Grief Counselling Sunshine Coast
A gentle, steady space to honor change. loss, and new ways of connection. Therapy is a place where your grief is welcomed, not avoided.
Grief changes us — sometimes quietly, sometimes all at once. It can feel like the world has shifted beneath our feet, while life around us continues on as if nothing happened. You’re left trying to make sense of a life that no longer looks the same.
Whether you’re grieving a person, a relationship, a friendship, an identity, a dream, or a part of yourself you no longer recognise — you don’t have to move through this alone.
Grief counselling offers a calm, grounded space to soften, breathe, and find support at a pace that feels right for you.
Nothing about grief is linear. Whatever you’re experiencing is your experience, deeply personal — whether it’s subtle, completely overwhelming, or a mix of both.
Understanding Depression
Grief isn’t linear. And it isn’t only about death. We can grieve identity changes, friendship breakdowns, the end of a relationship, the loss of a future we imagined, or the slow fading of parts of ourselves we once recognised. These quieter losses can be just as painful — and often harder for others to understand.
Grief is the emotional and physical response we have when we lose someone or something important — a person, relationship, dream, identity, or way of life. It can bring sadness, anxiety, numbness, anger, exhaustion, or a sense of disconnection. Grief counselling supports you to understand these feelings, process your loss, and move gently through this time.
Grief can show up in many ways: sadness, tears that arrive without warning, exhaustion, brain fog, irritability, numbness, anxiety, guilt, suppressed emotion, addictions, or a loss of motivation. It can look like feeling untethered, struggling to concentrate, withdrawing socially, changes in sleep or appetite, feeling stuck or unable to rewire behaviour or thought patterns or feeling disconnected from yourself or the people around you. Some days feel steady, and others arrive like waves you never saw coming.
For many people, grief can also feel incredibly isolating — not because you’re doing anything wrong, but because others often don’t know how to sit with it. Conversations get avoided, support fades, and you’re left carrying something that deserves to be witnessed. Therapy offers a space where your grief is welcomed, not pushed aside, because we all grieve, and we all need to process grief.
In our sessions, we slow everything down and listen to what your grief is asking for — comfort, understanding, expression, or simply a place to breathe.
My Approach
My approach draws on integrative, trauma-informed counselling — blending elements of somatic psychotherapy, narrative and meaning-making frameworks, and evidence-based practices such as CBT and ACT. Through this open, and compassionate lens, we tailor the process to what your grief needs: safety, presence, expression, and the gradual rebuilding of purpose and connection.
I also work gently with the quieter, intuitive layers of your experience — the parts of you that ache for meaning, reassurance, and a sense that something in you is still connected to life. Grief can make the world feel dim or uncertain; together, we slowly restore a feeling of inner steadiness, hope, and belonging.
Most importantly, I offer a space where you can feel safe, supported, and free from judgement — a place to hold and process the grief you’re experiencing. My hope is that with someone kind beside you, you feel a little less alone, because loss of any kind can feel confusing, scary, and raw.
Through grief counselling, we can explore:
Navigating the waves of emotion with more steadiness
Understanding and soothing the parts of you that feel overwhelmed, shut down, or desperately trying to stay “strong”
Releasing guilt, “shoulds,” and expectations about how you’re meant to grieve
Processing identity shifts, relational changes, and life transitions
Making meaning after loss — in your own timing
Slowly rebuilding hope, purpose, and inner connection
Supporting your nervous system through gentle routines, grounding, and self-compassion