It’s Time To Tend To What’s Been Lost
Grief Therapy
Services available virtually throughout California
I hold grief not only as the acute experience of losing someone or something beloved, but as the water many of us are swimming in. After millennia of systemic violence that has strategically disconnected us from our bodies, from one another, and from the earth, it is no wonder so many of us are carrying profound and often unnamed pain.
You do not have to navigate this alone. Grief can be witnessed, integrated, and transformed when it is met with care.
Grief comes when we lose—or might lose—something precious. A sudden break in attachment can feel disorienting, like an open wound. In deep grief, we must learn to rebuild our lives around that loss. Our sweet animal bodies form strong bonds, so losing a person, role, future, or way of living can feel like a real injury. This pain can sit quietly or loudly in the body, shaping how we move through life as we try to keep loving and living without what’s gone. In therapy, we slow down, listen to how grief sits in the body, and make space for it to move, soften, and be cared for.
Grief and love are intertwined—in a spiral dance together. Choosing to love means grief is inevitable. Learning to hold grief expands the heart, letting us love and connect more deeply.
In therapy, we explore this together with courage and care, noticing how grief shows up in the body and meeting it with gentleness instead of avoidance. I help people befriend their grief so they can live more connected, loving, and alive lives.
Grief avoidance is one of the primary organizing forces of late-stage capitalism.
We live in a culture that has very little space for mourning, feeling, slowing down, or metabolizing loss.
It often shows up as:
chronic overwork and burnout
productivity obsession and worth tied to output
overconsumption (food, substances, shopping, plastic, stimulation)
spiritual bypassing and cultural appropriation
detachment ideologies that mistake numbness for strength
hyper-individualism, which keeps us isolated and disconnected when we most need one another
Unmetabolized grief does not disappear. It moves into the body and the nervous system, where it reappears as anxiety, addiction, rage, numbness, depression, and violence—toward ourselves, one another, and the earth.
What if you could go from:
⟡ Crushed by grief → Rooted, resourced, carrying love with tenderness
⟡ Braced for heartbreak → Trusting body and heart to keep loving
⟡ Numbing or overworking → Staying present with emotions and sensations
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We begin by slowing down and building safety and trust—both in the therapeutic relationship and in your body. We orient to your personal core values, what you care about, and what feels meaningful and alive for you. This creates a grounded container where you can share your story without fear, shame, or urgency to “fix” yourself.
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Together, we begin to map your internal world—your nervous system patterns, protective strategies, emotions, sensations, and grief responses. We gently uncover how loss, trauma, and attachment wounds have shaped your body and relationships. We build skills to notice and track what’s happening inside you so you feel less alone, less overwhelmed, and more resourced in the face of big feelings.
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As your capacity grows, we practice riding the waves of grief as they arise—without numbing, bypassing, or collapsing. You learn how to stay present with love and loss at the same time.
From here, we develop a living plan for how you want to take up space in your own life:
how you set boundaries, honor your desires, choose relationships, and move toward what you love.
The goal is not to eliminate grief, but to let it soften and expand your heart—so you can become a source of love and courage for yourself, your relationships, and your community.
Meet your Los Alamitos Grief Therapist
I’m Kayleigh, a California‑licensed clinical social worker and somatic therapist. I help people tend grief, trauma, and deep relational wounds caused by a culture that limits feeling, slowing, and belonging.
I work with highly sensitive people, cycle breakers, and heart-forward individuals who love deeply. Clients may be grieving a loved one or carry unnamed losses: disconnection, ecological grief, estrangement, identity shifts, loneliness, or unmet life expectations. Many feel exhausted, guarded, disconnected from their bodies, and unsure how to keep living and loving.
I believe grief is intelligent and that symptoms make sense. Healing isn’t about fixing or bypassing pain but slowing down, listening to the body, and carrying what shaped you with tenderness and courage. Expanding capacity for grief can deepen devotion to what matters.
I’m here to help you befriend grief, rebuild trust with your body, and expand your capacity to love, feel, and live.
