Grief and Loss Counseling in Michigan

Navigating Grief and Loss with Compassion

Your grief journey is deeply personal, so you’re looking for a therapist who can understand the physical and emotional toll it has taken on you. Fortunately, Reset clinicians who offer this specialty understand the complexity of grief in its many forms. Through in-person or virtual partnership and support from a licensed mental health professional, you can learn healthy ways to cope with grief, strengthen your capacity for self-care during difficult moments, and begin to heal.

Is what I’m experiencing grief?

• Are you navigating the aftermath of a significant loss—whether through death, relationship ending, major life transition, or another profound change?

• Do you find yourself caught between moments of intense emotion and periods of numbness, wondering if what you're experiencing is "normal" grief?

• Perhaps you lie awake at night replaying memories or questioning how to move forward when everything feels different.

If you’ve answered “yes,” to any of these questions, you may benefit from grief counseling, and you should know that you’re not alone in your experiences. It’s normal for loss to cause you to feel disoriented while trying to navigate daily life when your internal landscape has completely changed, in the loneliness that can come even when you're surrounded by people who care. These experiences are a natural part of grief, even when they feel overwhelming or confusing.

What is grief?

Grief and bereavement are often described primarily as an emotional experience, with many describing it as coming in waves. Like the tides, people may cycle through periods of intense feeling followed by numbness or disconnection. This rhythm isn't just emotional—it often has physical correlates too, as your body moves between activation and shutdown. When grief lives in your body as tension or emptiness, it shapes your emotional experience; when emotions feel overwhelming, physical depletion often follows. Thus, the reality is that your entire being experiences grief, which shows up as physical sensations, changes in daily functioning, shifts in your sense of identity, and a profound reorganization of how you move through the world.

What types of loss are supported at Reset Brain and Body?

Every situation is different, so it’s highly likely your experience of loss will be different from another person’s. For this reason, we offer personalized bereavement counseling to best meet your unique needs. Some of the types of loss we offer support for include (but are not limited to) the following: loss of a parent, loss of a spouse/partner, loss of a family member, loss of a friend, loss due to suicide, life transitions, ending of a relationship, job loss, complex grief, ambiguous grief/loss, anticipatory grief, traumatic grief, and reproductive grief.