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Grief Counselling
There is no correct way to grieve, and no schedule you are behind on.
50-minute sessionsAny kind of lossComplicated grief supported
Per 50-minute session, plus GST. Full fees are on the packages and pricing page. Sessions run online by secure video across Australia and New Zealand, by telephone, or in person in Melbourne by arrangement.
Grief is not only death. It follows separation, diagnosis, infertility, estrangement, redundancy, migration — any loss of a future you were counting on. Counselling gives that loss somewhere to go, at your pace, without being tidied up or hurried along.
We make room for the parts that are harder to say out loud: relief, anger, guilt, numbness. Grief complicated by trauma, or by a relationship that was difficult, gets particular attention.
You may be carrying
- A loss you have not been able to talk about honestly
- Waves that arrive without warning months later
- Guilt or relief that feels unspeakable
- Pressure from others to have moved on
- Anniversaries and dates that undo you
What we work on together
The whole feeling
Anger, relief and guilt belong in grief work as much as sadness does.
Carrying it forward
Ritual, memory and meaning — how to live alongside a loss rather than past it.
How the work unfolds
Continuing bondsComplicated grief workRitual and memoryTrauma-informed
01
Tell it your way
The story of the loss, told as fully or as sparsely as you want, with no requirement to be composed about it.
02
The tangled parts
Relief, anger, guilt, the things that were unresolved between you. These are the parts most people have nowhere to say out loud.
03
Carrying it
What helps on the bad days, and how to handle anniversaries, birthdays and the questions from other people.
04
Living alongside
Ritual, memory and meaning — keeping the relationship in a form that fits the life you are still living.
“The relief I felt was the part I could not say to anyone. Saying it was what let the sadness in.”
Client · grief counselling
Common questions
How long should grief last?+
There is no schedule and you are not behind. Grief changes shape rather than ending. What we watch for is grief that has become stuck in a way that is closing your life down.
Is it too late to come? It has been years.+
No. Grief that was never given room often surfaces years later, sometimes triggered by an unrelated loss. Working on it late is common and no less effective.
My loss is not a death. Does this still apply?+
Yes. Separation, estrangement, infertility, diagnosis, redundancy and migration all involve grieving a future you were counting on, and they are often grieved without any social permission to do so.
More answers in the general FAQs, or ask Anne directly.
Practical guides for this work
Often works alongside
Trauma Counselling
Specialist trauma resolution with TRTP — without reliving the detail.
Individual Counselling
One-to-one work to understand what is going on and decide what to do about it.
Depression Counselling
When everything takes more effort than it should, the way back is smaller and more specific than you think.
Ready to start with Grief Counselling?
Book online in under a minute, or send a question first — Anne answers her own enquiries.