a job. For others, the opposite is true. And we all grieve at our own pace.

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This is why we offer grief counseling and therapy services that are specifically tailored to your individual needs ...

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For the Death of a Loved One

The death of anyone we care about deeply can create seismic shifts in our world. If you're grieving the death of someone significant, we can help you:

• Express the full spectrum of your emotions without fear of judgment

• Process complicated feelings like guilt, relief, or unresolved conflict

• Navigate changing family roles and dynamics

• Address practical challenges, while honoring your need to grieve

• Develop personal rituals for remembrance and meaning-making

• Manage grief triggers, anniversaries, and life milestones

• Maintain a continued connection to your loved one as you move forward

​​For Relationship Loss

Whether through divorce, separation, estrangement, or the loss of a close friendship, relationship endings can bring genuine grief. We're here to support you as you:

• Process complex emotions tied to relationship transitions

• Navigate co-parenting or changing family dynamics after a separation

• Set healthy boundaries with former partners or family members

• Rebuild your sense of self outside the relationship

• Find closure, even when the ending feels unresolved

• Discover meaning in the relationship's end

• Create new connections and community, while honoring your grief

For Health Changes

Health changes – whether unforeseen diagnoses, chronic or serious illness, aging, or other physical adjustments – often involve grieving your former self.

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The grief counseling and therapy services we offer can help you:

• Process challenging emotions around the loss of physical capabilities or a change in appearance

• Navigate the uncertainty and fear that often accompany health transitions

• Develop self-compassion as you navigate difficult changes and redefine your identity

• Adapt meaningfully while acknowledging legitimate losses

• Build resilience in the face of ongoing health challenges

• Communicate your evolving needs to loved ones and healthcare providers

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For Career and Identity Transitions

Job loss, retirement, relocation, or significant role changes can all trigger profound grief over the loss of your former identity. We provide specialized support to help you:

• Understand and work through seemingly ambiguous losses related to life transitions

• Redefine your sense of purpose and meaning

• Manage the anxiety of identity reinvention

• Honor what you've lost while embracing new possibilities

• Navigate practical transitions alongside emotional ones

• Find community in new circumstances

• Integrate your past identity with emerging versions of yourself

For Disenfranchised or Unrecognized Grief

Some losses – like miscarriage, the loss of a pet, or letting go of an unrealized dream – aren't widely recognized or validated by society. But this doesn't make them any less profound or painful.

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We're here to help you:

• Validate your grief, even when others misunderstand or minimize it

• Create meaningful rituals for unrecognized or ambiguous losses

• Address the isolation or invisibility that can come with disenfranchised grief

• Find connection and community with others who understand your experience

• Build self-compassion and self-validation when external support is lacking

Our Therapeutic Approach

At Big Life Change Therapy, our therapists have specialized training in grief counseling and therapy, bereavement support, and life transitions. We use evidence-based approaches that are tailored to your unique situation, including:

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• Meaning-Centered Approaches to help you rediscover your sense of purpose

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for living alongside grief

• Attachment-Based Interventions to navigate family losses and relationship transitions

• Mindfulness Practices to help you better manage intense emotions

• Compassion-Focused Techniques to nurture self-kindness during painful changes

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We also offer both in-person and virtual sessions in order to be there for you where you are – whether you're at home, at work, or wherever you're navigating your grief.