Loss or Grief therapists in Vancouver, BC
Browse Loss or Grief therapists in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Grief
Nightingale Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, RCC, MSW
Grief is one of the most profound and disorienting experiences a person can face, and at Nightingale Counselling we recognize that it is not a linear process but a deeply personal one shaped by each individual's relationships, cultural background, spiritual beliefs, and sources of meaning. Our therapists are trained to hold space for the full complexity of loss, including not just sadness but the anger, guilt, anxiety, and disbelief that grief so often carries alongside it, and we offer specialized support for a wide range of experiences including spousal loss, suicide bereavement, pet loss, complicated grief, and violent or unanticipated loss. At Nightingale, grief counselling is a collaborative and culturally attuned process, with the goal of helping clients move from the overwhelming disorientation of loss toward acceptance, relief, and a renewed sense of hope.
6 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V6H 3K2
Online in Vancouver, BC
Grief
Rainforest Reiki and Meditation
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
Any type of change can become completely disorienting. Loss may amplify the stress, sadness and other strong emotions that appear during times of grief. I support clients by providing a space for them to talk openly about how they are managing their specific loss and collaboratively work towards their goals, at their pace.
1 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Sarah Bickle
Registered Psychotherapist, MPsy., R.P.
The pain of loss can feel overwhelming, whether it’s the death of a loved one, a relationship, or a life transition. In therapy, we can work through your grief in a way that respects your individual process. Together, we’ll explore your feelings, memories, and emotions, allowing you to heal and adjust to life after loss. My compassionate approach will provide a space for you to honor your grief, learn to cope with the emotional impact, and ultimately move forward with hope and healing.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC
Online in Vancouver, BC
Grief
Clayre Sessoms
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, CCC, ATR-BC
Deep loss or grief is an intensely physical and emotional weight that simply cannot be rushed, managed, or rationalized away by cognitive willpower. I provide a completely unhurried, supportive online space in BC to honour the unique shape of your sorrow without trying to push you toward "closure." By welcoming your grief experientially, we allow your body to carry and integrate the loss safely and naturally over time.
8 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Spencer Copland
Registered Psychotherapist, RCC, MCP
Grief and loss can feel overwhelming, unpredictable, and deeply personal. While it may come from the loss of a loved one, grief can also arise from the end of a relationship, changes in identity, unmet expectations, or other significant life transitions. You might notice waves of sadness, anger, numbness, or disconnection, and it can feel isolating when others don’t fully understand the depth of what you’re experiencing.
In our work together, we’ll create a space where your grief is allowed, without pressure to move on or feel differently than you do. We’ll gently explore your experience, making room for both the pain of the loss and the meaning it holds. Using a trauma-informed and attachment-focused approach, we’ll also support your nervous system in processing grief, helping you feel more grounded and better able to carry your loss over time.
I draw from approaches such as IFS, ACT, EMDR, Mindfulness-Based CBT, and somatic-based practices, tailoring our work to your unique needs. Together, we’ll focus on building compassionate ways to navigate your grief, while supporting connection, self-understanding, and healing in your own time.
I offer both in-person and virtual counselling sessions. You’re welcome to reach out or visit my website to book a free 20-minute phone consultation to see if we’re a good fit.
6 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V6B 1T6
Online in Vancouver, BC
Grief
Satu Springer
Counsellor/Therapist, BA, MTC, RCS
The loss of a loved one can be very challenging for many people. This is normal, but sometimes it brings some ease to have someone guide you thru the process.
19 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Vanessa Fingland
Counsellor/Therapist, CCPCPR.cand, RPC-C
Grief can follow the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a major life transition, or any significant change that leaves you feeling overwhelmed. The loss of someone or something important can leave you feeling overwhelmed, heartbroken, and unsure of how to move forward. Together, we'll create a safe space to process your grief, honour your loss, and work through the difficult emotions at your own pace. My goal is to help you find hope, healing, and meaning while carrying your loss in a way that allows you to move forward with compassion for yourself.
8 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Online Therapy in Ontario & BC
Registered Psychotherapist
At some point in life, most people will experience loss and the grief that comes with it. Along with the grief will be feelings, varying from deep sadness to anger. Adapting to loss is different for each person and often depends on one’s relationship to what was lost.
7 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Aliya Amarshi
Registered Psychotherapist, PhD (Sociology)
Grief can take many forms—death, change, endings, or unacknowledged losses. I offer a compassionate, grounded space to move through grief at your own pace, honoring the complexity of your experience and the uniqueness of your path.
6 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Candace Plattor
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor, 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 Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Heal(ing) Trauma Therapy
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist, HBA, MPsy
From a trauma-informed understanding, loss or grief create an experience of disconnectedness that often result in feeling lonely, isolated, abandoned, failed, rejected, lost among others. The work we can do will include helping you better understand your loss or grief, developing healthier and more helpful ways of coping with it, and ultimately helping you process it so you reconnect and move on with your life.
14 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Yanna Martinek
Counsellor/Therapist, R.C.C.
