Dear loving Pet Parents grieving a Soul Pet, and holding it together for everyone but yourself...

Therapy can address mental health conditions, trauma, and broader psychological concerns. While a lot of these aspects come up as I talk to clients, my coaching is centered on helping you learn how to live alongside your grief. In general, therapy deals with past occurrences and how they shape you as a human being. I take that into consideration when we talk about your personal coping ways, and how you are impacted by your grief, and I focus on your present and your future self.

If you need clinical mental health support, I'll encourage you to continue your work with a licensed mental health professional, while you work with me, because each of these has their own specific place in your well-being, your success, your happiness and how you show up for yourself and others.

My work is laser-focused on pet loss. We're not talking about grief in the abstract or applying a general framework to your experience. We work specifically with the unique realities of pet loss: disenfranchised grief, guilt around euthanasia and medical decisions, identity loss, disrupted routines, anticipatory grief, continuing bonds, and the complex, layered, relationship you have with your animal companion.

There is no threshold you have to reach. If your pet's loss is affecting your daily life, identity, relationships, or ability to feel like yourself, you deserve support.

That's okay. You don't need to arrive with your grief neatly organized or know exactly what you want to work on. You bring what you're experiencing. I'll help us identify what's underneath it and where our work can be most useful.

You can still be grieving. Pet loss has no expiration date, and we can work with a loss from weeks, months, or years ago. I have had clients come to me at different points in their loss and left empowered, and transformed, or chosen to continue with me as their transformative coach.

We can work with anticipatory grief too. If your pet is aging, seriously ill, or nearing the end of their life, you don't have to navigate the fear, uncertainty, and emotional exhaustion alone. I have lived through exactly this with my Kahlua boy and will absolutely work with you through this difficult phase with your beloved baby.

No. The depth of your grief isn't determined by species. Whether you lost a dog, cat, horse, bird, rabbit, or another beloved companion, this space is for you.

Our work is structured around where you are and what you need. We'll work through the emotions and experiences that are keeping you stuck, while building practical ways to understand and carry your grief. I look at all the ways in which your grief is impacting you — your work, your physical health, your emotional and mental well being, your marriage or relationship, family, friends, and hobbies, because it does affect everything. It affects you spiritually too, and it impacts your routines and structure. Many people feel a loss of purpose and joy. I take a close look at your personal impacts and work with you to gently rebuild your new normal. But we never forget your angel pet. They are always at the center of our work. Rebuilding never means forgetting.

The goal isn't to become grief-free. We are never grief-free. But we are transformed. The goal is to understand your grief so it no longer dictates every part of your life, or brings you to your knees while doing simple tasks, while finding a way to carry your pet's memory and love forward.

No. We work toward moving with your grief, not leaving your pet behind. Your relationship with your pet doesn't end because their life did. I am a living example of this. Kahlua is in everything I do, and I have integrated him into a life where he isn't physically here anymore. And I have done it with joy and purpose. As have my clients. And you will too.

No. Being heard matters, but that's only part of the work. You'll have compassionate support and structure, reflection, and practical tools to help you work with your grief between sessions.