Living with Grief
Grief and Loss Support
Grief is most familiar to us when we lose a loved one. When someone central to your life is gone, the hardest part is often the loneliness and having nowhere to direct all the love you still hold for them. Navigating this heavy, isolating space can feel completely overwhelming. Grief is not a problem to be solved or a disease to be cured; it is a direct reflection of your love, and you do not have to find your way back to solid ground alone.
Yet, grief is also a fundamental part of our human experience that expands far beyond physical death. It arises whenever we lose something we care about—the ending of a meaningful relationship, the loss of a physical capability, or even the quiet fading of a long-held dream.
As a grief counselor in Austin, I offer a warm, compassionate space where all forms of loss are met with deep curiosity, respect, and warmth. Together, we will honor your unique timeline and gently explore how to be with your grief without losing your connection to yourself.
Tending to Grief, Together
My commitment to supporting those walking through the darkest chapters of loss runs deep, shaping both my past experience and local partnerships. I am proud to be a part of the Flatwater provider network. Flatwater provides access to mental health therapy in the wake of cancer and connects individuals with therapists to help clear their mind, heal their body, and find the strength to take on a diagnosis. Get care. Get involved.
Before building my private practice here in Texas, I began my clinical career at Kara a dedicated community organization offering comprehensive bereavement support. There, I walked alongside children, teens, and spouses who were grieving the devastating loss of a parent or partner. This early experience showed me how grief ripples through an entire family. It taught me how deeply we hold loss in our bodies and how vital it is to have safe, specialized care right from the beginning.
Grief rarely exists in a vacuum. A significant loss often activates old, painful ways of protecting yourself—habits rooted in your earliest wounds. Together, we look at those survival strategies so you can safely step out of them.
In our work together, I use the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) to look at how these painful patterns actually exacerbate the grief you are experiencing. Rather than just managing symptoms, we will explore:
How to safely connect with the complex emotions—like anger, guilt, or numbness—that often accompany a deep loss.
The way your body holds the physical tension and exhaustion of sorrow.
How to break free from survival patterns that keep you feeling stuck, isolated, or detached.
A gentle pathway toward reclaiming your capacity for connection, ease, and aliveness, even alongside your grief.
Healing Relational Trauma and Loss with NARM
Find Comfort on Your Journey
Whether you are navigating a recent death, a terminal diagnosis within your family, or a long-standing loss that still feels heavy, your internal experiences matter. You have the innate wisdom inside you to heal, and I am here to help you tap into it.
If you are looking for an experienced grief therapist in Austin, I invite you to reach out. Let’s connect to see how we can bring more presence, safety, and warmth to your healing journey.
We run from grief because loss scares us, yet our hearts reach toward grief because the broken parts want to mend.
— Brené Brown