You Don’t have to Grieve alone.
Therapy for grief & traumatic loss in Maryland
The pain is real and you don’t have to bear it alone.
Grief doesn’t come in stages.
It comes in waves. In breathless moments. In unacknowledged anniversaries. In songs on the radio. In silences that feel louder than words.
Whether your loss was sudden or expected, peaceful or traumatic — the ground shifted beneath you. Life hasn’t been the same since. You might be carrying the weight of:
A loved who died suddenly by suicide, overdose, or accident
The profound grief of losing a child, spouse, partner, sibling, or parent
The confusion and ambiguity of mourning someone you had a complicated relationship with
The quiet pain of anticipatory grief as you care for someone living with dementia or nearing the end of life
The invisible ache of a life transition — divorce, estrangement, aging, infertility, job loss, or career change
The challenge of experiencing grief and excitement at the same time as you end one phase of life and enter a new one
When life changes in an instant, you deserve support you can trust to walk alongside you.
How therapy works
You can learn to acknowledge the loss, grieve the pain, make sense of what has happened, and build a new life.
No matter the type of loss, I have worked with so many people who hear things from well-intentioned loved ones like: “Aren’t you over it yet?” “Everything happens for a reason.” “At least they’re in a better place.” “Be strong for the others.”
These words, though often well-meaning, can leave you feeling even more isolated in your grief — as if your pain is something to hide or move on from rather than something to experience and learn to integrate into your daily life.
Here, your grief has space. You can tell the truth about what it’s like. You can fall apart, remember, rage, weep — and know that every part of that is welcome. In our work together, you will have support to learn how to carry what you've lost without being crushed by it and feel empowered to make sense of what has happened and build a new life.
It means discovering ways to feel connected — even if they’re not the ways you hoped for. It means holding sorrow and aliveness in the same hands.
This is tender work. And you don’t have to rush.
If you’re ready to talk, I’ll meet you wherever you are — in the heartbreak, the numbness, the disbelief, the hope that it won’t always feel this way.
Therapy for grief and traumatic loss can help you…
Find space to honor your loss and make sense of what you’re feeling — at your own pace.
Feel less alone as you move through waves of sadness, anger, confusion, numbness, guilt or relief.
Learn gentle ways to care for yourself when everyday life feels heavy or overwhelming.
Help support your children, in age appropriate ways, on how to navigate their own grief while you tend to your own.
Reconnect with moments of meaning, love, and even peace amid the pain.
Adjust to life after loss while still keeping the memory of your loved one close.
Begin to imagine a future that feels possible again — one where you can carry your grief and live fully.
Frequently asked questions about Grief therapy
FAQs
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Grief therapy gives you a safe space to explore your feelings and process your loss at your own pace. Together, we’ll focus on your day-to-day coping, understanding your grief and ways you may feel 'stuck' in it, allow yourself space to have a witness to speak the hard stuff out loud (if you want to), and find ways to move forward while honoring your loved one. I use trauma-informed approaches including Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy (ISTDP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness, and somatic techniques to help you process not just the loss itself, but the ways it's living in your body and mind. Whether your grief is recent or decades old, therapy can help you carry it differently. Learn more.
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Grief therapy may be helpful if you notice any of the following:
Feeling alone or isolated in your grief
Trouble sleeping, whether it’s too little or too much
Feeling like you have no one to talk to, or loved ones don’t understand
Not feeling like yourself or losing interest in things you used to enjoy
Being stuck in “what if” thoughts about the loss
Feeling unsure how to support your children or loved ones
Needing guidance to make sense of what has happened
Experiencing physical symptoms like chest tightness, exhaustion, or feeling numb
Avoiding reminders of your loss or, conversely, being unable to stop thinking about it
Struggling with guilt, anger, or relief that feels "wrong" or shameful
Grief therapy doesn’t have to be long-term. Even a few sessions can help when you feel “stuck,” providing support, coping tools, and space to begin building a life while honoring your grief.
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It's never too late. Grief doesn't have an expiration date, and unprocessed loss can resurface years — even decades — later, especially during life transitions, anniversaries, or other losses. You might have integrated your loss in some ways but still carry the weight of what happened. Therapy can help you finally process what you didn't have space to feel back then, or integrate grief that's been quietly shaping your life all along. Whether your loss was last month or twenty years ago, it's not too late to heal.
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Traumatic loss — whether from suicide, overdose, accident, homicide, or other sudden deaths — often leaves survivors with complicated grief layered with trauma symptoms. You might replay the moment you found out, struggle with intrusive images or thoughts, feel hypervigilant or detached, or experience guilt and "what ifs" that won't quiet. I'm trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), which is highly effective for processing traumatic memories and reducing the intensity of trauma responses. We'll work at a pace that feels manageable, helping your nervous system process what happened so the memory becomes less overwhelming and you can begin to tend to your grief and reclaim your life.
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Yes. Grief gets complicated when the relationship was difficult, abusive, or estranged. It's okay to feel relief alongside sadness. It's okay to grieve someone you also resented or feared. It's okay not to know how you feel. Ambiguous grief — like mourning someone who's alive but lost to dementia, addiction, or estrangement — is also deeply valid. These types of grief often come with confusion, guilt, and isolation because they don't fit the "normal" grief narrative. Therapy provides space to untangle all of it without judgment.
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As a trained pastoral counselor, I'm equipped to integrate your faith into our work if that's meaningful to you. We can explore questions like "Where is God in this?" or "How do I reconcile my faith with this pain?" without platitudes or pressure. If you'd rather keep faith separate from therapy, that's completely valid too. My role is to meet you where you are and what you need right now.
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There's no timeline for grief, and therapy reflects that. Some people find what they need in a few sessions — tools to cope, permission to feel, or simply a witness to their story. Others benefit from longer-term support as they navigate the ongoing waves of grief and rebuild their lives. We'll check in regularly about what's working and adjust as needed. You're never locked in, and you can return to therapy later if grief resurfaces in a new way.
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It’s easy to get started. Send a message through my contact form to set up your free consultation. I’ll respond within 1 business day (Monday - Friday). When we connect, you will share what you are looking for and we’ll see if we’re a good fit. If you decide to move forward, we will schedule your first appointment (the first one is 90 minutes), and I’ll send you a secure link to complete a few quick forms before our first session. Ready to begin? Reach out today.