--- title: "Grief therapy & bereavement counseling · California telehealth" description: "Grief therapy for adults across California — death loss, ambivalent grief, non-death losses. 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Ambivalent grief is still grief, and the guilt around it deserves care, not judgment." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do you work with non-death losses?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Divorce, estrangement, pregnancy loss, a diagnosis, a version of a future — all real, all welcome." } } ] } ] --- [Skip to content](#main) [](/) [About](/about)[Approach](/approach) [Services](/services) [Who I work with](/who-i-work-with) [Insights](/insights)[Español](/es)[Contact](/contact) [Book a free call](/book) ![A folded patchwork quilt on unmade linen bedding in soft morning light](/assets/hero-grief-Bkzw-gFd.jpg) [All services](/services) 09 Depth work # Grief & loss There is no schedule for this. There is no version of you that comes out the other side unchanged. There is only the honest company of it. What this actually is ## The long version. Grief is not a problem to be solved. It's not something you 'work through' in a set number of sessions and then close the file on. The people I sit with in this work have often been told, in a dozen small ways, that it's time to be doing better by now. This work is the opposite of that. It's slow, honest company for what actually happened — a death, an ending, a version of a life that will not be, a person you needed and did not get to keep. We make room for the anger, the guilt, the relief, the love that has nowhere to go — none of it disqualifying, all of it welcome. Sound familiar? ## You might recognize — - Everyone around you has moved on and you have not - Feelings you weren't expecting — anger, relief, numbness, guilt — that make you question your own grief - Anniversaries, songs, and ordinary Tuesdays that knock the wind out of you - A loss that isn't a death — a divorce, a diagnosis, an estrangement, a version of your future — that no one seems to treat as real - Complicated grief where the relationship itself was hard, and now the loss is harder for it How we work ## The work itself. Meaning-focused, depth-oriented, unhurried. We don't move you through stages on a schedule. Psychodynamic work to sit with what the person or the loss meant, EMDR when the grief has locked itself in the body, and mindfulness practices when they help you stay present to what you feel rather than defended against it. [Book your free 15-min call](/contact) [See full approach ](/approach) FAQ ## Questions people actually ask. It's been a long time. Is it too late to start grief therapy? No. Grief doesn't run on the calendar; it runs on how much room it's been given. Old grief opens up when it finally has somewhere safe to land. What if my grief is 'complicated' — the relationship was hard? That's often when this work is most useful. Ambivalent grief is still grief, and the guilt around it deserves care, not judgment. Do you work with non-death losses? Yes. Divorce, estrangement, pregnancy loss, a diagnosis, a version of a future — all real, all welcome. Related services ## Where this work often overlaps . [ Depth work Life transitions For the seasons that rearrange who you thought you were. Read more ](/services/life-transitions-therapy)[ Depth work Depression For the flat, grey version of yourself that won't lift. Read more ](/services/depression-therapy)[ Specialization Trauma & PTSD EMDR-led reprocessing for what your body still remembers. Read more ](/services/trauma-ptsd-therapy) ## Ready to actually work on this? [Book your free 15-min call ](/contact) With Love Wellness Center Depth-oriented therapy across California. Sessions in English & Español. Telehealth-only practice. Begin [Book your free 15-min call](/contact) In a crisis or emergency, call or text [988](tel:988) or [911](tel:911). 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