Grief & Loss Counseling
Grief counseling offers adults and older adults a steady place to process bereavement, anticipatory grief and life-altering loss without being rushed through it.
Your experience does not have to fit a perfect label.
- Adults grieving a death or significant life loss
- People facing anticipatory grief connected to serious or chronic illness
- Caregivers grieving during or after caregiving
- Older adults coping with loss of a spouse or independence
- People navigating retirement, identity or family changes after loss
Something feels harder to carry than it used to.
- Waves of emotion feel difficult to manage
- Daily tasks take more energy than before
- Others expect you to be back to normal
- Guilt, anger, relief or unfinished questions are hard to discuss
- Aging, illness or caregiving has created repeated losses
These experiences are not a diagnosis. They are starting points for a conversation about what is happening and what kind of support may fit.
Understanding the pattern—and your options within it.
Death and bereavement
Anticipatory and caregiving-related grief
Serious illness and aging-related losses
Loss of independence
Relationship and family changes
Retirement, identity and other significant losses
Warm, collaborative and grounded in your goals.
Kristin’s work is shaped by respect, context and honest conversation. Counseling is not a promise that pain will disappear. It is a structured place to understand what you are experiencing and work toward changes that matter to you.
- A pace that respects your readiness
- Practical support alongside emotional processing
- Attention to culture, family roles, faith and meaning
- Care with a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist (CAGCS)
Specialized experience without losing sight of the whole person.
Kristin Jones, LCSW, QS, CAGCS has 20+ years in social work and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2012. Her work centers on grief, caregiving, aging, serious illness, changing independence and major life transitions.
Learn more about KristinQuestions people often ask
What is grief counseling?
Grief counseling is psychotherapy that helps a person understand and work through emotional, relational and practical effects of loss. It does not erase grief or impose a timeline.
Is grief counseling only for a death?
No. Grief may follow serious illness, caregiving, retirement, changes in independence, relationships, home, role or identity.
Can counseling address anticipatory grief?
Yes. Counseling may support people facing an expected loss, ongoing decline or changing care needs.
Does AlignCare work with caregivers and older adults?
Yes. Grief, caregiving and aging are central areas of AlignCare’s work with adults and older adults.
What is the free consultation?
The free 10–15 minute call is a brief prospective psychotherapy fit and inquiry call. It is not treatment, an assessment appointment or Family Consultation & Aging Care Planning.
Ask about current psychotherapy openings.
Availability varies by service, schedule and appointment format. An inquiry is not a promise of an opening.