Online Loss or Grief therapists in Des Moines, Iowa IA
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Grief
Kate E. Stephenson
Life Coach, ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Holistic Life, Career & Executive
The waves of grief crash in unexpected ways at unexpected times with unexpected outcomes. Within my Holistic Life Coaching practice and through my own personal experience, I have cultivated tools, methods, and experiments that approach grief and loss through the lens of curiosity, expansiveness, and nonjudgment. I am NOT offering therapy—I leave the work of diagnosis and treatment of medical issues to medical professionals. Coaching can absolutely complement and supplement your therapy work; our work is therapeutic without being therapy. Without stagnating in your grief, together we can discover what your grief means to you, what it is bringing to your life, and how we can use it to manifest the life you desire. From where you are sitting right now that may sound like a difficult, if not impossible task. My mother always said "nothing beats failure but a try." I invite you to try coaching to discover what happens when you allow yourself to speak your truth and feel however and whatever you are feeling in a safe, nonjudgmental space dedicated to you and your growth.
7 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
San Francisco Counseling Collective
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, LMFT, LCSW
At San Francisco Counseling Collective ("SFCC"), we walk with clients through the many dimensions of loss—anticipatory, sudden, or ambiguous. Therapy offers space to grieve, make meaning, and find ways to live with absence while honoring what was significant.
9 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA
Grief
Dr. Stéphanie Gamache, PhD
Hypnotherapist, PhD
Loss and grief are deeply personal emotional experiences that live in both the heart and the body. My work integrates psychoanalytic reflection and somatic awareness to support the process of mourning and integration. This work helps patients find meaning, continuity, and renewed connection to life after loss.
7 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Mary Knoblock, DNH
Hypnotherapist, DNH, RTT Practitioner, Hypnotist, Holistic Naturopath Practitioner, Spiritual Counselor
We use all types of holistic methods in my clinic to help you navigate loss and grief, giving you peace, and freedom from pain and suffering.
11 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
NewBirth Counseling & Wellness Group LLC
Professional Christian Counselor, Certified Christian Counselor, Certified Life Coach & Consultant with a PhD in Psychology
Grieving the lost of a love one. We here at The 3rd Way C3 Group is here for you. Needing someone to talk with through your process of healing, we are here for you.
23 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA
Grief
Mun & Mind Therapy PLLC
Psychologist
Grief is a natural response to loss, but it is not limited to the death of a loved one. Individuals may grieve relationships, identities, opportunities, health, or life stages. Cultural and family expectations often shape how grief is expressed and understood. We provide a compassionate space to honor your loss, make meaning of your experience, and move through grief at your own pace.
2 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Jennifer Francke Psychotherapy, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LIMHP, LPC, LADC, LMHC
Losing someone you love or experiencing a significant life change can be one of the most difficult and painful experiences in life. Whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or any other form of loss, the grief that follows can leave you feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to move forward. Therapy can provide the support and guidance you need to navigate the complex emotions of sorrow, anger, guilt, and even relief. I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space where we can explore your grief and work together on healthy coping strategies. With approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to challenge negative thought patterns, Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) to cultivate self-compassion, and Narrative Therapy to reframe your relationship with your loss, I help you process your emotions and find meaning in your healing journey. Together, we can work toward creating a path to healing, rebuilding hope, and finding peace as you move through the grief process.
12 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA
Grief
GRIS ALVES
Counselor/Therapist, Compassionate Inquiry, Trauma Informed Mindfulness Teacher
I guide clients through loss and grief with a trauma-informed, compassionate approach that honors the unseen currents of human experience. Drawing on my training and experience as a thanatologist, and the wisdom of ancient earth-based grieving traditions often lost in Western culture, I integrate ritual, ceremony, and embodied practices to help grief move through the body and psyche. Together, we explore the layers of emotion, memory, and meaning, as well as science based information on what happens to the body as we grieve in order to create a better understanding of our grieving process, as well creating a sacred space for healing, transformation, and a renewed connection to life beyond loss.
11 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA
Grief
Amber McKinney-Morgan
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LICSW
Grief is not something to “get over,” but something to move through. Whether you’re grieving a person, relationship, or life you imagined, I offer a compassionate space to process your experience at your own pace. Our work honors your loss while helping you reconnect with meaning, support, and moments of healing.
8 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Eric Olsen
Life Coach, PTSD, Trauma Triage, BSc Social Sciences, DoD Career Councilor, SARC, DAPA, Pre Licensed Human Intelligence / Psychology, Life Coach. | Professional Support: LSSBB, PgM, Bluestone PMP,
We can work together to understand the space of loss and grief in your life and help you get centered again to find relief.
17 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
MindOverHealing Therapies
Hypnotherapist, CHt
Coping with loss or grief can be an overwhelming and deeply personal journey. Hypnotherapy offers a compassionate and supportive approach to navigating these emotions, helping individuals find solace and healing. Through hypnotherapy, clients can access their subconscious mind, where unresolved grief and pain often reside. In a state of deep relaxation, individuals can gently explore their feelings of loss, allowing themselves to fully process and release these emotions.
3 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Clear Path Counseling and Wellness Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA. LPC
Brad provides trauma-informed grief and loss counseling for individuals experiencing the emotional impact of bereavement, complicated grief, life transitions, or the loss of a loved one, relationship, role, or meaningful life circumstance. Grief can affect emotional well-being, physical health, relationships, sleep, concentration, and overall functioning, often bringing waves of sadness, numbness, anxiety, anger, guilt, or emotional overwhelm.
Brad takes a holistic and compassionate approach to grief counseling, helping clients process loss in a safe and supportive environment at their own pace. Therapy provides space to explore the emotional pain of grief, honor the significance of what has been lost, and work through the complex emotions that often accompany mourning and adjustment.
