Dealing with Grief

Dealing with Grief

If you Google the word "grief," the search engine will deliver well over 100 million results! That's an unbelievable amount of information about dealing with grief at a time when you may already feel overwhelmed by the smallest of tasks. We are here to help.

You Aren't Alone

While the experience of grief can be very isolating, we would like to help you take steps to counter the feelings of loneliness and disconnection. While the articles in our grief library can make a difference in your day-to-day life, please don't hesitate to call us should you need additional support. We will do our best to ease your bereavement and, if requested, provide a referral to a local grief counsellor or therapist.

Click on the "Community Links" tab for further resources on navigating this difficult journey.

Faye Brekelmans

Grief Support

I am passionate about supporting those who are struggling in processing their grief experience. I offer a caring and compassionate approach in a private, confidential space to support you in moving forward in living with your life losses. The compassion-based approach used, is influenced by my varied experiences in nursing, additional training in grief, loss, and bereavement through formal education channels, and my own experience of both death and non-death losses in my life.


Whether you just need someone to talk to about your grief experience or a more in-depth approach is required, both grief support or grief counselling can be provided. I am a licensed counsellor regulated under the College of Nurses of Ontario practice standards. In addition, I provide the option for a faith-based grief support approach.


My grief support and counselling approach combines the philosophy of companioning the griever as described by Dr Alan Wolfelt, utilizes a compassion-based therapy approach, and a meaning reconstruction approach in grief counselling as taught by the Portland Institute to support processing and integration of the loss experience into your life. 


If you have further questions about the services offered, please call 519-866-3016 or email at faye@compassionategriefsupport.ca or at my website: https://www.compassionategriefsupport.ca/

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