Grief Counselling in Kelowna – Support for Carrying What You've Lost
Grief doesn’t follow a timeline, and it doesn’t need fixing. Our grief-informed therapists offer a steady, compassionate space to process your loss and find your footing again.
In-Person in Kelowna
Online Across BC & AB
Registered Clinical Counsellors & Social Workers
Currently Accepting New Clients
Does This Sound Like You?
- The death of a parent, partner, child, or friend
- Anticipatory grief while caring for someone who is ill
- Loss of a relationship through divorce or separation
- Grief tied to a health diagnosis or major life change
- Feeling stuck, numb, or unable to move forward
- Grief complicated by guilt, anger, or even relief
- Supporting a child or teen through a loss
Grief looks different depending on what you’ve lost and who you are. That’s why you can book a free consultation with the clinician you’d like to work with and use that time to see if they’re the right fit for you. You’ll have the opportunity to share your story, ask questions, and get a sense of how they work. If it feels like a good match, you can move forward together. If not, the clinician can recommend another grief therapist on our team whose experience and approach may be a better fit and help guide you through the next steps.
Ways Grief Therapy Supports You
Grief therapy won’t erase your loss or put you on a set timeline, there isn’t one. It offers a place to slow down and process what you’re carrying, at whatever pace feels right. That might include:
- Making space for grief: A place to feel whatever comes up: sadness, anger, guilt, even relief without judgment.
- Working through complicated feelings: Some losses come with mixed emotions. Grief work therapy helps you hold all of it.
- Rebuilding everyday life: Support in figuring out what routines, work, and relationships look like now.
- Honouring the loss while moving forward: Finding ways to carry the relationship or the loss with you, rather than leaving it behind.
Grief Counselling in Kelowna: How We Work
Person-Centered Grief Support
There’s no checklist for grieving “correctly.” Your therapist follows your lead, adjusting the pace and focus of each session to match where you’re at that week.
Meaning-Making & Narrative Work
Grief therapy often involves finding ways to talk about and understand your loss. You build a narrative that helps it make sense, without needing it to make things okay.
Family & Relational Support
Loss affects everyone around it differently. When helpful, sessions can include support for navigating grief within a family or relationship.
Practical Coping for Day-to-Day Life
Alongside deeper processing, we offer tools for getting through specific moments like anniversaries, holidays, sudden waves of grief, so you have support outside of session too.
Your First Steps in Grief Therapy
Free Consultation & Matching
A free 20-minute consultation gives you the chance to meet with the clinician you’ve chosen and see if they’re the right fit. If not, they’ll help connect you with another therapist on our team.
Naming What You've Lost
Early sessions create space to talk openly about your loss and how it’s affecting you, without pressure to have it all figured out.
Processing at Your Own Pace
Together, you and your therapist explore the emotions, memories, and changes tied to your loss.
Finding Your Footing Again
As things shift, sessions focus on rebuilding routines, relationships, and a sense of self that includes this loss, rather than being defined by it.
Find a Grief Therapist Near You in Kelowna
Some people prefer meeting in person, while others feel more comfortable starting from home. Choose the clinician you’d like to work with and use your free consultation to see if they’re the right fit.
What Makes Grief Counselling at Thrive Different
Loss takes as long as it takes, and so should the support around it. Here’s how Thrive makes room for that.
Choose Your Therapist
Choose the clinician you’d like to work with. If it doesn’t feel like the right fit, they’ll help connect you with another therapist on our team.
Coverage Through Extended Benefits
Our team holds both RCC and RSW designations, so grief counselling is more likely to be covered under your extended health plan.
Therapists Who Have Capacity for You
Grief takes time and presence. Our clinicians work in intentional blocks so you’re met by someone who isn’t running on empty.
What Makes Grief Counselling at Thrive Different
Loss takes as long as it takes, and so should the support around it. Here’s how Thrive makes room for that.
Matched to Your Story
You’re connected with a grief therapist whose experience fits your specific loss.
Coverage Through Extended Benefits
Our team holds both RCC and RSW designations, so grief counselling is more likely to be covered under your extended health plan.
Therapists Who Have Capacity for You
Grief takes time and presence. Our clinicians work in intentional blocks so you’re met by someone who isn’t running on empty.
Whenever You're Ready, We're Here
Grief can make even small tasks feel heavy. This one doesn’t have to be. Book a free 20-minute consultation with the clinician you’d like to work with and take the first step.
Frequently Asked Questions On Grief Therapy
Does insurance cover grief counselling?
Most extended health plans that cover counselling with a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) or Registered Social Worker (RSW) will apply to grief therapy. Since our team holds both designations, this covers most plans. Check your specific policy for details.
Is there a "normal" amount of time to grieve?
No. Grief doesn't follow a fixed timeline, and there's no point at which you should be "over it." If your grief still feels heavy or unmanageable, that's a reason to reach out, not a sign something's wrong with you.
How do I know if I need grief counselling, or if I should just wait it out?
If grief is affecting your sleep, relationships, work, or sense of self, or if it just feels like too much to carry alone, that's reason enough to reach out. You don't need to hit a crisis point first.
Do you offer online grief counselling?
Yes. We offer grief therapy online across BC, and virtually for AB residents, in addition to in-person sessions at our Kelowna office.
Can grief therapy help with losses that aren't about death?
Yes. Grief and loss therapy can support you through any significant loss, not just the death of a loved one. This may include the end of a relationship, miscarriage or pregnancy loss, infertility, a health diagnosis, the loss of a job, or grieving a version of life you expected to have. Any experience that brings profound loss or life change deserves care and support.
What if my grief comes with guilt, anger, or relief instead of just sadness?
That's common, especially after complicated relationships or long illnesses. Grief work therapy makes room for all of it, you don't need to feel one "acceptable" emotion to be grieving.
Can you support my child or teen through a loss?
Yes. We offer youth grief counselling for clients 13+, tailored to what feels appropriate for their age and how they're processing the loss.