You Don’t Have to
Grieve Alone.
Grief doesn’t follow a schedule or a checklist. Whether you’ve lost a person, a relationship, a job, or a life you imagined — the pain is real. As a grief therapist in Tampa, I help adults move through loss at their own pace, without being told how to feel or when to be “over it.” In-person in Carrollwood and online throughout Florida.
What Is Grief Therapy?
A Space to Feel, Process, and Heal
Grief therapy is a specialized form of psychotherapy designed to help individuals navigate the emotional, physical, and cognitive challenges that accompany significant loss. While grief is a natural response to loss, it can sometimes become overwhelming, complicated, or stuck — and that’s where professional support makes a profound difference.
Grief therapy provides a structured, supportive environment to process your loss at your own pace — without judgment, without pressure to “move on,” and without the grief becoming something you carry alone.
In Tampa, at Now and Zen Wellness, grief therapy sessions with Douglas Carmody, LCSW are tailored to your specific experience of loss. No two people grieve the same way, and no two therapy plans should either.
Types of Loss I Help With
Grief isn’t limited to death. I work with all kinds of loss.
Death of a Loved One
Losing a parent, partner, child, friend, or pet — grief therapy helps you process the loss without getting stuck in complicated grief or prolonged mourning.
Relationship Loss
Divorce, separation, or the end of a significant relationship can trigger deep grief. You’re allowed to mourn a person who is still alive.
Health & Diagnosis
A serious diagnosis — your own or a loved one’s — brings grief for the life you expected. Therapy helps you adapt and find meaning through medical uncertainty.
Identity & Life Transitions
Major life changes — retirement, becoming an empty nester, losing a career — involve grieving a former self. Therapy helps you bridge who you were to who you’re becoming.
Ambiguous Loss
Grieving someone who is still physically present — a loved one with dementia, addiction, or estrangement — is one of the hardest kinds of grief and often the least understood.
Traumatic Loss
When loss happens suddenly — through accident, violence, or suicide — grief and trauma intertwine. EMDR-trained trauma therapy can address both simultaneously.
My Approach to Grief Therapy
I don’t believe in grief stages or timelines. Loss is deeply personal, and your path through it deserves to be treated that way. My approach draws from several evidence-based frameworks adapted to where you are right now:
Grief-Informed CBT helps you identify and gently challenge thought patterns that are keeping you stuck in guilt, anger, or avoidance.
Continuing Bonds is a modern grief therapy approach that helps you maintain a meaningful connection to who or what you’ve lost — rather than severing ties in the name of “moving on.”
EMDR is available when grief is entangled with trauma, particularly in cases of sudden, violent, or otherwise traumatic loss.
Meaning-Making Therapy helps you find a new relationship to life after loss — not because the grief disappears, but because you can carry it differently.
What to Expect
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1Free 15-Minute Consultation We’ll talk about your loss, what you’re struggling with, and whether working together feels like the right fit — no pressure, no commitment.
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2Your First Session We’ll spend time understanding your story. Where you are in your grief, what your loss has taken, and what healing might look like for you specifically.
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3Ongoing Support Most clients come weekly at first, then shift to bi-weekly as they find their footing. Grief doesn’t follow a schedule — and neither does the therapy.
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4Integration The goal isn’t to stop grieving — it’s to carry your grief without being crushed by it. Therapy helps you reintegrate into life with meaning and stability.
What Clients Tell Me Has Changed
Being able to think about their person without being completely overwhelmed
Sleeping through the night again and returning to daily routines
Feeling less guilty for moments of joy, laughter, or moving forward
Re-engaging with relationships, work, and things that once brought meaning
Finding a way to honor the loss while still living a full life
Feeling less alone in the grief — even when the loss happened years ago
Grief Therapy FAQs
How long does grief therapy take?
There’s no standard timeline. Some clients find significant relief in 8–12 sessions. Others prefer longer-term support, especially when grief is complicated or layered with trauma. We’ll check in regularly and adjust as you grow.
Is grief therapy different from regular therapy?
Yes. Grief-informed therapy uses specific frameworks — like Continuing Bonds, Meaning-Making, and trauma-integrated approaches — that general therapy may not apply. As an EMDR-trained therapist, I can also address traumatic grief components that talk therapy alone can’t fully reach.
Do I have to be recently bereaved to benefit?
Not at all. Many clients come to me years after a loss — for grief that was never fully processed, for old losses that feel fresh again, or for cumulative losses that have built up over time. There is no expiration date on grief therapy.
Do you offer online grief therapy in Florida?
Yes. Telehealth sessions are available to anyone in Florida, including Tampa, Carrollwood, and surrounding areas. Online therapy can be especially helpful for grief, when getting to an office feels hard on difficult days.
Does insurance cover grief therapy in Tampa?
It depends on your plan. I accept Aetna, Cigna, and several other major insurers, and I provide superbills for plans that offer out-of-network reimbursement. Contact me to verify your specific coverage before your first session.
Your Grief Deserves Real Support.
You don’t have to figure out how to carry this alone. I offer a free 15-minute consultation — no obligation, just a conversation about where you are and whether working together makes sense.
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