Grief Therapy · Atlanta, GA & Online

Grief doesn’t follow
a timeline.
Neither does healing.

Loss changes everything — and nobody tells you how long that's supposed to last. I work with people carrying grief that doesn't fit neatly into the stages they've heard about.

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What I know about grief

The five stages are
a framework.
Not a schedule.

Kübler-Ross wrote about stages of grief for people facing terminal illness — not for everyone navigating loss. Somewhere along the way those stages became a script people feel they're failing to follow correctly.

You don't have to move through grief in order. You don't have to be done by a certain point. You don't have to feel the things everyone else tells you to feel. What you do have to do is actually move through it — which is harder than it sounds, and almost impossible to do alone.

I work with people in the middle of active loss and people carrying grief that's years old and never fully processed. Both are valid starting places. The work looks different, but the need is the same: a space to be honest about what this has actually been like.

Grief isn't only
about death.

Loss takes more forms than most people acknowledge. If it mattered to you and now it's gone, it counts.

01

Death & Dying

The loss of a parent, partner, child, sibling, friend. Sudden loss or anticipated loss after illness. Grief that arrives in waves long after others expect you to be over it.

02

Divorce & Relationship Loss

The end of a marriage or significant relationship — grieving not just the person but the shared life, the future you planned, the version of yourself that existed in that relationship.

03

Ambiguous Loss

Grief without a clear ending — a parent with dementia who is still physically present, estrangement, the loss of someone you can't publicly mourn. These are among the hardest to process.

04

Disenfranchised Grief

Loss that others don't fully recognize — miscarriage, the death of a pet, a friendship, a job that was central to your identity. Your grief is legitimate regardless of whether others validate it.

05

Identity & Life Transitions

Grieving who you were before — before illness, before a major loss, before a decision that changed everything. The self you expected to be. The life that didn't happen.

06

Complicated Grief

Grief that doesn't ease over time, that intensifies, or that begins interfering significantly with daily functioning. Sometimes called prolonged grief disorder. Highly treatable with the right support.

The approach

Not fixing.
Moving through.

01

No agenda for where you should be

I don't have a timeline for your grief. We move at the pace your nervous system can actually tolerate — not the pace that would make other people more comfortable.

02

Space for the complicated parts

Relief. Anger. Guilt about the relief. The ways the relationship was hard before it ended. Grief is rarely clean. I've heard all of it, and none of it changes whether you're allowed to mourn.

03

Meaning-making, not just coping

The goal isn't just to hurt less. It's to understand how this loss fits into your life — what it changed, what it clarified, and how you carry it going forward without it defining everything.

04

Practical support alongside the emotional

Grief affects sleep, work, relationships, and functioning. We address all of it — not just the feeling, but the real-world impact of loss on your day-to-day life.

“Grief is the price of love. It doesn’t mean something went wrong.
It means something mattered.”
— Myke Cooper, LCSW

Questions people
ask about grief therapy

How is grief therapy different from just talking to friends or family?
Friends and family are often grieving too, which means the people you'd naturally turn to are carrying their own version of the same loss. A therapist isn't managing their own grief, isn't trying to fix your feelings, and isn't emotionally exhausted by the conversation. That creates a different kind of space — one where you don't have to protect anyone from what you actually feel.
Is there a "right time" to start grief therapy?
No. Some people come in days after a loss. Others come years later when they realize something never fully processed. Both are valid starting points. The only wrong time is waiting until you're so depleted that functioning becomes difficult — though even then, it's never too late.
What if my loss isn't a death? Does grief therapy still apply?
Absolutely. Divorce, estrangement, miscarriage, the end of a career, the loss of health — these are all real losses that deserve real support. The cultural permission to grieve often only extends to death, which leaves a lot of people struggling with losses that no one around them acknowledges as significant.
I've been told I should be over it by now. Should I be?
No. Grief doesn't operate on a calendar. What changes over time — when you get real support — is your ability to carry the loss without it consuming everything. The loss itself doesn't disappear. The relationship with it changes. Anyone who tells you there's a deadline for grief has probably never sat with real loss.
Do you work with complicated or prolonged grief?
Yes. Complicated grief — grief that intensifies over time rather than easing, or that significantly disrupts daily functioning — is something I work with directly. It's distinct from typical grief and responds well to targeted therapeutic approaches. If your grief feels stuck rather than moving, that's worth addressing specifically.
Do you accept insurance for grief therapy?
Sessions are offered through Headway, which works with many major insurance plans. Full details are on the fees & insurance page. A free consultation is always the first step — no financial commitment required to have an initial conversation.
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You don’t have to carry
this alone.

The first conversation is free. No intake forms, no commitment. Just a chance to talk about what's going on and see if working together makes sense.

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