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“Grief is wild; it’s a feral energy. So when people really open up to grief, the last thing they are doing is operating in a polite or socialised manner. It is an eruptive state. What we require, once again, is sufficient time to express the full measure of the grief we are carrying.”
- Francis Weller.
Arian Offers Personal, Attentive and Compassionate Service to Help Navigate Your Grief
Grief Has Many Faces
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Learning the skill of grief.
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Unresolved complicated grief.
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The grief of dying and death.
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Making meaningful ritual of grief and love.
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The death of a loved one.
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The anniversary of loved ones long gone.
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Losing a child.
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Sudden death: An accident, suicide, murder.
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Losing a job.
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The loss of a pet
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Unable to have children.
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Not being partnered (still single).
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Loneliness: Without community.
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Losing a house.
Immigrants to a New Land, a New World.
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Children of immigrants and war.
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Losing home, losing one’s country, stories, songs, culture.
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In between worlds: mother land and arriving estranged.
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The sorrow of racialisation, bigotry, xenophobia.
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The sorrow of internal racism: Integration, adaptation
Relationship. Friendship. Marriage. Family.
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A break up. Separation. Divorce.
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Staying in a relationship and grieving the part that might never know an exit.
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Losing a friendship.
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DNA discoveries, surprises and unintended consequences.
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Adoptees.
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Blended families, siblings, step-parenting
Living in a Troubled World.
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The grief of being human, an appropriate response to a troubled world that's no longer recognisable.
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The grief of an un-lived life.
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The inability to ask for help.
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Climate grief: Existential threat, meaningful connection, purpose, active engagement.
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The grief of poverty and aspired privilege.
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Without community, without courage, without a voice.
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The grief of ageing: elderly vs elders/elderhood.
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Trans-generational survival: Who are you? Where do you come from? Who are your people? Appropriation from other cultures.
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The grief of living on stolen land, disturbing the Indigenous fold.
SINGLE SESSION: 90 minutes. $150.
PACKAGES: 4x 90 minute sessions. $575.
HALF DAY PACKAGE RETREAT: 5 hours. $500.
Enquire for further details.
Payment to be made in full prior to all sessions commencing.
What to expect from a session
Holistic, Grief Counselling with Arian provides a safe space to help process the emotions that come with mourning the departure of someone or something that you hold, significantly dear.
Here’s what you can expect:
A Supportive Environment
Arian’s compassionate, non-judgmental space will help you feel held and supported, allowing you to express your deepest emotions and fears — sadness, anger, guilt, or even relief.
Understanding the Grieving Process
Learn how to navigate and befriend the rich, diverse landscape of sorrow (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) Grief and Grief Counselling is not a linear process —everyone grieves differently.
/ Talking About Your Loss
Sharing memories, thoughts, and feelings, including your tears about the person or the prized thing you’ve lost can help process your grief, bringing: clarity, integration, awareness, healing and acceptance.
Coping and Adaptive Strategies
You will learn how to listen and respond appropriately and creatively to the call of sorrow and what it might ask of you. Grief Rituals might include: meditation, journaling, expression through art, movement, voice, mindfulness, or other tools to help you manage grief in your life as you learn to walk in the world with grief in one hand and love in the other.
Addressing Complicated Grief
If grief feels overwhelming or prolonged, Arian can help identify deeper emotional struggles and guide you toward unpacking obstacles that stand in the way of your full conscious and creative engagement navigating grief.
Practical Adjustments
Beyond emotions, Grief Counselling and Grief Rituals can help with practical aspects of adjusting to life without your loved one or the loss of something dear. Changes in routine, responsibilities and contemplating different approaches, to even asking better questions can help enable a clearer, more appropriate pathway.
Support for Moving Forward
Learning to live with Grief doesn’t mean forgetting who has died or what you have lost. Grief Counselling — helps you to remember, language and honour your loss in ways that work best for you as a whole human based on your needs, community, rhythmns and capacity.
Kübler-Ross Model
The most well-known model of grief is the Kübler-Ross model, which outlines five stages of grief.
NOTE: The Kubler Ross Model is just one model on how to navigate grief.
These stages were originally developed to describe the emotions of terminally ill patients but were later recognized as common responses to all types of loss which varying according to each person and their circumstances.
Why These Stages Exist
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They provide a framework for understanding grief, but they are not linear—people may go through them in different orders or revisit stages multiple times.
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They help normalize emotions and reassure you that grief is a process, it’s not something to “fix.”
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Grief is personal, and everyone experiences it differently, but these stages help outline common emotional responses.