San Luis Obispo Therapists specializing in Grief or Loss

Amanda Palen

My clients often find themselves disconnected from self, struggling in relationship, and striving to find meaning in their lives. My clients also bring their own unique personality into treatment and I work with this strength collaboratively, like sewing a blanket we find the threads of meaning in your life that offer insight and wisdom. My style combines a warm and empathetic presence with a focused intention as I support you in understanding all your threads.

Margaret Hoyne Brown

Summer Sessions Counseling Alexann Masiko-Meyer

Everyone has a story, everyone deserves to talk to someone. You are worthy of an unbiased, safe and productive opportunity to process your experiences.

Christina Martinez

All day you hear the critical voice of the eating disorder in your head, dictating what you can eat, how you should feel and what your allowed to do that day. The committee in your head occupies your every thought and judges your every move. To make matters worse, today's society is feeding that committee through diet culture. You struggle to let others in to help you when you need it most. Your struggle is real and valid! This daily battle is exhausting and leaves you questioning reality.

Maribel Alaniz Mendez

Grief is the natural reaction to loss. Grief is both a universal and a personal experience. Individual experiences of grief vary and are influenced by the nature of the loss. Some examples of loss include the death of a loved one, the ending of an important relationship, job loss, or the loss of independence through disability. The five well-known stages of grief, frequently used by people are: Denial, Anger. Bargaining, Depression & Acceptance.

Christina Dee

Grief rearranges the landscape of our life. It is disorienting and painful. By attending to grief by giving it the time and space it needs, creates a deeper and wiser understanding of how to move through loss and grow from what grieves you. I have extensive clinical experience supporting individuals grieving a death or coping with a life-limiting illness as well as providing individual and group support for those healing from PTSD and death-related trauma issues.

Larisa Traga

Do feelings of helplessness make it hard to get through the day? Are you struggling to let go of baggage from the past? Do triggers make it hard to manage at home, at work, or in personal relationships? If you find yourself struggling and not living up to your fullest potential, then you may be helped by my approach. I specialize and offer trauma sensitive, multi-cultural and proven methods that can help you become unchained from your past and live to your fullest potential in the present.

Ann Marie Donnelly

If you are looking for extra support through a challenging transition, I look forward to working with you to help you achieve your goals.

LINDA SHALEEN

My interest is working with individuals and couples who find that their current ways of coping are not effective and they want to find a new approach. Many of us experience anxiety or depression that prohibits us from living a full and rewarding life. My expertise is assisting people with identifying the core of their uneasiness and learning new skills.

LINDA SHALEEN

Are you attempting to manage feelings of constantly being on edge? Have you felt sad and overwhelmed? At times do you feel alone, or that no one can understand how you're feeling. Do you question why do I feel this way? I understand those feelings. They can be debilitating. I don't want you to feel that way any longer. Through an array of effective techniques, you can develop a new approach in how you feel. I look forward to teaching you these tools.

Sarah Medzyk

The difficulties of everyday life can sometimes become overwhelming. When on top of those difficulties we add the stresses of illness, anxiety, depression, our identity, our love lives and more-we can easily feel burdened to our breaking point. Sometimes these situations can linger for months or years, making it hard to meet our obligations and live our lives in the way we would like. However, those difficulties and stresses don't need to define who we are-or where we're going.

Emily Kerbo Foster

I provide support to adults, parents, and children who are struggling with behavioral, mental health, and/or relationship difficulties. I stress the importance of parent/caregiver involvement in child therapy, and provide both separate and joint parent/child sessions. I also work with adults and couples, who are having difficulty with their relationship dynamics and/or with co-parenting.