Counselling for Grief

Grief can leave you feeling numb one moment and overwhelmed the next. Its unpredictability may be disorienting: memories, places, dates, or ordinary routines can bring feelings you did not expect. You might experience guilt about what happened, what was left unsaid, or moments when life briefly feels normal. Anger may sit alongside sadness, love, relief, confusion, or exhaustion. Other people may expect you to “move on” or suggest that enough time has passed, even when your loss remains present. There is no correct way to grieve, and you do not have to make your experience easier for others to understand.

Grief does not need to unfold through a set of stages or according to a timetable. Counselling can offer a steady, confidential place where the person who died, what has been lost, and its meaning in your life can be spoken about openly. There is room for memories, unfinished conversations, conflicting feelings, changes in identity, and the ways relationships or everyday life have been affected.

I hold a Level 3 Certificate in Grief and Bereavement Counselling and have also facilitated Death Cafés in the workplace, creating space for honest conversations about death and dying. My approach is person-centred and relational: I will not prescribe how grief should look or where you should be by now. We can remain close to your particular experience, including the continuing significance of the relationship and the personal, cultural, and social context surrounding your loss.