Grief Counseling in Arizona: Find Calm the Storm
& Peace After Loss 

do you feel like this?

Will I ever feel happy again?
Is it normal to feel this sad
for this long?
How do I even deal with this?
Who will listen to my story?

Friend, the way through grief is to grieve. 

we're here to walk with you.

Receive Compassionate
Grief & Bereavement Care

At Calm Hearts Counseling, we have garnered both personal experience and professional training to fully acknowledge that no two losses are alike, and that loss is deeply personal. Grief is as unique as your fingerprint and we want to honor you in this season. We’re deeply honored to walk with you on your sacred journey of mourning and healing:

  • Loss of a spouse, parent, family member, significant person, coworker or pet in your life

  • A significant life change: job, geographical move, becoming a parent, separation or divorce, retirement

  • Pregnancy Loss: miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, Termination For Medical Reasons (TFMR)

  • Reproductive Loss: infertility, reproductive diagnosis, involuntary childlessness, loss of childbearing years

  • Traumatic Loss: a sudden, violent or out-of-order death; infant or child loss

Whether your loss is seen, normalized and understood, or if your loss is quiet, intangible and leaving you feeling misunderstood or alone, we’re here to support you with compassion in this season of healing.

Did You Know?

Grief is emotional, physical, relational & spiritual

you're not alone if...

…You look fine on the outside.
But inside? You’re crumbling:

  • You feel lost in a fog that follows you throughout the day, every day. Anniversaries, celebrations, and holidays are painful reminders of what or who you’ve lost.

  • You experience “grief bursts” (sudden sadness, crying) out of nowhere, which may feel inconvenient, overwhelming, even embarrassing.

  • You struggle to maintain focus or keep up with daily tasks. Maybe you’ve pulled away from the people, places, and activities you love.

  • You feel frustrated, hurt, and alone when others say, “It’s time to move on. It’s been at least a year.”

  • You feel frustrated when family & friends offer platitudes like “It’s for the better” or “Time heals all wounds” or “It’s all part of God’s plan.”

  • Your loss is something others don’t see or relate to, and so you live with a silent, heavy sadness.

  • You may question your existence, place or purpose in life.

  • You experience physical symptoms like headaches, body aches, sleeplessness and crying spells that can interfere with daily functioning and activities.

We will be gentle with ourselves, remembering that grief is a journey, and there is no “right way” to grieve. It is our own, personal journey. We decide what feels right for us, releasing the opinions or critiques of others.

Calm Hearts
Grief Manifesto

01

We will honor that no two losses are the same and no two people grieve alike. Therefore, we will refrain from judging ourselves as well as others in how we choose, or need, to grieve and mourn.

02

We will learn to take the minutes, days, and weeks as they come, remembering that we can’t rush through grief. Grief is a process, and not a problem to be solved.

03

  • "No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear."

    CS Lewis

  • "Grief is the price we pay for love."

    Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

  • "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

    Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Find your way through grief & loss with a compassionate approach to healing. 

Grief counseling in mesa, arizona

  • Love & acceptance is at the heart of Compassionate Grief Care. We know first-hand the power of heart and presence in the therapy room. We don’t operate from cold, clinical textbook principles, but come alongside you from our lived experience. At Calm Hearts Counseling, we will never judge your life experiences and what you’ve lost. Our greatest privilege is to be with you in your unfolding story.

  • We believe tears are healing. Sometimes, the only (safe) place we can “let it all out” is in therapy. If that’s the case, then this can be a space for you to process and heal as you receive compassionate support.

  • Grief is a normal response to loss or a major life change. Depressive symptoms like melancholy, sadness, fatigue and irritation are usually a part of grief. Grief is a spectrum of emotions and physical sensations encompassing sadness, anger, sleeplessness, or having a hard time focusing after a loss or major life change.

  • This is different for everyone. We begin meeting weekly and then will space out sessions as daily functioning improves and the ease of living life returns. Monthly “tune-ups” help provide support as we find our way forward in this “new normal” after loss.

  • There is no timeline for grief. Research is revealing that life may begin to feel more stable, or “normal” (what is “normal” anyway?), after a loss. Grief lasts a lifetime, though it will change form and intensity over time.

We would be happy to answer your questions about Grief Counseling.
Please reach out to us through the Contact page.

we're here to support you.

Find your way forward with hope & peace
after loss