Bereavement Counselling
Grief can feel profoundly disorientating. It can leave you emotionally exhausted, lost and unsure how to live in a world that no longer feels the same. It isn’t just sadness; it can bring a messy mix of feelings, or a strange sense of numbness. There is often pressure to move on, but I believe grief isn’t something to be fixed or hurried along.
In our sessions, there is no expectation for you to grieve in any particular way. We will go at your pace, sitting with whatever grief brings — sadness, anger, guilt, love, numbness, unanswered questions, or the difficulty of everyday life without someone. Counselling cannot take the grief away, but it can offer a steady place to speak honestly, feel understood and begin learning how to live with your loss in your own way.
My approach is shaped by years of sitting alongside people in grief, both in private practice and in my previous role as Service Lead within a bereavement counselling service, as well as my own personal experience of loss.
You might find that Bereavement counselling helps when:
• grieving the death of someone important to you
• feeling stuck, numb, angry or overwhelmed
• finding it hard to talk to people around you
• feeling that others expect you to have “moved on”
• struggling with complicated feelings after a death
• trying to make sense of life after loss
£65 per session - session are 50 mins and start on the hour.
Counselling for other life challenges
Although grief is a particular area of my professional experience, I also work with people bringing a wide range of difficulties. You might come to counselling because you are feeling anxious, low, lost, stressed, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward. You may be struggling with relationships, family issues, confidence, life changes, or feelings that are hard to name. You do not need to arrive with everything neatly worked out. Often counselling begins with the simple sense that something does not feel right, and you would like somewhere to talk
honestly.
You might find that counselling helps when:
• feeling anxious, overwhelmed or on edge
• feeling low, flat or disconnected
• struggling with confidence or self-worth
• finding relationships, family life or boundaries difficult
• feeling stuck in old patterns or ways of coping
• going through change, uncertainty or a difficult period in your life
£65 per session - session are 50 mins and start on the hour
Bereavement Group Work & Reflective Support
Alongside individual counselling, I also offer bereavement group work for organisations, community settings and support services.
Grief can feel very isolating, and being with others who have experienced loss can sometimes offer a different kind of support. Group work can create a steady, respectful space where people can share as much or as little as they want, hear from others, and feel less alone in what they are carrying.
My bereavement groups are facilitated with care, warmth and sensitivity. They are not about giving advice or trying to move people on, but about creating a safe enough space for reflection, connection and honest conversation around grief.
Groups can be adapted depending on the setting and the needs of those attending.
This may include:
• bereavement support groups in community or charity settings
• reflective grief groups within organisations
• support following a shared loss or difficult event
• walk-and-talk bereavement groups
• short-term structured groups around grief, loss and adjustment
• groups for professionals or volunteers supporting bereaved people
I bring experience from my work as Service Lead at a Bereavement Service, where I support bereaved clients, counsellors and volunteers, and understand the importance of holding grief work carefully, ethically and at the right pace.
Group work can be offered as a one-off session, a short series, or an ongoing group depending on the needs of the setting.
Please call or get in touch for more information.
Supervision
I am a qualified supervisor, offering counsellors and trainees a reflective, supportive space to explore their client work.
My approach is relational and draws on the Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision. This helps us explore the client’s experience, your responses and ways of working, the therapeutic relationship and the wider context. We can also consider what emerges within our own supervisory relationship.
Supervision offers time to slow down, think together and notice what might otherwise be missed. I aim to build a relationship where you can speak openly about uncertainty, explore difficulties and recognise your strengths. My approach is collaborative and gently challenging when needed, with ethical practice at its heart.
My experience in bereavement counselling and service leadership has shaped a particular interest in supervising grief and loss work. I also support practitioners in exploring endings, risk, boundaries, confidence, relational depth, and the emotional impact of counselling.
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Get in touch
Feel free to contact me to arrange a free 20-minute introductory call or to ask any questions about counselling or supervision.
I work from private offices located in a quiet part of Palmers Green and see clients from Bounds Green, Southgate, Arnos Grove, Winchmore Hill, Barnet, Enfield and the surrounding areas.
In addition to face-to-face therapy, I also offer telephone counselling and online sessions via Zoom for clients across the UK and beyond. Contact me to find out more about how online therapy works.