Moving through grief at your own pace

Grief is not an illness. It is a process. My role is not to speed up your grief, but to be with you in what you are going through.

Grief does not follow linear stages. Some days are manageable, others are not. The support I offer starts from where you are — no model to follow, no imposed timeline.

The different forms of grief

Grief is not limited to the loss of a loved one. It can follow a separation, a serious illness diagnosis, job loss, retirement, a major move, or any event that ends a way of being or defining yourself. Each type of loss generates a real grieving process, even if society does not always recognize it as such.
  • Death of a loved one, a friend, a pet
  • Separation and divorce
  • Serious illness diagnosis — grieving one's health or a projected life
  • Job loss or loss of professional identity
  • Perinatal loss
  • Family estrangement or the end of an important friendship

What grief does to a person

Grief has physical, cognitive and emotional effects. Sleep disruption, difficulty concentrating, waves of intense emotion, feelings of emptiness or unreality — these are normal responses to a real loss. When these responses persist over time or prevent normal functioning, support can help.

Some people move through grief by talking. Others need time alone. Others need help accessing what they are feeling — because the pain is too great, or because circumstances did not allow for tears. There is no right way to grieve.

What coaching can offer

In grief, coaching is useful for the practical and rebuilding dimensions: regaining daily structure, identifying needs, making difficult decisions, navigating the life changes that accompany loss. It is the space for looking forward when you are beginning to be ready.
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Regaining bearings

A major loss is disorienting. Coaching helps identify what remains stable, what has changed, and how to rebuild a minimal routine when everything feels fragile.

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Clarifying decisions

Grief often comes with important practical decisions — moving, changing jobs, restructuring life. Coaching provides a space to think through these without being overwhelmed by emotional urgency.

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Identifying and communicating needs

What we need in grief is not always obvious. Coaching helps name those needs — solitude, support, movement, meaning — and communicate them to the people around you.

What hypnotherapy can offer

Hypnotherapy in grief works on deep emotional dimensions: emotions that do not surface in words, recurring images, unfinished conversations. It can also reduce anxiety and nocturnal rumination that disrupt sleep.
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Making space for blocked emotions

The hypnotic state allows access to emotions that do not surface in ordinary life — guilt, anger, relief. Welcoming them without letting them overflow can bring significant relief.

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Symbolic work

Hypnotic metaphors allow completing symbolically what could not be said or done — an unfinished conversation, a goodbye that never happened.

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Restoring sleep

Sleep is often the first casualty of grief. Hypnosis sessions focused on calming the nervous system, combined with self-hypnosis, help restore more stable sleep.

What this support is not

My support is not clinical grief therapy. I am not a psychologist or psychotherapist. For complicated grief — prolonged grief disorder, suicidal ideation, significant psychological distress — psychological or psychiatric care is necessary, and I will refer you in that direction if that is the case.

What I offer is a structured support space, with concrete tools, for people in grief who need non-clinical accompaniment.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, this is very common. Many people minimize their grief because society values holding it together. If you feel that the loss is affecting your quality of life, your sleep or your ability to function, that is enough reason to seek support.

No. In fact, support during grief can help you move through the process, not just rebuild after. The right time to start is when you feel you need it.

No. An unprocessed loss can stay dormant for years and resurface during another loss or a life transition. The moment it comes back to the surface is often the right time to address it.

Yes. Online sessions are just as effective for this kind of support. Many people actually appreciate being able to stay in their own space after a session.

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