Holding Love & Loss

Grief & Caregiver Therapy Intensive in Michigan

Support for the Love, the Loss, and the In-Between

Grief doesn’t only begin after death.
It often starts in hospital rooms, long nights, and the quiet weight of responsibility.

This intensive is designed for adults navigating:

  • Anticipatory grief

  • Terminal illness caregiving

  • Complicated or prolonged grief

  • Emotional exhaustion after loss

Through trauma-informed, nervous-system-based therapy, we create space to honor your story — without rushing your healing.

When Grief Feels Bigger Than an Hour

Grief doesn’t follow neat timelines.
It doesn’t stay contained to a weekly session.

You may be functioning — going to work, caring for others, answering texts — but underneath, everything feels heavy.

Maybe you’re experiencing:

  • Waves of sadness that catch you off guard

  • Emotional numbness or disconnection

  • Caregiver exhaustion and anticipatory grief

  • Difficulty concentrating or making decisions

  • Guilt, regret, or unresolved conversations

  • A sense that life has shifted — and you don’t know who you are inside it

Sometimes weekly therapy provides steady support.
And sometimes grief needs more space.

Not because you’re failing.
But because your loss is significant.

Why a Grief Therapy Intensive?

A grief intensive creates dedicated, uninterrupted time for deeper processing —

without the stop-and-start rhythm of weekly sessions.

Instead of spending the first 20 minutes “catching up,” we move intentionally into the heart of the work.

In this structured format, we can:

  • Gently process traumatic aspects of the loss

  • Address anticipatory grief or prolonged caregiver stress

  • Regulate your nervous system when overwhelm rises

  • Explore meaning-making and identity shifts

  • Work through stuck points such as guilt or anger

  • Create a sustainable support plan moving forward

This is not about rushing grief.

It’s about creating a steady, supported container for the parts that feel too big to carry alone.

Grief therapy intensives are available virtually for adults throughout Michigan.

What You Can Walk Away With

While grief doesn’t “resolve” in a day, clients often leave an intensive with:

  • A clearer understanding of their grief patterns

  • Tools to regulate emotional waves

  • Language for feelings that once felt tangled

  • Relief from carrying everything silently

  • Greater self-compassion in moments of pain

  • A renewed sense of steadiness

Most importantly, you leave knowing your grief makes sense.

And that you are not broken inside it.

Who This Grief Intensive Is For

This grief therapy intensive in Michigan is designed for adults who feel ready for focused, intentional work around loss.

It may be a good fit if:

  • You are navigating the death of a loved one and feel emotionally stuck

  • You are experiencing anticipatory grief while caring for someone with a serious or terminal illness

  • Weekly therapy feels helpful — but not quite enough

  • You want dedicated space to process the traumatic aspects of a loss

  • You are carrying caregiver burnout alongside grief

  • You are functioning on the outside, but internally overwhelmed

  • You value depth, structure, and evidence-based care

This intensive is appropriate for medically stable adults appropriate for an outpatient level of care. A pre-intensive consultation helps determine fit and readiness.

Weekly Therapy vs. Grief Intensive Format

Both weekly therapy and intensive therapy are meaningful, effective options. The right fit depends on your needs, capacity, and readiness.

Weekly Therapy

Best for you if:

  • You prefer gradual, ongoing support

  • Your grief feels present but manageable

  • You benefit from steady accountability over time

  • You want long-term therapeutic relationship building

  • You are integrating therapy into an already full schedule

What it offers:

  • 60-minute sessions

  • Space to process grief as it arises

  • Continued nervous system skill building

  • Long-term support and pacing

Weekly therapy is steady and sustainable. For many clients, this rhythm works beautifully.

Therapy Intensive

Best for you if:

  • Your grief feels stuck, overwhelming, or urgent

  • You’re carrying unresolved guilt, trauma, or complicated grief

  • Anticipatory grief or caregiver burnout feels consuming

  • Weekly sessions feel like “just enough to get by”

  • You want focused momentum and deeper processing

What it offers:

  • 3–6 hours of structured, uninterrupted therapy

  • Therapeutic continuity without stopping and restarting

  • Dedicated time for trauma-informed grief processing

  • Meaning-making and identity exploration

  • A clear integration plan moving forward

An intensive is not about speeding up grief.

It’s about creating protected time to tend to it with depth and steadiness.

You Don’t Have to Choose Alone

If you’re unsure which format is right for you, we’ll determine that together during your consultation. My goal is not to fit you into a model — it’s to recommend the level of care that best supports your healing.

Grief therapy and grief intensives are available virtually for adults throughout Michigan.

Reserve a consultation for your Grief Intensive

Reach out as it feels supportive to you to explore whether a grief intensive feels aligned with your needs.

 

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