Grief Therapy & Coaching Services for Professionals
When life changes quietly — and no one expects you to be affected.
Not all grief comes with condolences or casseroles. Many of the people I work with are grieving things they were never taught to name:
A career that no longer fits
A version of themselves they had to outgrow
The loss of certainty, safety, or belonging
A faith shift, leadership transition, or role they carried for years
From the outside, it looks like adjustment. Inside, it feels disorienting, heavy, and lonely. This is the kind of grief I specialize in.
What this kind of grief actually looks like
For high-functioning professionals and leaders, grief often shows up as:
Emotional numbness or irritability
Difficulty concentrating or staying present
A persistent sense of “something is off”
Overworking or over-functioning to avoid slowing down
Questioning identity, purpose, or direction
Because you’re still functioning, it’s easy to dismiss these experiences or tell yourself you should be “past it by now.” That mindset keeps people stuck.
How therapy helps here
This work isn’t about rushing you toward acceptance or silver linings. It’s about slowing things down enough to make sense of what’s actually happening.
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Not everything that’s lost is obvious or socially recognized. We take time to identify what has actually shifted — roles, identity, expectations, certainty — instead of minimizing it or skipping ahead.
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Grief isn’t just emotional. It affects focus, energy, sleep, and how you move through your life. We look at how it’s showing up practically, not just how it feels internally.
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Many clients realize they’ve been defined by what they do for others. Therapy helps disentangle who you are from the roles you’ve carried, without creating a vacuum or identity crisis.
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You don’t need immediate answers about who you’re becoming. We work with uncertainty instead of trying to resolve it prematurely.
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This isn’t about finding a lesson or reframing loss into growth. Meaning develops over time when there’s room for it — not when it’s demanded.
We move at a pace that respects your responsibilities and capacity. No emotional excavation for the sake of it.
Common reasons clients seek this work
You might be in the right place if you’re navigating:
Career changes, burnout, or leadership transitions
Loss of identity tied to achievement or caregiving
Faith transitions or spiritual disillusionment
Relationship changes that altered how you see yourself
Life stages that don’t feel the way you expected them to
None of these require a dramatic breaking point to deserve attention.
Benefits of Therapy for Grief, Loss, & Transitions
Most grief support focuses on bereavement. Most performance-oriented spaces don’t make room for grief at all. My approach sits in the middle — grounded, reflective, and culturally aware. We take grief seriously without turning it into pathology or forcing emotional display. Clients often describe this work as clarifying, stabilizing, and quietly relieving. Not because anything was fixed, but because it finally made sense.
Online Grief Therapy in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nevada, Vermont & Florida
All sessions are online and available to adults located in:
VA, NC, SC, NV, VT, and FL.
Leadership-heavy schedules, privacy concerns, and demanding roles make online therapy the most practical and discreet option for many of my clients.
If you’re carrying a loss that doesn’t have a name — or a transition that left you feeling unrecognizable to yourself — therapy can help you orient again.
Schedule a consultation to explore whether this work is a fit.
FAQ for Grief, Loss & Life Transitions Therapy
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Yes — even if no one died and nothing “bad enough” happened.
Grief often follows role changes, identity loss, career shifts, faith transitions, and unmet expectations. If something meaningful ended or changed and it affected how you see yourself or your life, grief is likely part of the picture.
This page is for people whose grief doesn’t come with a public label — but still needs attention.
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Burnout is about depletion. Stress is about pressure.
Grief is about loss — even when life keeps moving forward.Many clients experience all three at once. Therapy helps untangle what’s exhaustion, what’s overload, and what’s unresolved loss so the work doesn’t stay vague or circular.
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Functioning doesn’t mean unaffected.
Most people seeking this work are working, leading, parenting, or caregiving effectively — while carrying emotional weight that hasn’t been processed. Therapy isn’t reserved for crisis. It’s often most effective before things collapse.
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That’s common — and expected.
Part of this work is clarifying what shifted: identity, direction, meaning, belonging, or certainty. You don’t need a clear narrative before starting. Therapy helps you build language for what’s been hard to name.
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Not necessarily — and not intentionally.
This work isn’t about emotional excavation or reliving pain for its own sake. We move at a pace that respects your capacity and responsibilities. The goal is integration and understanding, not emotional overload.