Losing someone you love can upend your sense of safety and meaning, especially when trauma and sudden loss intertwine.

Traumatic grief can leave you feeling disoriented, powerless, or uncertain about how to keep living while carrying the heavy burden of intense longing and painful memories.

As someone who has also experienced the devastating loss of a young child, and later my father, I understand how grief can alter every part of your being — body, mind, and spirit. My own journey through that loss continues to inform my deep commitment to helping others navigate this profound terrain with compassion, understanding, and hope.

Grief touches many parts of life — from the loss of loved ones to the loss of relationships, identity, home, or even a sense of self. Each loss carries its own weight and meaning. Grief changes us — but it can also reveal profound capacity for love, resilience, and transformation.

While I support clients through all forms of grief, my specialized focus is in child and pregnancy loss, as well as the complex and traumatic circumstances that often accompany these and other sudden and intense experiences of loss.

Our work together will honor your story and the unique relationship you shared with your loved one. As a grief counseling specialist, I utilize trauma-informed approaches such as treatment for Traumatic Bereavement, compassion-focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, and other evidence-based tools for traumatic grief and PTSD. We’ll gently process painful memories, address common feelings of guilt, integrate the loss into your life story, and cultivate a renewed sense of meaning and connection in continuing bonds.

We also integrate the PATHS framework to guide this process:

• Purposeful – Honoring your grief story and what still matters most to you.

• Action-Oriented – Incorporating coping skills, grounding and mindfulness practices for daily stability.

• Trackable – Noticing subtle shifts in strength, meaning, and emotional balance.

• Harmonic – Supporting a dual-process rhythm between remembering and re-engaging with life.

• Self-Compassionate – Holding your pain with gentleness, patience, kindness and respect.