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Therapy for Grief and Sadness - Finding Peace Through Acceptance

Compassionate Support for Navigating Loss with Grace and Understanding

Grief doesn't wait for convenient moments. It arrives during family dinners, quiet mornings, and in the midst of daily routines. As someone who has navigated life's complexities, I understand the challenge of maintaining your responsibilities while your inner world feels shattered. My approach to grief counseling creates space for you to find peace and acceptance, honoring your loss while gently supporting you through this profound human experience.

Who I Work With

I specialize in supporting individuals and couples in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who are seeking peace amidst profound loss. My clients come from all walks of life, united by their experience of complicated grief and their desire for compassionate support. You might be processing the death of a loved one, experiencing pregnancy loss, grieving a relationship change, or mourning the life you thought you'd have.

What distinguishes my clients is their desire to find a way to hold their grief with grace, not to rush through it or transform it, but to find acceptance and peace within it. You recognize that grief deserves to be witnessed with care and respect, regardless of where you are in life's journey.

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My Approach to Grief Counseling: Creating Space for Peace

Having navigated motherhood, marriage, and witnessed the intensity of startup life as a spouse, I understand life's many pressures and transitions. I know the challenge of being present for your family when sadness feels overwhelming, and the isolation that comes when others don't understand your pain.

My integrative approach recognizes grief as a whole-system experience that deserves respect, not fixing. When you work with me, we're creating space for acceptance, examining how your nervous system responds to loss, how your body holds grief, and how we can support your natural healing process.

This biopsychosocial approach gently addresses:
 

  • Biological responses: Supporting your nervous system as it processes loss, helping with sleep, appetite, and energy

  • Psychological experiences: Holding space for intense yearning, sadness, and the complex emotions of grief

  • Social connections: Maintaining relationships and accepting support while honoring your need for solitude
     

Therapeutic Modalities for Finding Acceptance
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)

I help you develop compassion for all the parts holding your grief, the part trying to stay strong, the part experiencing intense yearning, the part feeling guilt about moments of lightness. Through IFS, you learn to be with all these parts without judgment, finding peace within the complexity of your experience. This approach is particularly helpful when complicated grief creates internal conflict.

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Perinatal Mental Health Support

I offer specialized support for pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and the complex emotions surrounding parenthood transitions. Understanding the unique aspects of perinatal grief, I provide a safe space to process these profound losses without judgment or timeline.

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Intensive Therapy Options

For those seeking deeper support in concentrated time, I offer intensive sessions. These extended sessions allow you to settle into the work without rushing, creating space for whatever needs to emerge in your grieving process.

What Makes My Practice Different

Unlike traditional grief counseling that focuses on stages or timelines, I honor your unique journey toward acceptance. My clients value that I:
 

  • Meet you where you are: Respecting your unique life circumstances and grief experience

  • Honor your pace: No rushing toward "recovery" or pressure to "move on", just steady support as you find your way

  • Offer gentle guidance: Mindfulness practices and nervous system support that help you find moments of peace

  • Provide consistent presence: WhatsApp access for scheduling, session reminders.

  • Respect your process: No simplistic solutions or prescribed stages, just compassionate witness to your experience

Beginning Your Journey Toward Peace

Getting Started

Your journey begins with a free 15-minute consultation where we explore whether my approach feels right for you. This is simply a conversation, no pressure, just an opportunity to sense if we're a good fit.

Gentle Onboarding

My Client Care Coordinator, Mei, ensures a smooth, stress-free start to therapy. She handles all logistics with care, allowing you to arrive at your first session without administrative burdens.

Your First Session

We begin gently, mapping your internal landscape through parts work and exploring your history at a pace that feels comfortable. You'll experience guided meditation and receive mindfulness practices tailored to support you between sessions, tools for finding moments of peace amidst the waves of grief.

Ongoing Support Structure

  • Session reminders to maintain gentle consistency

  • Mindfulness practices designed to offer comfort between sessions

  • WhatsApp access for convenient scheduling and scheduling-related questions

  • Continued support through practices that honor your evolving needs

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Recognizing When Professional Support Can Help

Prolonged grief disorder can leave you feeling stuck in your pain. Gentle professional support might help if you're experiencing:
 

  • Persistent thoughts about your loved one that feel overwhelming

  • Difficulty accepting the reality of loss

  • Withdrawal from friends and social support

  • Physical symptoms like insomnia, fatigue, or loss of appetite

  • Feeling emotionally numb or disconnected

  • Anxiety about facing daily life without your loved one


These symptoms of complicated grief benefit from compassionate professional support, not to fix or change them, but to help you find peace within them.

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Areas of Support

My practice offers gentle support for various forms of grief and related experiences:
 

  • Acute grief in the immediate aftermath of loss

  • Complicated grief when pain feels stuck or overwhelming

  • Anticipatory grief when facing impending loss

  • Disenfranchised grief for losses others might not recognize

  • Traumatic grief following sudden loss

  • Depression and anxiety accompanying bereavement

  • Relationship challenges arising from grief

  • Work stress and burnout compounded by loss

  • Self-compassion during difficult times

  • Panic attacks triggered by grief

  • Self-esteem challenges during bereavement

  • Trauma related to loss

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The Holistic Nature of Healing

I see therapy as an integrative and holistic process that honors the complexity of being human. It's grounded in understanding that our well-being is shaped by the dynamic interplay between our biology (like the nervous system and physical health), our psychology (thoughts, emotions, beliefs), and our social world (relationships, environment, culture).

Therapy isn't just about what we say or feel; it also considers how your system responds to stress, how the body holds memory, and how daily habits and surroundings support or hinder healing. I draw from the science of how the mind, body, and nervous system work together to shape our experiences and relationships.

I help clients make sense of their inner world while also focusing on what supports real-life healing, how you sleep, move, eat, connect, set boundaries, and manage stress. I'm interested in what helps therapy land: the rituals, relationships, and rhythms that build resilience from the inside out. This isn't just talk therapy; it's about gently rewiring, re-patterning, and reimagining how we move through the world in a way that feels more connected, grounded, and true.
 

Your Investment in Peace

Working with me is an investment in finding your way through grief with support and dignity. While I don't discuss specific pricing here, I encourage you to reach out to explore how we might work together. The value lies in having a compassionate witness to your journey and gentle guidance toward acceptance.

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Why Seek Specialized Grief Support

Every person's grief is unique and deserves specialized attention. You need someone who understands that grief counseling must acknowledge the reality of your ongoing responsibilities, whether that's caring for family, maintaining work, or simply getting through each day, while creating genuine space for mourning.

My approach honors these realities while protecting sacred space for your grief. Through our work together, you may find enhanced capacity for being with difficult emotions, deeper self-compassion, renewed ability to accept support, and sustainable ways to carry grief with grace.

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Take the First Step Toward Peace

Grief doesn't follow a convenient timeline, and neither should your support. Whether you're in Singapore, Dubai, or San Francisco, I offer both online and in-person sessions designed to fit gently into your life.

Your loss deserves to be witnessed with care and sophistication. This isn't about "getting over it" or finding silver linings, it's about finding peace and acceptance, allowing grief its rightful place while discovering you can still experience moments of light.

Discover how compassionate grief therapy can support you in finding peace amidst loss. Your grief is valid, your pain is real, and finding acceptance is possible. With gentle support, you can navigate this journey while honoring both your loss and your life.

I offer convenient online sessions for clients in Singapore, Dubai, and San Francisco. Reach out today to explore how we can work together toward finding peace.
 

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