Grief is a silent journey that begins when something, or someone, that held deep meaning for you… is no longer there.
It is not just about death. It is the end of a relationship, the loss of a job, the closing of a chapter in life, even the fading of a dream you cherished.
And from that moment, something changes inside you too: It may feel like a weight pressing on your chest, a rage you do not know where to place, a guilt that keeps you awake at night or simply exhaustion. Silence. The need to be alone while the whole world seems to ask you to carry on.
Grief does not take just one form: Some experience it with tears, others with a body that becomes unwell, a mind that drifts or a heart that shuts down.
Sometimes it arrives before the actual loss, this is “anticipatory grief”.
Sometimes it lingers, known as “complicated grief”.
Sometimes no one sees it, this is “disenfranchised grief”, because “they were not a close relative”, “it was not your child”, “it was not an official relationship”.
But to you… it was everything.
As a psychotherapist, I will not ask you to forget. I will offer you a space where you can give voice to what you feel, without needing to justify it. I will accompany you in recognising and embracing your pain, without pressure.
Not to “get over it”, but to “transform it”.
Because grief never truly ends. It is integrated. You carry it with you, but it changes form. It becomes part of the way you see the world, love, grow and tell your story.
And one day, without rushing, you will be able to walk again with a heart that feels a little lighter, carrying the imprint of what you have lost… which will go on living within you.