As an experienced trauma therapist and EMDR therapist, Brad integrates EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), trauma-informed counseling, emotional regulation strategies, and holistic therapeutic approaches to support healing from both grief and any underlying trauma that may be activated by loss. Therapy focuses on restoring emotional balance, reducing distress, and helping clients gradually rebuild meaning, stability, and connection in their lives.
Grief is a deeply personal experience, and there is no single “right way” to heal. Brad’s approach is individualized, supportive, and non-judgmental, allowing clients to process loss in a way that respects their unique emotional needs, beliefs, and circumstances. Together, you will work toward understanding the impact of loss, integrating it into your life story, and finding ways to move forward without disconnecting from what mattered.
The goal of therapy is not to “get over” grief, but to help clients adapt, heal, and carry their loss in a way that allows for continued meaning, connection, and emotional well-being.
Healing is possible. With the right support, clients can move through grief while rebuilding hope, resilience, and a renewed sense of purpose and emotional balance.
28 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Julien Moe
Hypnotherapist, Diploma in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis, Diploma in Life Coaching
Everybody has lost a loved one. They will lose a loved one at some point of time. It is hard to grieve alone. You don't need to. I will help you heal by my Dicit hypnotherapy. I have been helping loads of clients get resilient and heal in no time. I can help you become a new you after a healthy grieving for the loss.
Loss and grief are considered treatable by hypnotherapy. It acts as a supportive, alternative tool to help process deep-seated emotions, ease physical tension, and reduce the intensity of grief. Hypnotherapy does not erase loss, but rather helps individuals manage pain and facilitate acceptance.
10 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA
Grief
Pattie Vargas
Counselor/Therapist, CBC®️Certified Provider, Kessler Certified Grief Educator
Experiencing the loss of a loved one can be the most isolating time in our lives. After the meal trains end, the services are over, and the thank-you's have all been sent, we are often left to suffer in silence, leading to guilt, depression, and recrimination. This is especially true when the death was sudden and/or centered around less than socially acceptable manners of death, and often those around us simply don't know what to say or how to be around us. When we work together, there is no judgment on what you are feeling or how you are "progressing." Instead, we just process the way things are today.
5 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Candace Plattor
Drug and Alcohol Counselor, M.A. in Counselling Psychology from Adler University
In most families with addiction, there has been much grief and loss - and even more so if the addict has died.
35 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Ingrid Sthare
Life Coach, CTLC, BCC
There are many losses. Death, jobs, relationships, etc. Our society doesn’t really have a plan to grieve loss. I created a program to do just that.
15 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA
Grief
Ashley Maynard
Hypnotherapist, Certified Master Hypnotist, CMH Certified Hypnotherapist, CHt
Hypnotherapy for Loss & Grief: Healing Through the Power of the Mind
Grief is a deeply personal journey—one that can feel overwhelming, isolating, and exhausting. Whether you're mourning the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or a part of yourself, healing is possible. While nothing can erase the pain of loss, hypnotherapy can help you find peace, process emotions, and move forward with love and strength.
Through gentle, guided hypnosis, you can:
✔ Navigate the Stages of Grief with Greater Ease – Process emotions at your own pace.
✔ Release Guilt or Unfinished Feelings – Find comfort and closure, even when things feel unresolved.
✔ Reconnect with Inner Strength & Resilience – Honor your loved one while moving forward with peace.
✔ Ease Emotional & Physical Tension – Reduce stress, anxiety, and sleep disturbances caused by grief.
Loss never fully disappears, but you don’t have to carry the weight of grief alone. Hypnotherapy provides a safe, supportive space to heal, remember, and find light in the darkness.
Take the first step toward emotional healing—schedule a session today.
2 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Cynthia Leslie
Pastoral Counselor/Therapist, MA, CPRS
Significant losses, such as the loss of a loved one, pet, or job can cause distress. Being able to talk about the loss and engage in meaningful activities can help people process the loss.
7 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Grief
Anxiety Eliminated
Hypnotherapist, Certified Hypnotherapist and Health Coach, MBA
Women who have lost a spouse have healed very quickly using my protocols. One woman was crying five times a week even after two years. Within five sessions all was resloved.
14 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA
Grief
Dr. George Lough
Psychologist, Ph.D., S.E.P.
Therapy can help you deal with the overwhelming feelings that come up in grief and loss at this time in your life when you need emotional support.
48 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA (Online Only)
Des Moines is Iowa's state capital and the center of America's insurance industry — home to Principal Financial Group, Wellmark, and dozens of other major insurers — creating a therapy demand shaped by the particular stresses of financial services careers alongside the concerns of a growing and increasingly diverse urban population. The city has experienced dramatic demographic change through refugee resettlement and immigration, with growing communities from Myanmar, Congo, and Latin America making it one of the most rapidly diversifying mid-size cities in the Midwest. UnityPoint Health — Iowa Methodist Medical Center and MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center provide institutional mental health resources, with a private practice community concentrated in the West Des Moines and Urbandale corridors. Iowa's relative shortage of mental health providers makes Des Moines an important access point for the broader state, and many therapists here serve clients from smaller surrounding communities.
Loss or Grief therapists in Des Moines, Iowa Statistics
Loss or Grief therapists in Des Moines, Iowa average 13 years of experience and charge around $211 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Loss or Grief (100%), Anxiety or Fears (84%), and Depression (80%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$211
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 31% |
Male |
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Session Type
| 64% |
Online Only |
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| 36% |
In Person and Online |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Loss or Grief |
| 84% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 80% | Depression |
| 76% | Self Esteem |
| 72% | Stress |
| 60% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 60% | Life Coaching |