As long as we have our stories there is hope.

Life isn’t always what you expected it would be.

You might not even realize that you had assumptions about the way things “should” or will be, until one day you look around and discover that what you imagined and hoped for is very different from what you actually have. When you discover this—either suddenly or gradually over time—it’s normal to feel disillusioned, depressed, anxious or stuck. 

Or maybe something came along and knocked you sideways—you lost a job, a marriage, a parent. Suddenly, you’re in unfamiliar territory. You feel disoriented.

In whichever case, what you’re experiencing is grief. You’re grieving the absence of what once felt familiar or what you hoped your life would be. Change and loss surface your lack of control and certainty and may impact something as fundamental as your sense of self.

Grief isn’t just something that we experience after a death and experts agree that talking helps. My focus as a therapist is to provide grief support through life transitions or the anticipation of them. I believe you have your own internal roadmap that can guide you through the grief process. We would work together to find and follow it wherever it may lead and perhaps discover some clarity along the way.