Grief can come in many forms: the death of someone you love, the end of a relationship, or the loss of your health, a home, a hope or a sense of who you were. There is no right way to grieve, and no timetable.

Sometimes the people around us want us to “move on” before we’re ready. Sometimes we carry a loss quietly for years. Counselling offers a space where your grief can simply be heard, without being hurried or fixed.

I know something of this myself. I trained as a nurse after a bereavement of my own, and later had person-centred counselling for my grief, which is what led me to become a counsellor. As a nurse, I had a particular interest in palliative care, the care of people nearing the end of their lives.

In our sessions you can talk about the person or what you’ve lost, the feelings that come and go, and anything that feels unfinished. Some people find it helps to bring a dream, or something they’ve written or made.

If you’d like to talk about whether counselling might help, please get in touch.