Grief Therapy · Michigan
Grief therapy in Michigan
For the losses that are hard to name and the ones nobody talks about
When most people think of grief they think of losing someone to death. But some of the heaviest grief has no funeral. No casseroles dropped off at the door. No bereavement leave from work.
Grief is also the childhood you never got to have. The relationship that slowly took pieces of you. The diagnosis that changed everything. The person you thought you would become.
You are allowed to grieve this
One of the most painful parts of certain kinds of grief is the feeling that it does not count. That you should be over it. That other people have it worse. That there is nothing to point to, nothing to explain, nothing that makes sense of why you are still carrying this.
Your grief counts. All of it. Even the kind you cannot fully name yet.
Loss of a loved one
The death of someone you loved changes everything. Grief after loss is not linear and it does not have a timeline. We work at the pace your nervous system needs, not the pace the world expects.
Ambiguous grief
Grieving someone who is still alive — an estranged parent, a relationship without closure, a family member lost to addiction. This grief is isolating because the world does not always recognize it as real loss.
Relationship and divorce grief
The end of a relationship carries its own grief — for the future you imagined and the version of yourself you lost along the way.
Childhood and family of origin loss
Grieving the childhood you never got to have. This grief is often the quietest and the longest carried — and one of the most important to finally put words to.
Chronic illness grief
Grieving the body you had before. The life you planned before the diagnosis. This grief is ongoing and often invisible to everyone around you.
Disenfranchised grief
Grief that others do not recognize — miscarriage, pet loss, job loss, a dream that did not come true. If it mattered to you, it deserves space.
What grief therapy looks like here
Grief work here is not about moving on. It is not about stages or timelines or finding the silver lining.
Grief work here is not about moving on. It is not about stages or timelines or finding the silver lining.
We work at the intersection of attachment, nervous system regulation, and somatic awareness to help your body and mind process what words alone sometimes cannot reach. Depending on what you bring we might explore the story of your loss, work with the feelings that live in your body, or simply create a space where your grief does not have to be managed or performed.
This work is gentle. It is steady. And it moves at your pace.
You do not have to perform your grief here
Many people who come to grief therapy have spent years managing how their grief looks to others. Staying strong. Keeping it together. Not wanting to burden anyone.
Here you do not have to be okay. You just have to show up.
Grief therapy may be a good fit if you:
Are navigating the death of a loved one and feel stuck or overwhelmed
Are grieving someone who is still alive — a parent, partner, or family member
Carry grief from your childhood or family of origin that has never had space
Are processing the end of a relationship or marriage
Are grieving a diagnosis, your health, or the life you had before chronic illness
Feel like your grief does not count or that you should be further along by now
Have never had a space where your loss was fully witnessed and held
Whatever you are grieving — named or unnamed, recent or long carried — it belongs here.
Begin grief therapy in Michigan
I offer grief therapy for adults and millennials across Michigan including Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing, and surrounding communities.
You have carried this long enough alone. Let's make space for it together.