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There are few things worse than losing a loved one or friend. Grief can leave you reeling and throw your mental health for a loop, leading to depression, stress, anxiety, and more.

Unaddressed grief can influence your life for years. That’s why it is best to consider professional help to help you grieve. Wherever you are located in California from Alameda to Yucaipa or even Montclair, or anywhere else nearby, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Symptoms and Stages of Grief

Everyone experiences grief differently, but there are some common symptoms of grief that signal you should seek help:

  • You blame yourself for your loved one’s passing.
  • Your grief is so profound that you find it difficult to keep up with your everyday routine (getting out of bed, showering, going to work, etc.)
  • You purposely isolate yourself.
  • You have unexplained new anger, anxiety, or depression.
  • You turn to alcohol, drugs, or sex to numb or distract from your loss.

The 5 stages of grief include:

  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance

You may not experience grief in this specific order. You may also feel disenfranchised grief, which is grief that does not fit into societal norms of what you should be grieving. Disenfranchised grief can include grief for a pet, a lost dream, a breakup, infertility, or more. No matter what type of grief you are experiencing, your symptoms may look different from those in the above list.

To learn more about grief types and stages, read licensed therapist Keiko Wolfe’s article on how to move through grief. You can also check out our founder’s personal story of how therapy helped him move from grief to growth.

Get Grief Counseling Today!

A grief therapist can provide much-needed support for you as you go through the stages of grief and find your footing again. And with Mental Health Match, finding a qualified grief therapist is easy! Start by browsing grief experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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My goal is to create a safe and affirming place that offers authenticity, humor, and genuineness for you to share your stories. I believe in healing and growth through processing and making meanings of your experiences, recognizing your strengths


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My goal is to create a safe and affirming place that offers authenticity, humor, and genuineness for you to share your stories. I believe in healing and growth through processing and making meanings of your experiences, recognizing your strengths

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Culturally sensitive, person-centered, collaborative, and trauma-informed. My therapeutic approach integrates a variety of evidence-based therapies, Cognitive Behavioral,Dialectical Behavioral, Solution Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Career Counseling
  • Coaching
  • Codependency
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Grief
  • Personal Growth
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Women
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Heather enjoys working with clients with a range of issues including depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, grief, and relationship conflicts.


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Heather enjoys working with clients with a range of issues including depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, grief, and relationship conflicts.

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Her approach is solution focused and strengths based while utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic theory, and mindfulness. Heather is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking and the ability to create your dream life.

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  • Confidence
  • Grief
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
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Venessa Ramirez
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Utilizes a multi-theoretical approach to therapy to meet the unique needs of her clients. She utilizes narrative, cognitive-behavioral, strength-based, empowerment, person-centered, and mindfulness-based therapies.


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Utilizes a multi-theoretical approach to therapy to meet the unique needs of her clients. She utilizes narrative, cognitive-behavioral, strength-based, empowerment, person-centered, and mindfulness-based therapies.

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Provides supportive and restorative therapy for those impacted by grief and loss, stress, anxiety, depression, fear of the future or unknown, as well as sadness, regret, guilt and/or shame.

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  • Abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Caregivers
  • Deportation
  • Depression
  • Elder Abuse
  • Elder Care Issues
  • Grief
  • Hispanics
  • Latinos
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Men
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  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Jennifer Myers
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...look at what brings you to therapy, how you'll know when you've achieved those goals; your values and priorities, and what we can do to help you get the most out of life.


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...look at what brings you to therapy, how you'll know when you've achieved those goals; your values and priorities, and what we can do to help you get the most out of life.

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...that I draw from psychodynamic, existential, narrative, strength-based and cognitive-behavioral approaches while using imagery, metaphor, humor, and authentic interactions to help you understand important concepts and tools.

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  • Acute Grief
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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Artists and Creative Personalities
  • Betrayal Trauma
  • Burnout
  • Career Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Stress
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Driving Anxiety
  • Family Conflict
  • Family of Origin
  • Family Planning
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
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  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Holistic Wellness
  • Job Stress
  • Law Enforcement
  • Lawyers
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Balance
  • Life Changes
  • Life Skills
  • Life Transitions
  • Married to Law Enforcement Officers
  • Mid-Life Issues
  • Mild Depression
  • Military Life Transition
  • New Job Transition
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Self-Compassion
  • Situational Grief
  • Situational Stress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Trauma
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Work Stress
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Jeffrey Spike
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Explore and discuss various aspects of your life, focusing on enhancing your overall mental health. From managing anxiety and depression to improving daily habits, our discussions will revolve around empowering you to lead a more fulfilling life.


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Explore and discuss various aspects of your life, focusing on enhancing your overall mental health. From managing anxiety and depression to improving daily habits, our discussions will revolve around empowering you to lead a more fulfilling life.

Something to know about my approach is:

Practical & results oriented. Expect unique strategies that are not only effective but also quick & easy to incorporate into your daily life. We'll work together to bring about significant improvements in areas like focus, sleep, & overall well-being

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  • Academic Issues
  • Acute Grief
  • Acute Stress
  • ADHD Testing
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adolescent Risk Behaviors
  • Adolescent Trauma
  • Adult ADHD
  • Adulting
  • Adults
  • Anger Disorders
  • Anger Management
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Aspergers
  • Assessments
  • Assessments for Children
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism in Adults
  • Autism in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Autism Testing
  • Avoidant Personality Disorder
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Behavior Change
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar II
  • Bisexuality
  • Borderline Personality
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Child Disorders
  • Childhood Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Children
  • Childrens Sleep
  • Chronic Stress
  • Coaching
  • Communication Skills
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complicated Grief
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Coping Skills
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Crisis
  • Dependent Personality Disorder
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Drug Use
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Education
  • Educational Advocacy
  • Elder Care Issues
  • Emerging Adults
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Functioning
  • Families with Autism-related challenges
  • Family Conflict
  • Financial Stress
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Geriatric
  • Grief
  • Habit Change
  • Health Anxiety
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Autism
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • High School
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Impulsive Behavior
  • Inner Child
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Intellectual Development Disorder (IDD)
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Internet Use
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Job Stress
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Balance
  • Life Changes
  • Life Transitions
  • Manic Depression
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  • Mild Depression
  • Mindfulness
  • Mood Disorders
  • Mood Regulation
  • Mood Swings
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Children with Anxiety
  • Parenting Children With Autism
  • Parenting Special Needs Children
  • Personality Disorders
  • Pre-Teens
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
  • Psychological/Neurocognitive Evaluations
  • Relationships
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • School Issues
  • School Resistance
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Senior Citizens
  • Situational Grief
  • Situational Stress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social-Emotional Learning
  • Social Skills
  • Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Boys
  • Teen Depression
  • Teen Girls
  • Teen Trauma
  • Teen Violence
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Trauma
  • Veterans/Military Families
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Women Veterans
  • Work Stress
  • Young Adults
  • Young Men
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