Losing someone you love
The death of a partner, parent, child, sibling or dear friend, whether it was sudden or long expected.
Grief Counselling Adelaide
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Soul Counselling · Grief Support · Adelaide
A quiet place to carry your grief, from anywhere in Adelaide
Whether you are in the CBD, North Adelaide, Norwood, Glenelg, out through Elizabeth and Salisbury, or up in the Adelaide Hills, grief can arrive without warning. Christina offers gentle support for bereavement, the ending of a relationship, and the loss of a life you had imagined. Sessions are held online and by phone.
Book a free 15-minute assessment → Ask a question firstPrefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
For many people grief slowly softens over time when they have warmth and company around them, yet roughly one in ten who are bereaved carry a prolonged, stuck grief that eases far more gently with a counsellor alongside them. In the ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2020 to 2022, around 21.6 per cent of South Australians aged 16 to 85, close to 304,500 people, experienced a mental health condition in a single year, so if grief is weighing heavily on you, you are far from alone.
Sources: Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement; ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020 to 2022.
Five-star Google reviews
People keep saying the same thing.
One conversation in, most clients say they’ve finally been understood.
“I truly felt heard for the first time in all my life and deeply understood.”
“When I came to Christina I was drowning in darkness… now I’m finally thriving again.”
“Due to her mediumship I was able to see core issues that I wasn’t able to recognise before.”
How grief might be showing up for you
- Waves that rise out of nowhere, in the supermarket queue or halfway across the Torrens, long after everyone assumes you are fine.
- A tiredness that sleep does not touch, as though your body is quietly doing heavy work you cannot see.
- Saying you are coping when someone asks, because it feels easier than watching their face when you tell the truth.
- Anger, guilt or numbness arriving in the same afternoon, and none of them feeling like the person you used to be.
- A quiet loss of who you are now, unsure of your place, your direction or what the days are even for since everything changed.
In a city as close-knit as Adelaide, plenty of people already know your loss, and that can make honest grieving feel strangely public. Here it can stay entirely yours.
How Christina works
How Christina holds grief
Grief is not a problem waiting to be solved, and you are not broken for feeling it. It asks for space, for someone to witness it without flinching, and for enough safety that you can put it down for a moment. Nothing here is rushed, and there is no version of you that you need to get back to.
Room to feel
You set the pace, and you are never talked out of what you feel. Whatever rises, from tears to relief to guilt, is allowed to be here.
Truly witnessed
Being met by someone who does not look away lightens a weight that carrying it alone never could. Your person, and your loss, are spoken of with care.
Your own shape
There is no timeline and no correct way to grieve. Christina follows the grief that is actually yours, not a stage chart on a wall.
Go deeper
Read a little more before you reach out
This page can only say so much. If you would like a fuller sense of how grief moves, and how gentle support can sit beside it, our grief blog goes deeper and unhurried. Read it in your own time before you decide anything.
Read the grief counselling blogNo booking needed to read, only when you feel ready.
What we can work through
Common grief themes we sit with
Grief wears many faces, and every one of them is welcome here.
Endings and estrangement
A relationship that has finished, or a rift with family, carries a real grief even when no one has died.
Health and identity
A diagnosis, a change in your body or your abilities, or the loss of a role that told you who you were.
The life you imagined
Grieving a future that will not now arrive, from parenthood to plans, is a quiet loss that deserves tending too.
About Christina
The counsellor behind Soul Counselling.
Christina Feyes began Soul Counselling in 2016 and has spent more than ten years walking beside people through loss. She is a counsellor with training across psychology, social work and human services, and she works with clients right around Australia by video and phone. Her own book on death and loss, Realizing Death, grew from years of sitting with grief up close.
Her work brings together grounded clinical understanding and warm, steady counselling, with an intuitive sensitivity to what is often left unsaid. That means the practical, day to day weight of grief is held, and so are the deeper emotional and spiritual questions that loss can stir, if and only if you want to explore them.
Common questions
Before you book.
If your question is not here, the free 15-minute assessment is the easiest way to ask it.
Is grief counselling expensive?
