Chronic Medical Illness,
Grief and Bereavement
The most under-appreciated and invisible privilege is one’s health. It is often not until we’re met with unanticipated pain, diagnosis, or loss that we are robbed of the fallacy of permanence, control and predictability in life. Whether you’re newly diagnosed with an unexpected illness, living with chronic pain, bearing witness to a loved one’s demise, navigating anticipatory grief or loss, or feeling stuck in mourning, we’re here to make your invisible grief, visible.
By incorporating the Dual Processing Model of Grief, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Grief Therapy modalities, you’ll gain more coherence and organization of your experience and become the author of your important story. You will also begin to feel armored with concrete tools and techniques to manage the unpredictable and painful emotional waves of grief. Our work together will support your process towards healing, assimilating, and integrating your experience of loss.
Common Concerns We Address
Living with pain or chronic medical illness
Palliative and End of Life Care
Grief, mourning and bereavement
Differentiating between normative grief, complicated grief and depression
Understanding the nonlinear phases of grief and loss
Understanding the physical, emotional, cognitive, neurological, and somatic symptoms of grief and gaining tangible tools to cope with the traumatic elements of grief and loss
Establishing rituals and practices of remembrance and honoring anniversaries and meaningful memories of your lost loved one