Treatment for Grief

“You Don’t Have to Move On — But You Can Move Forward With It”

What Is Grief?

Grief is more than just sadness — it’s a complex emotional response to loss that can impact your mind, body, and relationships. It can bring waves of sorrow, guilt, anger, confusion, or even relief. There’s no “right way” to grieve, and no timeline you need to follow.
At Serene Heart Therapy, we offer a compassionate space to help you honor your loss, express your feelings, and begin to heal — in your own time and your own way.

What Grief Therapy Can Help With

  • Talk openly about your loss without needing to protect others
  • Process complicated or conflicting emotions (including anger, guilt, or numbness)
  • Navigate changes in identity, routine, or relationships
  • Make meaning or explore unresolved aspects of the loss
  • Prepare for grief triggers like anniversaries or holidays
  • Find ways to carry your grief with more peace and resilience

Framework for Healing: Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning

Everyone grieves in their own way, but it can be helpful to have a gentle framework to understand the emotional journey. At Serene Heart Therapy, we can integrate Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning into our work together to support deeper healing:

  1. Accepting the Reality of the Loss
    This means gently facing the truth that the loss has occurred — emotionally and mentally. We may explore ways the loss has changed your world, routines, or sense of identity.

  2. Processing the Pain of Grief
    Grief comes with many emotions — sadness, guilt, anger, numbness, even relief. There’s no “wrong” way to feel. We’ll create space to fully experience and express what’s arising for you.

  3. Adjusting to a World Without Your Loved One
    Whether that’s navigating new roles, responsibilities, or emotional shifts, we’ll explore what it means to live in this changed reality — practically and emotionally.

  4. Finding an Enduring Connection While Moving Forward
    Grieving doesn’t mean forgetting. We’ll explore how you can carry the memory or bond with your loved one in a way that brings peace and allows you to keep living with purpose.

    Types of Grief We Support

We support clients experiencing all forms of grief, including:
  • Death of a loved one (family, child, friend, partner, or pet)
  • Anticipatory grief due to terminal illness or caregiving
  • Miscarriage, stillbirth, or fertility-related grief
  • Loss of identity, roles, or life direction
  • Divorce or estrangement
  • Disenfranchised grief (e.g., LGBTQ+ losses, non-traditional relationships, unsupported losses)
Grief doesn’t disappear, but it can shift. In therapy, we walk beside you as you learn to live with loss, make space for healing, and carry your memories with love and self-compassion.