Grief and Loss

Grief is a natural process that helps individuals navigate the emotional impact of loss and move toward healing. It's a deeply personal journey—each person's experience of grief is unique, shaped by their coping mechanisms, personality, faith, life experiences, and the specific nature of their loss. Just as there is no single way to grieve, the path to healing is also unique for each person, unfolding gradually over time.

While grief is often associated with the loss of a loved one, it can be triggered by a wide range of other life events. Relationship changes such as separation or divorce, the loss of a pet, unemployment, financial instability, health challenges, and changes in living arrangements can all lead to feelings of grief. Additionally, significant life transitions like not getting married, not having children, retirement, health changes, reaching milestones, or experiencing traumatic events can also evoke deep grief.

Maria’s Grief Expertise

Widowed in 2006 while 12 weeks pregnant, Maria intimately understands the complexities of navigating profound loss. With over 16 years of experience as a grief and loss expert, Maria has dedicated her career to guiding individuals through their most challenging times.

Armed with a Bachelor's degree in counseling and specialised studies in grief and bereavement, Maria has worked extensively in private practice, support groups, online forums, and retreats. Her focus is on offering compassionate guidance and support to those seeking healing and growth after overwhelming loss.

Maria’s holistic approach, combined with her vast knowledge and experience, makes her a trusted resource in the field of grief counseling and healing. Her own lived experiences of grief and loss, coupled with her empathy, warmth, and understanding, provide a strong foundation for helping you work through your grief and move towards healing and rebuilding your life.

By utilising a range of therapies and techniques, Maria tailors each session to meet your specific needs. She helps you find practical ways to manage the impact of grief and loss, initiate the healing process, and equips you with the tools and strategies to rebuild your life after loss.

Maria offers Grief Counselling Sessions (Counselling) as well as Holistic Grief Sessions (Counselling & Energy Healing).

Holistic Grief Counseling: Healing Through All Aspects of Loss 

Grief is a complex journey that affects every aspect of your being. My holistic approach, combining counseling and energy healing, is designed to support you through this process by addressing the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual dimensions of your loss.

It’s natural to feel scared to grieve, to avoid or resist the deep sadness, loneliness, and fear that accompany loss—these emotions are a natural part of the grieving process. Grief is meant to move through us, not become trapped within the body. Processing these feelings is essential to facilitate healing and restore balance.

During times of grief, counseling and energy healing can be especially beneficial, offering comfort and support when you’ve lost a loved one. Energy healing is a powerful tool to help you navigate your grief and process the intense emotions involved.

When we experience grief, our bodies often enter a fight, flight, or freeze response, also known as the stress response. This natural reaction to emotional pain can manifest as physical symptoms such as tension, restlessness, or feeling stuck. Understanding and addressing this response is crucial for processing grief and moving toward healing.

For many, discussing grief can be difficult and uncomfortable. Those who struggle to articulate their feelings or prefer a non-verbal approach to healing might find talk therapy challenging, as it relies heavily on verbal communication. In such cases, energy healing offers a gentle and effective alternative, allowing emotions to be processed without the need for words.

These gentle yet powerful sessions address mental and emotional issues while balancing the body’s energy to release blockages. Energy healing induces a deep state of relaxation, reducing stress, anxiety, and physical tension, while also enhancing emotional healing by calming the mind and body. After a session, you may experience an immediate sense of relief and well-being. This energy work strengthens the mind-body connection, fostering a greater awareness of how emotions and thoughts manifest physically, which can be incredibly powerful in the healing process.

How the Holistic Session Works

Your holistic session begins with counseling, where you have the space to discuss your grief as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. The length of time spent in conversation is entirely up to you, allowing you to set the pace for your healing journey.

Following the counselling, we transition into the energy healing work. You’ll lie comfortably on a massage table, allowing your body to rest and unwind. We start with deep breathing exercises to help your mind and body relax.

During this phase, Maria will work with your grief and emotions, guiding you through a process that allows you to subconsciously acknowledge, feel, process, and release the layers of grief and emotions you may be holding. She will engage with your limbic system, vagus nerve, and nervous system, as well as your physical and energy bodies, to facilitate deep healing.

