The car won’t start. You made a call, waited for the jump, and moved on without a second thought.
Today, it’s the thing that takes you apart. You’re not someone who falls apart easily. You never used to be, anyway. Moving forward after your loss has been more challenging than you imagined.
Things that would have rolled off you before now cause you to break down.
“You should be over it by now.”
“It just takes time.”
“Get on with living.”
The loss can be one of many things: the job that ended, the move, the person you lost, a divorce. When your life is forced to move to a different rhythm, there is a period of adjustment – with no deadline.
Depending on the level of involvement with what you lost, no matter how capable you are, you find it’s too much.
Unexpected change, uncertainty, and loss each deserve to be grieved. Grief is the appropriate response to all of it.
There is so much power in naming what is happening to you. That’s a process, and having support inside it makes a world of difference.
Therapy gives you a place to sort things out with real support around you. The rest of the week, the people who depend on you still get you.
Viktor Frankl wrote that when we’re no longer able to change a situation, we’re challenged to change ourselves.
The loss of your partner is real, the diagnosis stands, the move already happened, or the marriage ended. What we work on is what it is doing to you.
Together, we’ll find the thought driving the feeling, test whether it holds up, and practice the ones that help.
I’ll teach you practical breathing and grounding skills because stress lives in your body, not only in your mind.
If your faith is part of how you make sense of things, bring it into the room with you.
The hits keep coming because that’s how life works. What changes is the cost of each one.
We will work toward making daily life manageable.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation or book your first session now.
We’ll meet by telehealth, wherever you are in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho.