Grief coaching for adults carrying an early loss.
You learned how to keep going. That doesn’t mean the grief stopped showing up. I specialize in supporting adults who lost a parent young, as well as people whose early experiences of loss continue to shape their lives today.
Together, we can make sense of what you are carrying, help you feel heard without being rushed or fixed, and prepare for the moments when grief returns unexpectedly.
You may have grown up around the grief, but not through it.
Losing someone important when you are young changes more than childhood. It can affect how you experience family, relationships, milestones, responsibility, and even your own identity years later.
You may have learned to keep functioning without ever having the space or language to understand what happened. Then grief returns in ordinary moments: a holiday, an old song, becoming a parent, or a quiet day when you thought you were doing fine.
That does not mean you are moving backward. It may mean a part of your story is finally asking to be heard.
Grief coaching gives us somewhere to begin.
Our conversations can help you:
Put language around experiences you have carried quietly
Understand how an earlier loss may still affect your life
Recognize and prepare for grief ambushes
Feel heard without being corrected, rushed, or fixed
Identify practical ways to care for yourself when grief resurfaces
Grief coaching is not therapy, crisis care, or a replacement for mental-health treatment. It is a grounded, forward-focused space to understand your grief and become better prepared to live alongside it.
Meet Robert
I understand this terrain personally.
I lost my father at fourteen and my mother in my mid-twenties. Quietly, I was still carrying losses I had never fully understood.
I became a David Kessler Certified Grief Educator, and built the kind of grief-coaching practice I wish had existed when I was younger.
Parental loss is the experience I know most personally, but it is not the only kind of grief welcome here. If an important loss changed your life, particularly while you were still young, we can begin by talking about what you are carrying now.
I will not shy away from your grief or ask you to make it easier for me to hear. You do not have to arrive with the right words. We can begin with what is true today.
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Two ways to begin.
Complimentary 45-Minute Grief Map Session
A low-pressure conversation to talk about what you have been carrying, identify where grief is showing up now, and consider what kind of support may make sense.
Individual 60-Minute Grief Coaching Session
A focused coaching session for someone who wants time to explore a specific grief experience, milestone, question, or recurring grief ambush.
If ongoing support feels appropriate, three-session and 90-day coaching options are available after we have met.
The book I needed when I was fourteen.
The Other Side of This was written for teenagers trying to understand life after someone important dies, and for the adults who want to support them without relying on clichés or easy answers.
My individual coaching practice focuses on adults. The book gives grieving teenagers a place to feel recognized in language written directly for them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Grief coaching is forward-focused support that can help you understand your experience, recognize patterns, and develop practical ways to care for yourself. It does not diagnose or treat mental-health conditions and is not a substitute for therapy, medical care, or crisis support.
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No. I specialize in supporting adults who lost a parent when they were young because that is the experience I understand most personally. I may also be able to support you if another important loss—such as the death of a sibling, caregiver, partner, or close friend—continues to shape your life.
The complimentary Grief Map gives us an opportunity to talk about your experience and determine whether my approach is appropriate for you.
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Often, yes. Coaching and therapy can serve different purposes and may complement one another. If you are currently working with a therapist, you may want to let them know that you are also considering grief coaching.
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You do not need to prepare a perfect explanation or know exactly what you need. We can begin with what has been happening, what feels difficult, or why you decided to reach out now.
You do not need to know exactly what you need.
The complimentary Grief Map is a conversation, not a commitment to a package. We will talk about what you have been carrying, where grief is showing up now, and whether working together feels like the right next step.