Grief Counseling
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Grieving can feel like an overwhelming emotional situation that looks like deep sadness, confusion, anger and even guilt. Navigating your daily life may be challenging because grief affects our bodies, feelings and relationships, work and well-being. You may feel isolated in your pain, struggling to communicate feelings to friends and family.
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Grief therapy can be a supportive place where you can share your feelings without judgment. Because I have also experienced profound grief, I come from a place of deep compassion and understanding. I can offer researched-based tools so you can better cope with the complex emotions of grief, helping you find meaning in your loss and explore healthy strategies to integrate your enormous loss in your own time.
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I’m here to gently guide you towards healing and resilience. Your days will begin to feel lighter. Yes, there will be waves of grief that come and go, and you will be more equipped to ride waves rather than be swept under. As a bereaved parent, I can walk alongside you through this heartbreak and loss as you find a spark of hope again. Motivation will come back for those activities you once enjoyed.
Gradually over time, you will find your new normal.
You can expect to walk away with these curated skills when engaged with Grief Counseling in Hayden or via Telehealth with Resiliency Kindled, PLLC:
Learn how to shift your thoughts which changes your mood—yes! We get to choose our thoughts every day, all day.
Understand your complex and overwhelming feelings and choose from tools that will regulate your nervous system.
Focus energy on what you can control and finally let go of the “woulda shoulda couldas and what ifs”
Re-engage in old interests and/or try new activities that ignite a spark of joy
Explore purpose and meaning in your grief which is the foundation of rebuilding yourself
Integrate and reconcile your loss-basically this means over time, accepting that you are forever transformed by your loss and when your heart is ready, you can choose to invite back into your life, peace, hope, love and joy.
Therapy for Anxiety
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Anxiety often shows up as a mix of physical sensations, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that can change in intensity and duration.
What you might feel in your body includes: rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, muscle tension, trembling, sweating, dizziness, stomach upset, headaches, and fatigue.
What you might think includes: racing or intrusive thoughts, excessive worry about future events or “what if” scenarios, difficulty concentrating, mind going blank, and catastrophizing.
Emotional experiences: persistent unease, irritability, fear, dread, feeling overwhelmed, or a sense of impending doom.
Behavioral changes: avoidance of people, places, or activities that trigger worry; procrastination; needing reassurance; restlessness or inability to sit still; and safety behaviors that provide temporary relief but reinforce anxiety.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness together offer practical, evidence-based ways to reduce anxiety and build long-term resilience. Engaging with both approaches will typically lead to concrete skills that change how you think, feel, and behave through:
Identifying anxious thoughts
Problem-solving skills
Mindfulness skills
Emotion regulation
Acceptance and distress tolerance
Relapse prevention
Breaks the fear cycle
Reduces avoidance
Increased perceived control
Improved attention and concentration
If anxious thoughts are keeping you up at night, swirling around in your brain, I have specific tools to reduce the rumination and get you a better night of sleep. If you are someone struggling to quiet that inner voice that tells you, you aren’t enough, we can work together on some strategies that will reduce the power of your inner critic.
“My clients have shared with me that they feel transformed in how they function in relationships and with self-perspective. The end result of our time together can be you feeling empowered, with a shift in how you see yourself in the world. And what a great feeling; showing up as your best self!”
Services provided at Resiliency Kindled, PLLC
Individual Counseling Session
50 minute individualized session curated for your specific needs and goals directed toward your treatment plan that we have collaborated on together. These sessions are $150 and are offered in-person, via telehealth or hybrid of both. Frequency of sessions are determined collaboratively. Typically weekly or biweekly and then transitioning to monthly prior to completion.
Couples Grief Counseling
These sessions are $200 for 50 minute sessions. Specifically curated to meet the needs and goals of both partners as they work toward treatment goals aligned in their grief journey. Unique tools will be provided to serve the needs of the relationship and the individual grief of each partner, with special focus on death of a baby or child in this work. Frequency of sessions will be collaboratively decided on and typically start with weekly or biweekly and shift to monthly as time goes on.