Bilingual grief therapy for women in New York City, New York.
You are not broken.
Grief is one of life’s biggest stressors. Your brain fog, restlessness, exhaustion, and insomnia are normal. Those emotions, like sadness, guilt and disillusionment, that sneak up on you and change from one moment to the next? That’s normal too.
Your grief is so much more than feeling sad. Your whole system may be affected, including your psychology, nervous and immune systems. Grief can affect your organs and even change the rhythm of your heart.
But it can and does get better.
As a certified grief educator, I can help you process your loss, release the burden of guilt and integrate your loved one into your life in a new way.
Together, we’ll explore your life before and after loss.
How has loss shaped you? You may be a different person, with different values now.
Grief is love that yearns for a connection. That connection has transformed and so have you.
I’ll help you discover meaning and restore hope.
I will hold hope for you until you’re ready to hold it for yourself.
Regret, guilt or shame.
Feeling empty, wondering “What’s the point?”
Feeling like your loved one’s death isn’t real.
Feeling jealous of other people’s happiness.
Life wasn’t supposed to turn out this way.
Maybe you’re struggling with…
You’re ready to mourn and create a new life worth living.
In therapy, you’ll reflect on your unfulfilled dreams, what was left unsaid and how you want to move forward.
You’re undergoing a sea change — a reorganization of your beliefs and values.
Who are you now? What’s most important to you?
I’m here as a witness, to listen, be curious and help you make sense of your experience.
You don’t have to justify or minimize your grief with me. There are no comparisons to overcome or boxes to check off.
However you’re grieving is right for you, whether that means expressing and healing your grief by crying, journaling or praying, or taking action, like volunteering or creating a foundation in your loved one’s name.
Just like your grief is unique to you, your healing is also personal to you.
We’ll take things one step at a time, at your pace.
There is no right or wrong way to grieve — there’s only your way.
Here’s what we’ll do together.
Therapy can help you process your loss and inspire you to live again.
Death reminds us that life is short. It asks “What are your gifts and are you using them?”
Through therapy, you’ll develop a relationship to your loved one that transcends the physical world.
You’ll reflect on how you’ve changed and clarify your sense of purpose.
Together, we’ll discuss how your life, religion, spirituality and culture have influenced your grief. We’ll explore your relationship with your deceased loved one — the good and the bad.
We’ll also explore the gifts in grief. Has grief given you a newfound respect for the brevity of life? Has it inspired you to take action? Have you developed new skills, like the widow who learns to manage her finances or invest in the stock market?
This is a time to feel everything — to live fully and grieve fully.
Grieving is not about tolerating the pain. It’s about remembering and restoring.
When we mourn, we also honor the love — we acknowledge that our stories and loved ones matter.
Just as death and loss is forever, so are the invincible bonds of love and memory.
What we will work on:
Imagine a life where…
You remember the love more than the pain.
You discover a new sense of purpose.
You create a timeless bond with your loved one.
You stand tall, thanks to all that you’ve learned.
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Change is possible.
A good life isn’t just a happy one, it’s a meaningful one.
In grief therapy, finding meaning is where post-traumatic growth happens.
Meaning can be feeling grateful for the time that you had with your loved one, feeling changed by knowing them or making a change to help someone in a similar circumstance.
In therapy, we’ll explore questions that can help you discover meaning, such as:
How can you recognize your own strength?
What belief or value did your loved one have that can help you in your grief?
What would your future self want to say to you and your loved one, looking back?
A part of you died with them. A part of them lives on in you. How can you foster that connection?
Meaning doesn’t take away the pain, but it helps us to not be defined by it.
This is how we remember the love more than the pain.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
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Therapy is a confidential space to express all of your emotions — even the ones you don’t want to share with your friends and family.
It’s an opportunity to embrace yourself exactly as you are — the first step toward healing and growth.
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You’ll treat yourself with curiosity and grace.
You’ll balance grieving with some tender, love and care.
You’ll will tend to your basic needs so that you can have more energy and make good decisions.
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Trust your body’s wisdom — it has a natural equilibrium.
You will stop crying. You will also laugh again and that’s a good thing.
Remember the love more than the pain.
Remember the love more than the pain.