Grief & Loss Counseling Across BC

Virtual, trauma-informed counseling for adults moving through bereavement, ambiguous loss, life transitions, or grief that does not follow a timeline.

Grief Does Not Need to Be Rushed

Grief can change the shape of your days. It may arrive as sadness, numbness, anger, exhaustion, relief, confusion, or a quiet ache that does not always make sense to other people.

At B-rooted, grief and loss counseling offers a gentle space to be with what has changed, without pressure to “move on” or make meaning before you are ready. Through virtual, trauma-informed therapy across BC, we support adults navigating bereavement, ambiguous loss, life transitions, and the many forms grief can take.

This work is slow, body-aware, and compassionate. If your grief is connected to identity shifts, relationships, stress, trauma, or a larger season of change, individual therapy can also offer a supportive place to explore the fuller story of what you are carrying.

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When Grief Is Living in Your Body

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Feeling waves of sadness, anger, numbness, guilt, relief, or confusion

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A loss that others may not fully understand, recognize, or know how to support

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Bereavement, separation, identity change, illness, caregiving loss, or life transition

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Difficulty resting, focusing, sleeping, or feeling present in daily life

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A nervous system that feels heavy, braced, shut down, or easily overwhelmed

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Pressure from others, or yourself, to be “doing better” by now

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Wanting a gentle space where your grief does not need to be fixed, explained, or rushed

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What Becomes Possible

Grief and loss counseling at B-rooted is grounded in slow, compassionate, trauma-informed care. This means we gently explore not only the story of your loss, but also how grief may be living in your body, your relationships, your routines, and your sense of self.

Rather than asking you to move on, find closure, or make your grief more manageable for others, we create space for your system to grieve at its own pace. For some people, nature-based therapy can also support grief by offering grounding, spaciousness, and connection with the natural world during seasons of loss.

Through virtual therapy across BC, this work can support adults in staying connected to themselves while carrying what has changed.

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Permission to Grieve at Your Own Pace

Therapy can offer space to feel what is here without pressure to be further along, more positive, or ready to make meaning before you are.

A Gentler Relationship With Your Body

Grief can show up as heaviness, tension, fatigue, numbness, restlessness, or waves of emotion. Counseling can help you listen to these signals with care.

Support for Ambiguous or Unrecognized Loss

Not every loss is publicly named or easily understood. Therapy can hold grief connected to identity shifts, estrangement, caregiving, illness, change, or what might have been.

More Room for Memory, Love, and Complexity

Grief is rarely one feeling. There may be sadness, anger, relief, guilt, gratitude, longing, confusion, or tenderness. All of these can belong.

A Life That Makes Space for What Has Changed

The goal is not to erase the loss or rush toward closure. It is to support you in living with more steadiness, honesty, and connection as life continues to unfold.

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Jervais Dionne

Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC)

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Joslyn Kilborn

Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC)

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Patty Rooney

Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC)

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Amy Creech

Master's Psychology Intern

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is grief and loss counseling?

Grief and loss counseling is a supportive space to process bereavement, ambiguous loss, life transitions, and the emotional, physical, and relational impact of grief. At B-rooted, this work is gentle, body-aware, and paced with care.

Do I have to be grieving a death to seek grief counseling?

No. Grief can come from many kinds of loss, including separation, illness, caregiving changes, identity shifts, family estrangement, moving, spiritual change, or the loss of a future you hoped for. Your grief does not need to look a certain way to deserve support.

What if I feel numb instead of sad?

Numbness can be part of grief. Sometimes the nervous system protects you by creating distance from feelings that are too much to hold all at once. Therapy can help you explore numbness gently, without forcing emotion before your system is ready.

Is grief counseling available virtually across BC?

Yes. B-rooted currently offers virtual grief and loss counseling across British Columbia. You can access online support from your own space, whether you are in Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, the Interior, Northern BC, or another community in the province.