Loss or Grief therapists in Ottawa, Ontario ON, Canada CA
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Grief
Rachelle Trudel - *psychothérapeute bilingue*
Registered Psychotherapist, RP/PA, CCC
Have you experienced a significant loss, or multiple losses, recently? Do you want to make sure you're going through your grief process in the healthiest way possible? Do you need emotional support as you grapple with life's uncertainty, unpredictability, and ever-changing nature? I can provide a gentle and compassionate listening ear and sounding board, as well as help you find the direction and supports you're needing now, as the landscape of your life has changed. Things can get better, one day at a time.
9 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Watras Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MACP, BSc
Grief, loss, and bereavement, whether it is the passing of a loved one, the end of a career, or the falling apart of a relationship are all similar: we are losing or have lost an important part of our lives. Understanding the emotions, feelings, and behaviours we have when we experience grief and bereavement is part of helping us accept what has occurred, why we feel the way that we are feeling, and what is next for us. In working with clients on grief, loss, and bereavement it is important to understand that the way we process these experiences is unique to each person, and the pillar of respect is paramount.
5 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Nathan Kretzschmar
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Grief is not something to “get over.” It is something we learn to carry, understand, and integrate over time. Whether you are grieving a person, relationship, identity, role, future, or major life change, therapy can offer a space to honour the pain without being alone in it. I support clients in moving through grief with compassion, patience, and meaning.
13 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Semra Lamky, Emotional Peace Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (RP), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), MACP, Bsc
I provide compassionate support to individuals coping with the emotional impact of bereavement, life transitions, and significant losses. Grief is a deeply personal and often complex process that can affect every aspect of a person's life. In a safe and empathetic space, I help clients process their pain, make sense of their emotions, and find ways to honour their loss while gradually moving toward healing. My approach is gentle, patient, and tailored to each individual's unique experience, recognizing that there is no "right" way to grieve.
3 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Kai DeMaeyer - Talk with Kai - Intimacy and Identity
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, RP (Qualifying)
Grief doesn't follow the stages, and it doesn't finish on a schedule. I work with people carrying loss in all its forms, death, but also the losses that don't get funerals: relationships, identities, futures that didn't happen. I'm not going to reframe it as a lesson or tell you what it's made you. Sometimes it is simply loss, and it deserves somewhere to be held as that.
1 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Dr. Ashwin Mehra
Psychologist, PhD, CPsych
Grief and bereavement issues are addressed to enable individuals to process their challenging situations related to loss and learn effective strategies in dealing with loss and bereavement.
13 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Ryan Bittinger
Pre-Licensed Professional, Registered Psychotherapist (Q), DPsychotherapy, LPCC, CAS
Grief and loss have such wide reaching and long lasting effects on all of us. We can be left wondering why we didn't experess our feelings in the ways we were told to or expected to; wondering why the pain has lasted as long as it has; or we may have complicated thoughts and feelings towards those we've lost that make this grief complicated, or perhaps make it feel invisible. How ever you grief is ok - and together we can build an understanding of what grief work looks like for you, and how you can take the experiences you've had and the loved ones you've lost forward in a way that is meaningful to you. Death is not the only form of loss - loss of home, family support, of experiences and relationships we thought could continue are all painful losses that we can explore together.
11 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (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.
6 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Christina Tawdrous
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (qualifying)
Grief can be complex and overwhelming. I offer support to help you process your loss, understand your emotions, and find ways to honor your loved one while learning to move forward at your own pace.
3 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Jane Allen
Psychologist, Master Counselling, BSc. Eng, MBA
Loss or Grief can be a very lonely experience. Others in your life may not know how to support you, may avoid you, or may say unintentionally hurtful things. Healing can come with sharing your grief with others. I have worked with clients who are experiencing painful losses and need to share them with someone who is non-judgmental and compassionate. I guide my clients to look for meaning in their painful experiences.
6 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Lauren Kalvari
Registered Social Worker, PhD, MSW, RSW
Grief is not limited to death alone. People may grieve relationships, marriages, communities, identities, belief systems, health, safety, or hoped-for futures. Experiences such as divorce, trauma, loss of faith community, emotionally harmful relationships, illness, or major life transitions can create profound feelings of sadness, disorientation, loneliness, and emotional overwhelm.
I provide grief counselling and trauma-informed virtual psychotherapy for adults navigating bereavement, relational loss, complicated grief, and significant life changes. Therapy offers a supportive space to process loss, make meaning of painful experiences, understand emotional responses to grief and trauma, and gradually reconnect with oneself and with life in a sustainable and compassionate way.
34 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Ashley Berger
Registered Psychotherapist, BEd, MACP, RP
The process of loss and grieving is extremely difficult. Everyone’s experience of grief, and journey processing grief is unique. As a therapist, I will walk alongside you as we explore your grief, at your pace. No matter which stage of grieving you’re in, I would be honoured to work with you to help you through this difficult process. Book a free 15-minute consultation with me today.
3 Years Experience
In-Person in Ottawa, ON
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario
Grief
Malika Chandra
Registered Psychotherapist, MPS, RP (Qualifying)
Grief and loss can feel overwhelming. It is often not just the loss of what has happened, but also the loss of an envisioned future that needs to be grieved. I have worked with many clients grieving the loss of family members, relationships or their own physical abilities. My experience has made me adept at being able to help you by sitting with you in your grief and slowly helping you process it, so you can reintegrate your loss into your life in a more manageable way. Call today and book a free consultation.
3 Years Experience
In-Person in Ottawa, ON
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario
Grief
Olga Lacroix
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, RSW, PCC
Grief can arise from many forms of loss—death, relationships, identity changes, or life transitions, immigration—and it often doesn’t follow a predictable timeline. I offer a compassionate space to process grief without judgment or pressure to “move on.” Therapy focuses on honouring the loss, understanding its impact, and integrating grief in a way that allows life to continue with meaning and steadiness.
21 Years Experience
In-Person in Ottawa, ON K1C 7L1
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario
Grief
Lindsay Milligan
Counsellor/Therapist, MACP, MST, C.C.C.
I have experience supporting clients with loss and grief.
4 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Jaswir Dhillon
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Grief touches every part of us, it impacts us emotionally, mentally, and physically. It can feel isolating and disorienting, like the world has shifted beneath your feet. I offer a gentle space to hold your pain, honour your loss, and help you find your way through. You don't have to go through this alone, it would be my honour to walk alongside you.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Ottawa, ON K2G 3H7
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario
Grief
Halyna Polityka
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MEd
An inevitable part of life. Whether it's your first loss or big change or you've had many, it's always a good idea to check-in on it and give yourself time to process and add a few (new) tools to your toolkit.
10 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
North Star Therapy-- Cleo Haber
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
Grief can be experienced due to a multitude of losses. We often experience grief after the death of a loved one. Other times we have feelings of grief that surface due to ambiguous losses—such as the loss of a stage of life, the loss of not having children; or grief that emerges after a job loss or a move to a new city. Grief is not a problem to be fixed, it is a natural process of life that needs to be experienced—often in community or with a caring other. Therapy can be a safe place to bear witness to these losses and the grief that accompanies them, while honouring your memories, wishes and also creating meaning for the future.
25 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Delphine Amer
Registered Psychotherapist, M.Sc., Registered Psychotherapist
Loss and grief can be overwhelming and can sometimes become complex and difficult to manage. If you are finding that your grief is getting the way of being able to enjoy life, being able to manage life and being able to move forward; I want to help you. I employ various cognitive behavioural and emotion focused strategies to enable you to process through grief to ultimately reach a place of acceptance and peace. I employ various strategies, including loss rituals, grief journaling/ letter writing, exploring thought patterns for cognitive distortions and self-compassion strategies for guilt and blame. Congratulations on reaching out to change things.
12 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Grief
Stephanie Wojciechowicz
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapists, CCC, c.o.
For loss and grief, I use a multi-modal approach with the approaches of compassion-focused and narrative therapy. Loss and grief are always evolving and therefore focusing on the emotion of the present and the stories involving them becomes important.
5 Years Experience
Online in Ottawa, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Ottawa's identity as Canada's capital and a major hub for the federal public service creates a therapy landscape shaped by the particular stresses of government work — including bureaucratic frustration, political exposure, and the weight of careers lived in proximity to national policy decisions. The city's large bilingual population means both French- and English-speaking therapists are essential, with many practitioners offering services in both official languages. The Ottawa Hospital and Montfort Hospital provide institutional mental health resources alongside a private practice community serving the Glebe, Westboro, and Barrhaven areas. Ottawa's significant visible minority communities — including large Lebanese, Chinese, and Somali populations — drive growing demand for culturally affirming and multilingual therapists.
Loss or Grief therapists in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Statistics
Loss or Grief therapists in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada average 12 years of experience and charge around $176 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (77%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (61%), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (56%).
Average years in practice
12 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$176
Accept insurance
78%
Offer sliding scale
63%
Gender ID
| 70% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 77% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 61% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 56% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 52% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 52% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 48% | Narrative Therapy |
| 38% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 76% | Young Adult |
| 68% | Senior |
| 60% | Teen |
| 27% | Children |
Client Focus
| 62% | Women |
| 52% | Men |
| 47% | LGBTQ+ |
| 36% | Christian |
| 32% | Persons with Disabilities |