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Bereavement Counselling: Brighton & Hove, Lewes and Online

When someone you love dies, the world can feel unrecognisable. Grief doesn’t follow a tidy timeline, and there’s no right way to do it. Bereavement counselling offers a steady, unhurried space to grieve — to feel what you feel, and to make sense of a loss in your own time.

 

You don’t need to be “not coping” to come; you only need the wish for somewhere to bring it. 

Key Information

  • What: One-to-one bereavement counselling and grief therapy for adults. 

  • When: Whether your loss is recent or from years ago — grief has no deadline. 

  • Format: Weekly sessions, open-ended — not a fixed course. 

How I Can Help with Grief and Loss 

I offer face-to-face bereavement counselling (check location page) and online grief counselling if in-person sessions aren’t practical, or if getting out of the house feels like too much right now. 

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My approach is relational and integrative. Grief isn’t a problem to be fixed or a set of stages to get through in order — it’s a response to love and loss. I offer a space where you can bring the whole of it: the sadness, but also the anger, guilt, relief, numbness or confusion that so often come with it, and that people don’t always feel allowed to say out loud. 

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You don’t need to know what you want from the sessions, or to have the right words. We can start wherever you are. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you offer bereavement counselling in Brighton, Hove or Lewes? 

Yes. I see clients in person in Brighton & Hove and in Lewes, as well as offering online grief counselling if you’d prefer, or if travelling feels like too much. 

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How soon after a loss should I come to counselling? 

There’s no right time. Some people come in the early weeks; others come months or years later, when grief resurfaces or life circumstances change. Whenever you come, it’s the right time for you. 

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Is it normal to still be grieving after a long time? 

Yes. Grief doesn’t follow a fixed timeline, and it often doesn’t simply fade. Many people find that a loss from years ago still shapes how they feel — and that having a space to think about it can help, even long afterwards. 

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Can counselling help with a loss that isn’t a death? ​

Yes. Grief can follow many kinds of loss — the end of a relationship, a diagnosis, a miscarriage, estrangement, or another significant change. If it feels like grief to you, it belongs here. 

 

Do you offer online grief counselling? 

Yes, alongside in-person sessions in Brighton & Hove and Lewes. 

How Grief Can Show Up 

Grief is far more than sadness, and it rarely arrives in the order we expect. It can show up as: 

  • waves of sadness, longing or tears that come without warning 

  • anger — at the person, at others, at yourself, or at the unfairness of it 

  • guilt, or going over what you did or didn’t do or say 

  • numbness, or a strange sense of nothing at all 

  • anxiety, restlessness, or difficulty sleeping and concentrating 

  • relief, especially after a long illness — often followed by guilt for feeling it 

 

It can also be physical — exhaustion, appetite changes, a heaviness in the body — and it can change how you relate to other people, leaving you feeling isolated even when you’re surrounded by support. All of this is part of grieving. There’s nothing you can feel that would be wrong to bring. 

How Counselling Can Help with Bereavement 

Bereavement counselling doesn’t take the loss away, and it won’t rush you towards “moving on”. What it can do is give grief somewhere to go. 

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So much grief is carried privately — because others have moved on, because you don’t want to be a burden, or because there’s never quite the right moment. Therapy offers a regular, protected space that is only for this: a place where you don’t have to hold it together or protect anyone else’s feelings. 

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Together we can make room for the reality of the loss, including the parts that feel unbearable, unfair or complicated. Over time, therapy can help you understand what has changed, what the relationship meant, and how you might carry it with you — so that grief gradually becomes something you can live alongside, rather than something you have to endure alone. 

Starting Therapy for Loss

If you’re considering bereavement counselling, you don’t need to arrive with anything worked out. You may want to talk about the person you’ve lost, or you may simply know that grief has become too heavy to carry on your own. 

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In a first session, we’ll talk gently about what’s brought you to therapy and what you’re hoping for — and think together about whether ongoing counselling feels like the right fit, with no pressure to continue. 

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I offer weekly psychotherapy sessions for adults in Brighton & Hove, Lewes and online. If you’d like to explore beginning bereavement counselling, you’re welcome to contact me to arrange a free initial phone consultation. 

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Free phone consultation

The first step is for us to have a chat.  I offer a 30 minute free phone consultation where we'll discuss what issues bring you to psychotherapy, I can answer any questions you may have and you'll get a sense if working with me feels right.  We'll then discuss possible options moving forwards.

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