Therapy for grief & loss

Grief doesn't follow a timeline, and it doesn't always look the way people expect. Whatever you're carrying, you don't have to justify it or rush through it.

Grief can be loud and consuming, or quiet and hard to name. It can show up years after a loss, or in response to things that don't always get counted as losses: a relationship, a version of yourself, a life you thought you'd have. Whatever shape it takes, it deserves real space.

Grief covers more than death. Ambiguous loss, the kind without a clear ending or acknowledgment, can be the most isolating kind. Pregnancy loss, estrangement, the grief of not getting what you needed from someone who was supposed to give it to you, the mourning of a self that never got to exist: these are real losses.

You don't need a death certificate to deserve support. If something has been lost and you're carrying it, that's enough.

You might recognize:

Waves that arrive without warning, long after everyone moved on
Numbness where you expected tears
Guilt about what was said or left unsaid
Anger that surprises you
Grief for someone still living — estrangement, illness, change
Loss of identity along with the person or chapter
Pressure to be done on someone else's schedule

The many shapes of loss

The death of someone central to your life
Ambiguous or disenfranchised loss others don't recognize
Endings — relationships, homes, health, versions of yourself
Cultural silence around mourning
Earlier losses that this one reopened

Grief isn't a problem to fix; it's love with nowhere to go. Therapy helps you carry it differently.

How therapy helps.

There's no right way

You don't have to justify your grief or prove it meets some threshold. You don't have to be over it by a certain point. Grief doesn't move in stages, and it doesn't resolve on a schedule.

Therapy is a place where grief gets to be what it actually is, not what you think you should be feeling, and not something to push through faster.

What support looks like

We won't give you a framework you have to fit into, and we won't rush you. We'll sit with what's real and make space for what's hard to say out loud. Grief changes over time. So will the work.

Start Your Therapy Journey

Sliding scale spots are currently open with Laila Siddiqui, MHC-I for clients located in New York — you choose what you can pay, from $30 to $80 per session. See fees & insurance.

Related: Depression · Life Transitions · EMDR · Relationship Issues

Who you'll work with.

Tina Liu, LMHC-D

Founder & psychotherapist. EMDR-trained, culturally attuned, licensed in New York & Florida.

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Laila Siddiqui, MHC-I

Mental Health Counselor. Works with teens and young adults in New York, under the clinical supervision of Tina Liu, LMHC-D. Sliding scale spots available.

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Our clinical team is growing — new therapists joining soon.

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