Grief Counseling  

Are you going through grief right now? I'm here and I can help you navigate through it.

I have 30 years experience helping clients pass through grief without drowning in it.

There are many levels to grief and different types to grapple with.

When the weight of loss and sadness descend it's a profound experience. The world feels upside down.

Grief can turn into anger or it can drop you into depression. All normal reactions. Anger helps you feel less helpless and depression sinks you into numbness. Both feel better sometimes than sitting with the loss.

Grief type #1

This type of grief is the inevitable one. Felt when a terminally sick person, a cherished pet or a beloved elder passes away. The is something pure about this type of grief. It's clean and sad but expected.

Grief type #2

This type was once termed "necessary losses." It's where your Life is unfolding and you pass through phases. Maybe a high school girlfriend or a great job or a relationship that felt so right but was oh so wrong for you. These losses are build into Life to keep you moving and growing.

Grief type #3

The low, background simmering of unresolved loss. Something mattered to you and it went away. You are stuck and can't get your ahead around why? Could be recent, could be a long time ago. But it hasn't left you. That feeling of no closure, no good answer

constantly stumbling over the same old conflict with your partner, when all you really want to do is be close

It’s hard to concentrate or have a lightness to the day when relationship struggles drag you down.

We fall in love with people who are different enough from us to create a spark. It’s that “completion feeling” of interest & fascination. We feel sad & confused when the spark burns instead of warming us. It’s a baffling betrayal to our emotional logic that we can deeply love someone that we frequently fight with & sometimes emotionally dread.

There are often small twists in the moment of a conflict that determine whether it will escalate or just be a bump

If you need some support from a calm, knowledgable Therapist email me and let's see how I can help you.

I provide video therapy for clients who want online counseling sessions for comfort, convenience, ease of childcare or health preferences.

The good news is that Conflict Resolution for Couples has proven methods that work. It’s learnable & helping Couples learn it is something that I specialize in.

If you want to shorten the problem moments & solve things more cooperatively contact me. Stop walking on eggshells or avoiding for fear of a blow-up. Give yourself the gift of a more peaceful coexistence.

I am offering a sliding scale of up to $30 dollar discount on my 60 min video session

See my dedicated page for all fees, payment options and a generous selection of pre-paid package deals.

I am happy to help you resolve issues and maintain a positive forward momentum during this unusual time.

Email is the best way to reach me

I look forward to hearing from you.

Warm regards,

Dona Laressa Desmond, PhD

CPC CA LMFT

desmondpsychology@gmail.com