Services
- Individual
About My Clients
Are you someone who thinks that grief only applies when you experience loss through death? Yet you are not happy at a job you thought was perfect, you've ended a relationship or your youngest child has left home? Do you feel empty or rudderless and without direction? What you are experiencing IS grief. Much of my experience has been with families of hospice patients who I help to navigate life after loss. But many are grieving for other reasons. I can help you as well.
My Background and Approach
Although I have studied many different counseling theories during and after graduate school I don't believe that therapy is one size fits all. The best approach is the one that helps the client. That's why it's important that the counselor you choose is a good fit. And if you have been unsuccessful in finding the right one, please keep trying because there is someone out there who can help you. I have the heart of teacher and believe two things. The first is the client is the expert in their own lives. The second is that at the end of our time together you will have the skills you need to help yourself. Since 2018 I have worked with hospice patients and their families, my specialty is grief and bereavement but I also have experience with other issues involving family.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I began my work with hospice in 2018 during my graduate school internship but I stayed because a job pays my bills, volunteering feeds my soul. I have completed training in loss and bereavement but my most valuable experience didn't come from a textbook, seminar or training. But rather from life. One of the most important lessons in grief was in 1998 when my mother died. Twenty five years later after giving up the "perfect" career, experiencing a devastating flood, rebuilding our home and life only to experience a second flood, I have learned that grief can also accompany life events involving change and loss, not just death. I am honored to share my knowledge and empower my clients to begin and complete their own healing. And to communicate that although loss is universal, THEIR loss is unique. Together we explore their loss and I walk with them as they navigate their journey toward healing. It's important that they know they can make it through and they aren't alone.