At the conclusion of the energy healing work, we will sit together and debrief, discussing the energy work that took place and any insights or experiences you wish to share. Maria may offer recommendations for practices or exercises to process your grief  between sessions, such as journaling, meditation, self care.

Grief Holistic Counseling Sessions Offer:

• Compassionate Support: We take into account every aspect of your grief, providing a safe and nurturing space where you can freely explore your emotions and experiences.

• Holistic Approach: Maria focuses on your mind, body, and soul, guiding you toward balance and healing across all areas of your life.

• Personalized Care: Each session is tailored to meet you where you are in your grieving process, offering compassionate guidance and personalised support.

  Why Choose Holistic Grief Counseling?

• Heal on a Deeper Level: Address the whole person—mind, body, and soul—for comprehensive healing.

• Effective Coping Strategies: Gain tools and strategies to help you manage and navigate your loss.

• Peace and Acceptance: Find a sense of peace and acceptance on your grief journey.

• Clarity and Insight: Gain a deeper understanding of your thoughts and emotions surrounding your loss.

• Practical Tools: Learn practical methods to manage your grief and build resilience.

• Mindfulness Techniques: Develop mindfulness practices to stay present and grounded during challenging times.

• Emotional Resilience: Enhance your ability to cope with the emotional waves of grief.

• Self-Understanding: Foster a deeper connection with yourself as you process your grief.

• Mind-Body-Soul Balance: Create harmony and balance within your entire being.

• Hope and Encouragement: Receive support to move forward at your own pace, with hope and encouragement.

• Grounding Techniques: Learn grounding methods to steady yourself when emotions feel overwhelming.

• Continuing Bonds: Explore ways to maintain a meaningful connection with your loved one.

• Self-Care Routines: Implement self-care practices to nurture and support your well-being.

Energy Healing (Reiki)

Maria is a dedicated Energy Healer and Reiki Seichem Master, deeply passionate about providing emotional healing to her clients. Reiki (Ray-Key) is an ancient Japanese healing practice that channels universal energy, drawing from the elemental forces of Earth. Seichem (Say-Keem), a healing system rediscovered in 1980 with roots in Ancient Egypt, incorporates the elemental energies of Water, Fire, and Air.

Energy healing is a non-invasive treatment where the practitioner’s hands facilitate the flow of healing energy into the client, clearing and balancing the client’s energy field. During a session, the client can sit in a chair or lie down on a massage table, remaining fully clothed.

This practice helps alleviate physical symptoms while releasing tension, anxiety, fear, grief, and other negative emotions. As these emotions are cleared, a profound sense of peace and well-being often emerges. Energy healing grounds and centers you, allowing a deeper connection with what your mind, body, and spirit are communicating. After a session, clients typically feel refreshed, with a more positive and balanced perspective.

Wellbeing Counselling Sessions are available online or Face to Face.

Available Face to Face or Online

Online holistic counselling via Zoom video calls provides an accessible option for those who may find it challenging to attend in-person sessions. This service is available to clients regardless of their location, offering the same principles as face-to-face counselling and energy healing but in a virtual setting. These sessions remain confidential and private.

Maria is a qualified Energy Healer and has been attuned to the energy frequency of Reiki and Seichem Healing. Maria uses a specific frequency healing energy with purpose and intent when sending it to her client providing well-being and healing for them.

The benefits of distant energy healing is that it can be sent to the client wherever they are located and at any time that is convenient to them. For some clients receiving distant energy healing at home helps them feel more relaxed and enables them to be more open. 

A distant energy healing session will work the same as an in person session.

Benefits of Online Sessions:

• Choice and Flexibility: Offers you the freedom to choose how you receive counselling and energy healing.

• Comfort: Receive counselling and energy healing from the comfort of your home or workplace.

• Convenience: No travel is required, saving you time and effort.

• Safety: Ensures a COVID-safe environment for your sessions.