You didn’t expect to be here.
Maybe you just got a diagnosis that rewrote your future in an instant. Maybe someone you love did — your spouse, your parent, your child — and now you’re supposed to keep living your life while quietly terrified of what’s coming.
Maybe the diagnosis won’t kill you, but it took the life you thought you’d have. The career. The plans. The version of yourself you knew.
And somehow you’re still functioning. Still showing up. Still being what everyone else needs.
But inside you’re grieving something enormous — and most people around you don’t even have a word for what you’re carrying.
That word is anticipatory grief. And it’s real, it’s valid, and you don’t have to carry it alone.
What We Work On
The Grief of a Changed Future
This isn’t the grief most people talk about. Nobody died. You’re not allowed to fall apart — there are appointments to manage, people to take care of, a life that still has to keep moving.
But you’re grieving. The future you planned. The health you had. The person you were before the news. The life your family was supposed to have.
That grief deserves real space and real attention — even when the world around you doesn’t recognize it as grief at all.
When Grief Looks Like Anxiety
Since the diagnosis, your brain won’t stop. You’re catastrophizing, planning for worst case scenarios, waking up at 3am running through every possible outcome. You can’t rest. You can’t stop bracing for what might be coming.
That’s not weakness. That’s what grief and fear do to a nervous system that’s been through something this big.
When Grief Looks Like Depression
Sometimes it shows up as going through the motions. Being present in your life but not really feeling it. Losing interest in things that used to matter. Feeling disconnected from the people around you — even the ones who love you — because they can’t quite understand what you’re carrying.
If you’ve been wondering whether this is just how things are now — it’s not.
The Caregiver Experience
You’re not the one who’s sick. So you’re not allowed to fall apart.
You’re the one making the appointments, doing the research, holding everyone else together. You’re the strong one. And you’re exhausted in a way that nobody around you fully sees.
Your grief is real too. Your fear is real too. And you deserve support just as much as the person you’re caring for.
How It Works
Sessions are one-on-one and built entirely around you. I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), trauma-informed care, mindfulness-based techniques, and my specialized training in health and chronic illness — using whatever combination actually fits where you are and where you want to go.
You don’t need to have it figured out before you show up. You just need to show up.
Not Ready for Weekly Therapy? There’s Another Option.
Sometimes weekly sessions aren’t the right fit. Maybe you’re in the middle of something acute and a week between appointments feels too long. Maybe you’ve tried therapy before and want to go deeper, faster. Maybe there’s a milestone coming — a diagnosis, a death that feels close, a transition you’re not ready for — and you need more than 50 minutes at a time.
A grief intensive is a concentrated block of therapeutic work — just you, what you’re carrying, and uninterrupted time to actually move through something. No small talk. No catching up from last week. Just focused, sustained support.
Intensives are available via telehealth or in-person in Dover, DE, and can be tailored to where you are in your grief — whether you’re anticipating a loss, in the middle of one, or carrying something you’ve never had the space to fully process.
If you’ve been wondering whether there’s something more than the standard weekly model, this might be it.
A standard intensive is 12 hours of dedicated time, structured across five sessions: a 1-hour assessment to orient and set the focus, two 4-hour deep work sessions, a 2-hour integration session, and a 1-hour closing session to consolidate what shifted and map what comes next. Intensives are $3,200 and available via telehealth or in-person in Dover, DE.
The Details
First step: Free 15-minute consultation — no pressure, no commitment
Who I work with: Adults navigating grief, chronic illness, and life-altering diagnoses
Session format: In-person in Dover, DE or telehealth
Telehealth available in: Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Florida & South Carolina
Office: 838 Walker Road, Suite 22-3, Dover, DE 19904
Evening appointments available
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