Grief & Loss Therapy in Ontario

Grief can change the way you experience yourself, your relationships, and the world around you. Whether your loss is recent or something you've carried for years, you don't have to navigate it alone. Therapy offers a space where your grief is welcomed without judgment or expectations, allowing healing to unfold at your own pace.

Together, we'll gently explore your experience with compassion, helping you reconnect with yourself while honouring the person, relationship, or chapter of life you've lost. My hope is that, over time, you begin to discover that healing doesn't mean forgetting—it means learning how to carry your grief while making room for hope, meaning, and life again.

Grief is a natural response to loss, yet it can feel anything but natural when you're living through it. Whether you're grieving the death of someone you love, the end of a relationship, a change in your health, the loss of a beloved pet, or a life that didn't unfold as you had hoped, grief can affect every part of your life. It may leave you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, exhausted, or unsure of who you are now.

Grief & Loss Therapy offers a compassionate space to honour your unique experience without rushing you toward "moving on." Together, we'll gently explore the thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and life changes that accompany your loss while supporting your nervous system through the healing process.

At MYTyoga, I believe grief isn't something to fix or overcome. Instead, it is something we learn to carry differently over time. Through compassionate psychotherapy, mindfulness, somatic therapy, and Compassionate Inquiry®, we'll work together to help you reconnect with yourself, make meaning of your experience, and discover moments of hope and healing alongside your grief.

Grief is one of the most profound human experiences, yet it is often misunderstood. Well-meaning messages like "stay strong," "everything happens for a reason," or "it's time to move on" can leave people feeling isolated, unseen, or as though they're grieving the "wrong" way. In reality, grief has no timeline and no single path forward.

Loss affects far more than our emotions. It can impact our nervous system, our physical health, our relationships, our sense of identity, and even our beliefs about ourselves and the world. You may notice changes in your sleep, concentration, appetite, or energy. You might find yourself withdrawing from others, questioning your purpose, or feeling disconnected from activities that once brought you joy. These responses are not signs that something is wrong with you—they are often natural responses to significant loss.

Understanding grief through a compassionate lens allows us to move away from self-judgment and toward self-compassion. Rather than trying to suppress or "fix" painful emotions, therapy creates space to gently acknowledge your experience, honour what has been lost, and begin finding ways to move forward while carrying your loved one, your memories, or your life transition with you.

I believe grief deserves to be met with compassion, not rushed or fixed. Every person's experience of loss is unique, shaped by their relationships, life experiences, culture, and nervous system. My role is to provide a safe, supportive space where you can explore your grief at your own pace, without pressure to "move on" or have all the answers.

 My approach to Grief & Loss Therapy is grounded in Compassionate Inquiry®, somatic therapy, mindfulness, and person-centred psychotherapy. Together, these approaches help us gently explore not only your thoughts and emotions, but also how grief is held within your body. You may notice tension, heaviness, numbness, restlessness, or a sense of disconnection. Rather than pushing these experiences away, we learn to listen to them with curiosity and compassion. Sometimes grief can also awaken earlier experiences of loss or unresolved trauma, and when that happens, we gently make space for those experiences as part of your healing. 

As we work together, we'll create space to honour your loss while also strengthening your capacity to navigate life alongside it. This might include developing greater awareness of your emotions, regulating your nervous system, exploring the meaning of your loss, and reconnecting with the people, values, and activities that continue to bring purpose and connection to your life. Healing doesn't mean leaving your loved one or your experience behind—it means finding a way to carry your grief with greater gentleness, resilience, and self-compassion.

Grief has a way of changing us. It can feel as though life has been divided into "before" and "after," leaving you wondering if you'll ever feel like yourself again. While the pain of loss may never disappear completely, healing is possible.  Healing doesn't require letting go of love or pretending the loss no longer matters—it means learning to carry your grief in a way that allows you to continue living with purpose, connection, and hope.

As we work together, healing may look different than you expected. It might mean feeling your emotions without becoming overwhelmed by them, finding moments of peace alongside sadness, reconnecting with the people and activities that matter to you, or discovering new meaning as you move through life after loss. There is no right timeline and no destination you are expected to reach. Your healing journey is uniquely your own.

