Navigating the new normal.
Grief Therapy Online
Cincinnati, OH & across the US
Coping in the “after,” while honoring the “before.”
Your loss is a weight you carry with you—everywhere.
Some days, it feels like you’re drowning in your grief. Other days, you laugh for a moment… and then the guilt swoops in to shame you.
The world expects you to “move on”—work, school, relationships, kids, errands—but you’re still spinning from the loss. You’ve been stuck in survival mode for you don’t know how long.
And now on top of that? You find yourself fearing the next loss, like you’re always bracing for something bad to happen.
You feel like a worse version of yourself…and you’re tired of pretending you’re “fine.”
You’re trying to figure out how to live in a world without your person in it.
And life keeps rushing forward—emails, deadlines, school drop-offs—as if nothing happened.
Maybe you don’t have time to grieve. And when would you? You’re too drained to even start.
And then there are the thoughts you can’t always say out loud:
“What if something else happens?”
“Shouldn’t I be doing better by now?”
“Why does it feel like I’m doing this wrong?”
“How can I feel joy/relief?”
“Why am I so angry?”
Some days, it feels like your brain is spinning stories about every possible future loss, just waiting for the next hit. Or the daily inconveniences feel like the world is ending–it just takes one little thing to make all the intense feelings surface. Other days, you feel strangely okay, which comes with its own kind of guilt.
Maybe your support system isn’t showing up. Or maybe they are… but it still feels like something’s missing. Like your grief is happening on a different channel no one else can hear.
You just need a space in the chaos to say whatever you want without worrying about judgement or hurt feelings. You’ve come to the right place.
What grief therapy can do for you
Our grief therapy work can help you ride the waves of loss. It creates a place to release some of the build up of feelings and to ask, “What the hell, is this normal?” It’s a time in your schedule where you can say, “You know what, I actually don’t care about planning Thanksgiving because Dad won’t be there!” without worrying about hurting Mom’s feelings.
I can also join you in the times you just need to make a dark joke or complain about the what that person said.
We can feel the feelings, talk about the extra stressors and all the changes that no one else seems to understand, and decide together how you want to tackle it. Because even though I have been there, this is your unique grief experience. Grief can turn our worlds upside down and cause us to redefine what is important. I am honored to sit with you as you navigate all the changes, expected and unexpected.
You still miss them. You always will.
But slowly, over time, something starts to shift. You stop second-guessing your emotions.
You feel less pressure to perform "okay" and more freedom to be real.
The storm of emotions begin to ebb. The anger and anxiety quiet down. Your body feels a little less tense.
You start recognizing moments of connection, even joy—without guilt.
Grief is still a part of you, but it’s not the only thing. You’ve started seeing some beauty in its complexity.
You’re building a life where your person’s memory lives on…and so do you.
If you’re ready for a space where you can be real (mad, sad, numb, guilty—whatever’s there), I’m here.
We’ll move at your pace, and I’ll meet you wherever you are.
Click below to schedule a free consultation or send a message with any questions.
At the end of the day, I want you to know:
You don’t have to do this alone.
Grief is hard enough—you shouldn’t have to carry it without support.
Questions?
FAQs
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Not at all. Sometimes we can spend sessions without it coming up, especially the longer we work together. For a while stress and pain will feel like it ties back into grief and that’s okay.
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Some grievers find that they did not get a chance to grieve at the time of the initial loss and that it is later “hitting them.” Many people can also face grief coming up again at a different phase of life, like graduation, becoming a parent, or losing someone else. You may also find that your grief makes you feel more aware of death or dying or general safety–whether it be you or someone else you care about. So that could mean you find yourself feeling more anxious about the health and safety of yourself and your loved ones. Grief is personal and touches on so many parts of our lives, so grief therapy can be helpful at any point in life.
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Just like your grief, the timing to end grief therapy is very personal and unique to you. I have worked with clients who feel ready to end after 3-4 months or a year, but I also have clients who I am still seeing years later.
Sometimes we may shift into other work and focus since grief is just one part of your experience even though it can affect all areas of your life. It could be that you are feeling ready to end therapy for grief, but that you would like to continue in therapy with anxiety as a main focus for example. We would move forward with the awareness that grief can come up again in the future.
Deciding to end grief therapy is a decision that we can make together.
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Yes, I have. That is one of the reasons this work is so important to me.
I have lost both parents at different times of my life, as well as close family members.