There are no prices or fees to work out before you begin. You start with a free 15-minute assessment, with no card details and no obligation, so you can get a feel for Christina and how she works before deciding anything. It is a gentle, low pressure way to see whether this feels right for you, and there really is nothing to lose by having that first conversation. From there, any next steps are entirely your choice, in your own time.
Do I need a referral to see a grief counsellor?
No, you do not need a referral or a doctor’s letter to reach out. You can contact Soul Counselling directly and book your free 15-minute chat whenever you feel ready. Grief does not wait for paperwork, and neither do you have to. If you already have a GP or other support you value, that can continue alongside your sessions, but nothing needs to be arranged first before you say hello.
Are sessions online, and is there an Adelaide clinic I can visit?
All sessions are held online by video or phone, and there is no Soul Counselling clinic in Adelaide. Christina’s only physical base is in Southport on the Gold Coast, and she works with people right across South Australia and the country remotely. For grief, many people find that being in their own lounge room, with a cup of tea and their own tissues nearby, is far gentler than sitting in an unfamiliar waiting room.
Is it really private in a city as close-knit as Adelaide?
Yes. Meeting online means you never sit in a local waiting room where you might run into someone you know. Your sessions happen wherever you feel safe, from home in North Adelaide, Norwood or out in the Hills, and what you share stays between you and Christina. For many Adelaide clients, that separateness from their everyday circles is exactly what lets them finally speak freely.
Is it too late if my loss was years ago?
Not at all. Grief has no expiry date, and there is no point where it becomes too late to seek support. Losses from years or even decades ago can still ache, especially around anniversaries, birthdays or unexpected reminders. Old grief that was never fully spoken of is very welcome here, and you will never be told you should be over it by now. Whenever you are ready to give it some care, that is the right time.
Can you support me if my family is interstate or overseas?
Yes, and this is a common part of grief in Adelaide. Loss can feel even lonelier when the people who understand it best are far away, or when you cannot easily gather with family after a death. Because sessions are online, Christina can be a steady point of support close to you while your relatives are scattered. She can also help you sit with the particular ache of grieving at a distance from the people you are grieving with.
What if I do not even know where to start?
That is completely okay, and it is more common than you might think. You do not need to arrive with the right words, a clear story or any idea of what you want to say. Many people begin simply by describing how heavy things feel, or by admitting they are not coping the way they hoped. Christina will gently follow whatever you bring, and there is no wrong way to begin. The first small step is often just showing up.
I need help right now, is this a crisis service?
No, grief counselling is not a crisis or emergency service, and it is not the right support when you need help immediately. If you are in danger or thinking about ending your life, please phone 000 now, or call Lifeline any time on 13 11 14. For grief specifically, GriefLine offers a caring listening service on 1300 845 745. These lines are there for you around the clock, and reaching out to them is a strong and caring thing to do. Christina’s sessions can sit alongside that support once you are safe.
When you are ready, there is no hurry
Start with a free 15-minute assessment, no card and no obligation, just a gentle chance to feel whether this is right for you, with nothing to lose.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Grief support across Adelaide
Grieving in a city where everyone seems to know
Adelaide is a close-knit capital where family often lives nearby and social circles overlap, and that nearness can be both a comfort and a quiet pressure. People may already know what has happened and still have no idea what to say, so they say nothing, or the wrong thing. Sometimes you simply want to grieve somewhere private, without the whole city watching how you are doing.
- You want to be honest about your grief without it travelling through your street, your workplace or your church community.
- You are surrounded by well meaning people in Norwood, Glenelg or the Hills who keep telling you to stay strong.
- You would rather talk with someone who is not woven into your family or your friendship group.
- You live out through Elizabeth, Salisbury or Noarlunga and want warm support without a drive into the city.
Sessions are held online and by phone across Adelaide and all of Australia. You can also explore all Adelaide counselling services.
Grief at your own pace
Private grief support, held as gently as you need
There is no schedule your grief is supposed to keep, and no one gets to tell you that enough time has passed. Some days you will want to talk for the whole hour, and some days you will barely have words. Both are entirely welcome here.
Christina is a qualified counsellor, not a psychologist, and she does not diagnose, treat or prescribe. What she offers is steady, unhurried company for grief that has no timeline, held online from wherever you are in Adelaide. There is no pressure to be over anything, no tidy ending expected of you, only a pace that is truly your own.