Grief Accompaniment & Grief Therapy

Grief is not a mistake, but a reaction to loss and love. It is the expression of a bond that continues to work even when the human, animal or life form to which it was bound is no longer there. Grief is movement, sometimes still, sometimes overwhelming, and it needs space to change. In grief support and grief therapy, I create this space. Everything can be there: pain, emptiness, anger, longing, but also relief or gratitude. I accompany you in facing your own kind of grief, understanding it and finding new forms of relationship and meaning. Grief is not a state that needs to be overcome. It is a path by which life is rearranged.

My priorities

I accompany people whose grief is often overlooked or not understood. I especially work with

• People who have experienced suicide – relatives, friends, first responders or emergency responders. This form of grief is often associated with shame, guilt and stigmatization and needs special sensitivity and protection.
• People after the loss of a partnership or marriage, even if no death, but separation marks the farewell.
• Widows or people who mourn a partner who move between the past and the new beginning.
• Siblings, whose grief is often in the shadows because they take on other roles in the family system.
• People after saying goodbye to a beloved animal – a relationship whose depth and meaning is rarely fully appreciated.

Of course, I also accompany every other form of grief, whether fresh, recurring or old. Every story and grief counts.

How grief accompaniment works

Grief work means keeping connected while life changes. Through conversation, mindfulness, body perception and creative processes, what carries heavily becomes visible and allowed to transform. Grief loses its acuity when it finds expression. From standstill can become movement, from pain compassion and from emptiness quiet gratitude.

When mourning can be helpful

• after the loss of a loved one or animal
• During difficult or unprepared farewells
• for multiple or old losses that are not processed
• changes due to illness, separation or lifestyle
• to accompany in times of new beginning and inner reorientation