My Support at a Glance
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***CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS***​
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Whether you’ve experienced pet loss through sudden death, long-term illness, old age, disappearance, theft, loss of custody, relinquishment, or any other event, the loss can send our emotions spinning. If or when we do not feel acknowledged in our grief, we end up feeling as if our pain is dismissed or minimized.
This experience is inclusive of anticipatory grief, where you may find yourself struggling to live out your animal’s final days mindfully, constantly anticipating the end. I can provide the space to unpack what’s coming up and help you prepare for their final days/weeks/months.
My role can involve showing up with curiosity, bearing witness to the pain that is losing your beloved animal, and helping with the transition from a relationship of presence to a relationship of memory. Our time can be a chance to reflect on how this experience has changed who you are and explore what steps might be useful in finding ways to live with grief and joy simultaneously.
Support may look like:
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Processing, expressing, and coping with difficult emotions
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Working through secondary losses; routine, identity, sense of purpose, emotional security, the future you won't have
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Exploring simple ways to care for yourself and manage other responsibilities
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Finding ways to ask for and receive support from others
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Remembering conversations, needing someone to hold space for you
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Learning to articulate needs/wants with others
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Creating a bucket list for your animal
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Planning for a death with dignity
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Planning a celebration of life, funeral, memorial, etc.
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Mourning activities as well as ideas for memorializing, remembering, and honouring the relationship​
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Working through triggers
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Planning for “firsts”
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Exploring questions about the afterlife, one's own mortality
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Navigating additional complexities like mental illness, other losses, substance use, life stressors, unhelpful support, etc.
Specialties: pet loss, grief and loss, interpersonal difficulties, emotion regulation, life transitions, self-concept (self-esteem, ideal self, self-image), low acuity anxiety.
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$165/ 50-minute session
Virtual care only
Ontario wide
13 years +
Covered by most extended healthcare plans