Working through your feelings with a counsellor can help you come to terms with your loss as well as an acceptance that these feelings may always be present in some way or form. Grief is a unique experience and it is important to remember that there is no right or wrong way to feel, but the counselling room is a safe space where the most painful feelings can be expressed without fear of judgement or criticism. It is a place of beginning to let go and moving forward.

Part of learning how to deal with bereavement is adjusting to living in a world that is very different without your loved one. You may have had dreams and plans that you were looking forward to together, that will now not go ahead. I will help you process the feelings you have as you go through the stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance – and adapt to your new life.

I have had extensive experience working in a Hospice, supporting those who are living with someone with a terminal illness (pre-bereavement counselling) or those who have lost loved ones to cancer, dementia or other conditions. Grief can be raw and painful and accompanied with a sense of hopelessness but counselling if the timing is right can be the first tentative steps to moving forward with permission to enter into a new hope-filled chapter.

My goal is always to encourage and then empower a client to move forward in their life with a sense of hopefulness.