My hope is that therapy becomes a place where you can bring every part of your experience—the sadness, anger, love, guilt, relief, confusion, or longing—without fear of being judged or rushed. Together, we'll create space for your grief while gently supporting your capacity to heal, honour your loss, and continue moving forward with compassion for yourself.

Grief touches every person differently, and no loss is too big or too small to deserve support. Whether your grief is recent or something you've been carrying for years, therapy offers a space where your experience can be acknowledged with compassion and without judgment.

I work with adults across Ontario who are navigating:

• The death of a partner, family member, friend, or loved one 
• Anticipatory grief before the death of someone who is seriously ill 
• Relationship breakdown, separation, or divorce 
• Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, infertility, or the loss of a hoped-for future 
• The loss of a beloved pet 
• Changes in health, chronic illness, or a new diagnosis 
• Retirement, career changes, or the loss of identity and purpose 
• Empty nest, family transitions, or significant life changes 
• Complex or prolonged grief that continues to affect daily life 
• Grief connected to trauma or unresolved experiences from the past 

Whether your loss happened recently or many years ago, you don't have to carry it alone. My hope is to provide a compassionate, supportive space where your grief is honoured, your experiences are gently explored, and healing can unfold at a pace that feels right for you.

Healing from grief doesn't mean forgetting the person you've lost or pretending the pain no longer exists. Instead, it often means discovering that your grief and your capacity for joy, connection, and hope can exist together. Over time, many people find they can honour their loss while continuing to build a meaningful life.

Healing looks different for everyone. For some, it means feeling less overwhelmed by intense emotions or learning to navigate anniversaries and significant dates with greater self-compassion. For others, it may involve reconnecting with relationships, returning to activities that once brought meaning, or finding the strength to imagine a future that once felt impossible. There is no right timeline and no expectation that your grief should look like anyone else's.

Through Grief & Loss Therapy, my hope is to support you in developing a deeper understanding of your experience, strengthening your nervous system's capacity to be with difficult emotions, and creating space for healing at a pace that feels right for you. Together, we'll honour your loss while gently exploring what it means to continue living—not by leaving your grief behind, but by carrying it with greater compassion, resilience, and hope.

While loss may bring you to therapy, it is rarely the whole story. Grief can stir old wounds, unresolved trauma, fears of abandonment, questions about identity, or emotions that have been carried quietly for years. Sometimes a recent loss reawakens experiences from the past, making the pain feel even more overwhelming or difficult to understand.

Rather than focusing solely on the event itself, I take time to understand your unique experience of grief. Together, we'll explore how your relationships, life experiences, nervous system, and personal history may be influencing the way you are coping today. This isn't about analysing or pathologizing your grief—it's about approaching your experience with curiosity, compassion, and respect.

By looking beyond the loss, we can better understand what your grief may be asking of you, identify the supports and strengths already within you, and gently create space for healing that honours both your past and your future. My hope is that therapy helps you reconnect with life 

Grief is one of the greatest expressions of love we experience as human beings. Over the years, I've come to believe that we don't grieve deeply because we're weak—we grieve deeply because we have loved deeply. While loss can leave us feeling broken, disconnected, or uncertain about how to move forward, I don't believe our goal is to erase our grief or return to who we were before. Some losses change us forever, and it's okay to acknowledge that.

As a psychotherapist, I don't see grief as something that needs to be fixed or rushed. I see it as something that deserves to be witnessed with compassion, patience, and care. My role isn't to tell you how you should grieve or how long it should take. Instead, I hope to offer a space where every emotion is welcome—whether that is sadness, anger, guilt, relief, confusion, gratitude, or even moments of laughter that can unexpectedly arise alongside loss.

It is a privilege to walk alongside people during some of life's most difficult moments. One of the greatest privileges of this work has been witnessing people's capacity to continue loving, even after profound loss. Healing allows grief and life to coexist. It is possible to carry your grief with tenderness while slowly making room for connection, meaning, hope, and even joy. My hope is that, through our work together, you come to trust that healing isn't about leaving your loved one behind—it's about finding a way to continue living while honouring the love that remains.