Specialty
Grief & Loss Therapy
Who can benefit from grief & loss therapy?
Grief is a natural response to loss, but that doesn't make it any easier to carry. Whether you're grieving the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a significant life change, or another deeply personal loss, grief can affect your emotions, relationships, physical wellbeing, and your sense of what comes next.
At Havencrest Wellness & Counseling, we provide compassionate, evidence-based grief and loss therapy for adults, teens, and young adults throughout Washington. Our licensed therapists work collaboratively with you to understand your unique experience of grief, create space for the emotions you're carrying, and help you navigate life after loss at a pace that feels right for you.
Whether your loss is recent, happened years ago, or you're anticipating a significant loss, we're here to support you every step of the way.
Take the first step today by scheduling an appointment with one of our therapists.
Grief affects everyone differently. If you're experiencing any of the following challenges and they're affecting your wellbeing or ability to navigate everyday life, therapy may help:
- The death of a loved one
- — Navigating the emotional impact of losing a family member, partner, friend, or someone important to you.
- Relationship loss
- — Processing separation, divorce, or the end of a meaningful relationship.
- Anticipatory grief
- — Coping with the expected loss of a loved one due to illness or other life circumstances.
- Pregnancy or fertility loss
- — Processing miscarriage, stillbirth, infertility, or other pregnancy-related losses.
- Life changes and non-death losses
- — Grieving the loss of a role, identity, health, independence, career, or future you had imagined.
- Feeling stuck in your grief
- — Finding it difficult to adjust to life after loss or feeling that grief continues to significantly affect your daily life.
- Physical and emotional effects of grief
- — Experiencing sadness, anger, guilt, loneliness, anxiety, exhaustion, difficulty sleeping, or trouble concentrating following a loss.
- Supporting children or family through grief
- — Wanting guidance as you help your family navigate loss together.
Depending on your unique needs and goals, you may also find support through our depression, trauma, life transitions, family therapy, or child & teen therapy services.
Understanding grief & loss
Grief is a natural response to losing someone or something that matters deeply to you. It can affect your emotions, thoughts, physical health, relationships, and daily life. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, and no timeline that everyone follows. Your experience is shaped by your relationship to the loss, your life circumstances, your history, your culture, and the support available to you.
Understanding your unique relationship to the loss, your personal history, and your support system allows us to develop a personalized approach that meets you where you are, rather than expecting you to follow a particular timeline or way of grieving.
How we support grief & loss
Our goal is to help you process your grief, make sense of your experiences, and develop practical ways to navigate life while honoring your loss.
Your therapy is tailored to your unique experiences, strengths, values, and goals. Depending on your unique needs and goals, therapy may include:
Supporting healing after traumatic loss (trauma-informed therapy)
When grief is connected to traumatic or distressing experiences, trauma-informed therapy provides a safe, supportive environment to process those experiences while supporting healing and recovery. Depending on your needs, you may also benefit from our trauma or EMDR therapy services.
Learn more about EMDR Therapy →Building psychological flexibility (ACT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you make space for difficult thoughts and emotions while supporting you to reconnect with what matters most, even as you continue to carry your grief.
Understanding thought patterns (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can help you recognize and address guilt, self-blame, or other unhelpful thought patterns that sometimes accompany grief while developing practical coping strategies for everyday life.
Learn more about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) →Supporting families through shared loss
Grief can affect the whole family. Therapy can help strengthen communication, deepen understanding, and support families as they navigate loss together. Depending on your needs, you may also benefit from our family therapy or child & teen therapy services.
What to expect during grief & loss therapy
Your first session is focused on understanding your experiences, current challenges, strengths, and goals.
Together, you and your therapist will:
- Build a trusting therapeutic relationship where you feel heard, respected, and understood.
- Explore your experiences, strengths, and the challenges that are most important to you.
- Work collaboratively with you to develop personalized therapy goals.
- Begin introducing practical strategies that support your wellbeing and everyday life.
- Regularly review your progress together, adapting your approach as your needs and goals evolve.
As therapy progresses, you'll continue developing the understanding, coping strategies, and resilience needed to navigate grief while finding ways to honor your loss and move forward at your own pace.
If meeting in person isn't convenient, we also offer secure telehealth appointments throughout Washington.
Insurance
Insurance coverage for grief and loss therapy varies by provider and plan. Our team is happy to help you understand your benefits, verify your coverage, and discuss your options before your first appointment.
Frequently asked questions
Is it normal for grief to affect me physically as well as emotionally?
Yes. Grief can affect both your emotional and physical wellbeing. Many people experience sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, exhaustion, changes in sleep or appetite, difficulty concentrating, or physical symptoms such as headaches or muscle tension. If these experiences are affecting your daily life, our individual therapy services provide a supportive space to process your grief and develop practical coping strategies.
Is it normal to still be grieving after a long time?
Yes. Grief doesn't follow a fixed schedule, and ongoing grief, especially around significant losses, is a normal experience that therapy can help you navigate.
Can grief lead to anxiety or depression?
Yes. Grief can sometimes contribute to symptoms of anxiety or depression, particularly when the loss is sudden, traumatic, or significantly affects your daily life. Depending on your experiences, you may also benefit from our anxiety, depression, or trauma therapy services.
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Schedule your first appointment today.
Whatever loss you're carrying — recent or long ago — we're here to support you at your own pace, in a way that honors your experience.