Grief can follow many kinds of loss, not only death. It may come with the end of a relationship, a major life change, estrangement, illness, or the loss of a future you had imagined for yourself. However it arrives, grief can leave you feeling unmoored, exhausted, or strangely disconnected from your own life, even as the people around you expect you to move on. You may find yourself moving through waves of sadness, anger, numbness, or guilt, sometimes without warning, and wondering if what you are feeling is normal.

There is no particular timeline for grief, and it is not something you need to resolve quickly. It takes time to feel and begin to understand what has changed. Together, we can explore not only what you have lost, but what the loss has come to mean to you. Grief can bring up memories, regrets, questions about who you are now, or feelings that seem to contradict one another. You may long for what was while also feeling angry about it, feel guilty when you begin to enjoy something again, or find that the loss has changed the way you understand yourself and your life.

Therapy can offer a place where your grief does not have to be minimized, rushed, or hidden in order to be acceptable. There can be room to remember, to feel what you feel, and to make sense of how this loss has affected you and the life around you. The aim is not to leave the loss behind, but to find a way for it to become part of your life without having to be the whole of it.