Grief isn’t just sadness — it’s the hollow silence in the house, the ache of what was, and the weight of everything left unsaid. Whether you’re mourning a death, navigating a breakup, facing a health crisis, or experiencing a major life transition, the pain can feel overwhelming and isolating.
You don’t have to “move on,” but you do deserve to move forward — gently, in your own time. At Laike Rising Therapy, we offer grief counseling in Indianapolis, New York City, and via telehealth, using trauma-informed, integrative care to help you process, honor, and heal.
Grief is a natural response to loss — and it’s not limited to death. We support clients navigating:
Types of Loss We Support:
Death of a partner, child, friend, or pet
Divorce, breakups, or family estrangement
Infertility or pregnancy loss
Chronic illness or disability diagnosis
Retirement, relocation, or identity shifts
Community or collective trauma
Common Grief Responses:
Emotional: Sadness, numbness, anger, guilt, longing
Physical: Fatigue, appetite loss, sleep changes
Cognitive: Brain fog, difficulty concentrating
Social: Isolation or withdrawal
Spiritual: Loss of meaning or questioning beliefs
Intense pain that doesn’t ease with time
Avoiding reminders or emotions
Intrusive thoughts or persistent yearning
Difficulty resuming daily activities or relationships
Feelings of emptiness or hopelessness
This is known as complicated grief, and it’s more common than you think. With the right support, healing becomes possible.
Grief affects your whole being — body, mind, heart, and spirit. We meet you where you are with flexible, evidence-based approaches tailored to your process.
Evidence-Based Therapies:
Internal Family Systems (IFS): Work with the parts of you holding sadness, guilt, or protection
EMDR Therapy: Process unresolved or traumatic memories around loss
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Shift unhelpful thought patterns
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT): Move toward values while honoring pain
Narrative Therapy: Re-author your story with meaning and connection
Specialized Grief Support:
Anticipatory Grief: Support when a loss is expected
Disenfranchised Grief: Validation for misunderstood losses (e.g., miscarriage, estrangement)
Sudden or Traumatic Loss: Care after suicide, accidents, or violent deaths
Complicated Grief Treatment: When grief becomes overwhelming or stuck
Somatic & Creative Modalities:
Mindfulness and nervous system regulation
Breathwork, grounding, and body-based release
Expressive therapies (art, writing, movement)
Heart-centered hypnotherapy
Grief often touches many internal parts at once. With IFS, you can explore and care for:
The part that feels overwhelming sadness
The part that blames itself or feels stuck
The part that wants to move on — and the one that can’t
The protector parts trying to avoid the pain
IFS helps you reconnect with your Self — the calm, compassionate center of you — to support grieving parts and restore internal balance.
Initial Phase: Building Safety & Clarity
Thorough grief and trauma assessment
Exploring your personal, relational, and cultural relationship to loss
Creating a customized therapy plan
Grounding techniques and emotional regulation
Active Therapy Phase:
Weekly therapy sessions
Processing grief, memories, and meaning
Working with internal parts and protective patterns
Exploring spiritual or identity-related aspects of grief
Ongoing Support & Integration:
Guidance through anniversaries and grief triggers
Post-loss identity development
Tools for resilience and emotional maintenance
Connection to community resources, if desired
Feel stuck or emotionally overwhelmed after a loss
Struggle with guilt, anger, numbness, or disconnection
Have trouble finding meaning or moving forward
Want to process grief in a safe, nonjudgmental space
Are grieving a loss others may not recognize or validate
At Laike Rising Therapy, we help you:
Honor what you’ve lost while reconnecting with what remains
Create space for your grief without being consumed by it
Rebuild your capacity for joy, relationship, and identity
Develop lasting tools for inner stability and meaning
For a FREE 15-minute consultation. We want to learn more about you and begin this journey of healing.
We understand it’s challenging to recover from grief and manage our feelings of loss.
We’re here to help you make sense of this loss, but most importantly, move forward with life.
Skilled working with grief and loss, we will help you learn tools to make sense of this and understand how to find peace in this difficult time.
And while we are here to help, only you can make the call.
