Grief Counselling in Vancouver and Online

Finding Meaning and Comfort After Loss

Losing someone you love can change everything. At Sarah Lewis Counselling, we offer grief counselling in Vancouver and online grief therapy to help you process loss, find balance, and begin healing at your own pace. Whether you’re facing recent or long-term grief, you don’t have to do it alone.

Grief Turns Life Upside Down

Counselling That Meets You Where You Are

When someone you love dies, the world changes in an instant. The entire world has imploded and no longer makes sense — you’re likely to feel stunned, disoriented, and unable to imagine what moving forward even means. This isn’t something you “get over.” Grief becomes part of you, because love remains part of you.

Why it Hurts so Deeply

Part of what makes grief so devastating is that our sense of safety was tied to knowing our person was in the world — alive, reachable, okay. When they die, our brain can’t make sense of it. It keeps searching — maybe they’re at work, maybe they’ll walk through the door — and when reality hits again, the pain can feel unbearable. You’re not “going crazy.” This is simply your mind struggling to understand the impossible.

The love you shared was built on a million small moments of connection, comfort, and memory. Now that safety feels torn away, and the world no longer seems predictable or secure. Many people ask, “Will I ever be okay again?” The truth is that grief isn’t something to fix, but something we slowly learn to carry alongside our love.

The Brain on Grief

Grief fog is real. Daily tasks like grocery shopping or paying bills can feel impossible. Anxiety often takes hold, replaying disaster scenarios in a desperate attempt to restore safety. This isn’t weakness — it’s your mind trying to cope with the unthinkable. Together, we’ll create strategies that make everyday life more tolerable while honouring where you are in your grief.

The models we’ve been given for grief don’t match reality. The “five stages” don’t apply to living with loss, and they can create unrealistic expectations. Real grief is messy, unpredictable, and unique to you. Whatever you’re feeling — despair, exhaustion, anxiety, numbness, anger, or guilt — makes sense. Nothing is wrong with you, and all of you is welcome here.

What Counselling Offers

My role is not to take your grief away. It’s to give it space and voice. In counselling, we work together to:

NSupport your body and mind in the fog of grief.
NBuild self-compassion when the world expects you to “move on.”
NProtect your energy with healthy boundaries.
NManage the anxiety and fear that often follow deep loss.
NExplore meaning-making, ritual, or meaningful action — if and when you are ready.

This is not about returning to who you were before. It’s about learning to carry both love and loss as you become the person you are now.

An Invitation

If you’re here, it’s because life has been shattered by loss. That pain is real, and you don’t need to carry it alone.

Counselling is a place where your grief is safe, your love is acknowledged, and you can begin to find your way in this new reality. If you’re ready, I would be honoured to walk alongside you

I would love to meet you.

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