I support clients through grief and loss that feel complicated, unresolved, or hard to put into words. I am trained in Induced After Death Communication (IADC), an extension of EMDR, which can gently help process complex and prolonged grief. Our work honours the uniqueness of your grief—there is no right timeline or right way to move through it. Together, we create space for both the sorrow and the ongoing bond, allowing grief to shift and soften.
11 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V6K 4N3
Online in Vancouver, BC
Grief
Fiona Matalon
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, RCC
Every day we encounter loss and grief in many different forms - every passing minute is a minute of our lives that we are not getting back. Once we start exploring our the depths of our grief, we discover that it is directly proportional with our capacity for love. As love, grief asks for companionship and to be held. I invite you to reach out for support so we can hold it together.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC
Online in Vancouver, BC
Grief
Candice Seligman
Counsellor/Therapist, MACP, DVATI, CCC
I work with individuals navigating grief and loss in its many forms, whether after the death of a loved one or pet, the end of a relationship, a major life transition, or another meaningful loss. Grief can feel overwhelming, confusing, or difficult to move through, especially when the world expects you to simply “move on.” Using a trauma-informed, compassionate, and somatic approach - we make space for your grief while tending to the emotional and nervous system impacts of loss. The goal is not to rush the grieving process, but to help you move through it with compassion, support, and a deeper sense of stability, self-trust, understanding, and meaning.
6 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Dave Vass
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Clinical Counsellor: RCC
I offer a calm, compassionate space to sit with loss and grief. I listen without judgment, help you name painful emotions, and provide practical tools to cope with overwhelming feelings and daily life. Together we’ll honor your experience, untangle complicated thoughts, and find ways to carry your memories forward while rebuilding meaning and routine. I’ll walk alongside you at your pace, offering steady support as you navigate each step toward healing.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V5L 3X9
Online in Vancouver, BC
Grief
Linda Szeto
Therapist, RCC, CCC
Grief hurts, and it can bring up all kinds of emotions, sometimes all at once. Whether you're grieving a death, a relationship, a change in health or ability, or something else you've lost, there isn't one right way to experience it. I use Brainspotting and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to support you in exploring your experience of grief, making space for the different feelings and parts of yourself that may come up, and building capacity to be with what you're feeling.
1 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Tanya Master | Online Somatic & Psychosomatic Consulting
Life Coach, Psychosomatic Consultant · Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner in Training
Grief isn’t limited to bereavement. It can also accompany the loss of relationships, identities, careers, homes, health, or significant life chapters. My work creates space for both emotional and embodied experiences of grief.
5 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Jacqueline Limoges
Counsellor/Therapist, CCC, CT, RCC
Navigating loss and grief is a deeply personal journey that touches every part of life — from sleep and appetite to energy, relationships and purpose — and I support you in making healthy, grounded choices that restore physical well‑being and emotional resilience. Using compassionate, practical strategies, we’ll honour your experience while creating routines that nurture body and mind: gentle movement, nourishing meals, restorative sleep habits, stress‑management tools and small, achievable rituals that rebuild safety and meaning. Together we’ll identify unhelpful patterns, set realistic self‑care goals and cultivate coping skills that allow grief to move through you while helping you reclaim confidence, connection and a clearer sense of direction.
10 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Heron Payne Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, RTC
Grief can take many forms, whether you are mourning the death of someone important, the end of a relationship, a change in health, or the loss of a future you had imagined. You may find yourself moving between sadness, anger, numbness, guilt, relief, or moments that catch you off guard entirely. I offer a compassionate space where grief does not need to be rushed, explained away, or made to fit a particular timeline. Together, we can make room for what has been lost, explore how it is affecting your sense of self and relationships, and help you find a way to carry the experience with greater steadiness, meaning, and self-compassion.
1 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Grief
Abby Tait
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Grief can be disorienting in ways that are hard to explain. Some days it feels like sadness; other days it shows up as numbness, anger, or a deep exhaustion. You may be moving through daily life while carrying a loss that isn’t always visible to others. Over time, healing becomes less about “getting through” grief and more about understanding your relationship with it. Meaning begins to take shape as you learn to live a life that holds both their presence and their absence. Using attachment and psychodynamic-informed approaches alongside Compassion-Focused Therapy, ACT, and DBT, I offer a steady, compassionate space to grieve in your own way and at your own pace.
0 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Loss or Grief therapists in Vancouver, BC Statistics
Loss or Grief therapists in Vancouver, BC average 12 years of experience and charge around $161 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (65%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (54%), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) (52%).
Average years in practice
12 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$161
Accept insurance
65%
Offer sliding scale
55%
Gender ID
| 70% |
Female |
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| 26% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 59% |
In Person and Online |
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| 41% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 65% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 54% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 52% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 51% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 45% | Somatic Therapy |
| 43% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 43% | Narrative Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 72% | Young Adult |
| 68% | Senior |
| 52% | Teen |
| 17% | Children |
Client Focus
| 72% | Women |
| 58% | Men |
| 51% | LGBTQ+ |
| 41% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 40% | Christian |