Working with those who have lost someone they love, is something that I would consider an honor to be able to do. Losing someone we love is a very personal experience, as is the grief that comes with it.  I come with compassion from having decades of clinical experience in a level I trauma center both in caring for those who passed, as well as with the families who were present. Through my 15 years in mental health, working with loss of life, but also with loss of what was or could have been. My personal experience in losing a parent at a young age, the result of chronic alcoholism and a mother, who lived with Alzheimer’s for over two decades prior to passing. I lost my husband and best friend to cancer, walking every step of the way with him during his 5-year cancer journey with our youngest daughter still in high school.

Grief is personal, and in some instances, it can be very complicated when the relationship, when living, was filled with turmoil. The mixed emotions, sometimes feeling safer having the other person gone, while grieving what might have been. I lost a brother, two years older than I, who fit this description. The confusion of grief, relief and guilt can feel overwhelming. Loss, of anyone or anything that is near and dear to our heart can result in a grieving process. I would be honored to help you with finding your pathway of your own grief journey.