Grief Counseling with Jess
Are you feeling stuck in your grief? Or struggling with motivation, depression, or confusion on how to continue your life after loss?
Grief counseling can be a great way to support you through acute or longer term grief, due to any number of life’s losses. You can schedule a no-cost consult to see if we are a good fit to work together.
Schedule a consult with Jess today.
Death Doula and End-Of-Life Support for Caretakers, Family Members, or the Dying
Whether you are currently healthy, have a family member who is actively dying, or need support managing an estate, Death Doula and End-Of-Life services can support the logistical, emotional, and spiritual processes related to death and dying, so that you can be more present for the precious moments of life. Some common services include:
- Drafting advanced directives and supporting the process of creating a will with an attorney
- Facilitating life review projects and living funerals
- Bedside and in-home support for a dying person and their family as their life comes to an end
- Support in planning for disposition of the body including newer processes such as green burials, human composting, etc.
- Organizing home funerals and celebrations of life
- Logistical support after death with the surviving family or executor of estates.
Read more about Death Doula services or contact Jess to schedule a session.
Celebrant and Officiant Services
Are you struggling with a sudden crisis, grief, depression, loss, spiritual awakening, or spiritual breakdown? As a Buddhist / Interfaith Chaplain, I work with individuals, youth, families, and groups of people who are experiencing various stages of crisis, grief, or loss. In addition to one-on-one counseling sessions, as grief counselor in Seattle, WA, I offer death ritual and celebrant services, rite of passage ritual, wedding officiant services, pre- and post-marriage spiritual counseling, and several Buddhist ceremonies (Zen tradition).
Specialties include:
- Loss of a parent or family member
- LGBTQ2IA+ community
- Youth & LGBTQ2IA+ Youth
- Incarcerated or formerly incarcerated populations
- Veterans
- Those who identify as spiritual but not religious
Read more about chaplain sessions and services or contact Jess to schedule a session.
Mindfulness and Meditation Services
Mindfulness and meditation are powerful practices for personal transformation. I offer customized practices to support what you are going through in the present moment. Through one-on-one sessions and/or workshops at your place of work, school, community center, or faith center, together we can build a basis of practice as we explore your specific needs around meditation and mindfulness practice. Once learned, these ancient, simple-yet-profound practices become available to us at any moment, helping to support nervous system regulation, overall well-being, and liberation from suffering.
Read more about Mindfulness and Guided Meditation.
About Jess
In the “about” page and blog post titled “my story”, I share parts of my personal path through death, grief, and loss, and how these experiences led me to work as a mindfulness educator, Chaplain, and Death Doula.
Grief Blog
Browse the Peace Through Grief blog, with posts on grief, ritual, self-judgement, self-love, and dealing with loss. May these stories and reflections inspire others to explore their own storytelling. Sharing our personal stories and witnessing the stories of others is one way to engage in the transformative and very communal process of grieving and healing.
