The death of someone you loved
The loss of a parent, partner, child, sibling or dear friend, and the strange task of living in a world that keeps turning without them.
Grief Counselling Canberra
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Soul Counselling · Grief Support · Canberra
A quiet place to grieve when Canberra keeps expecting you to carry on
Whether you are in Civic, Belconnen, Gungahlin, Woden or the inner south around Kingston and Braddon, grief can arrive in many forms, from the death of someone dear to the end of a relationship or a life you thought you would have. Sessions with Christina are online and by phone.
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For most people, grief slowly softens over time when there is care and space around it, yet research suggests that around one in ten bereaved adults carry a heavier, more prolonged grief that eases with proper support. The ABS 2020 to 2022 National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing found that around one in four adults in the ACT, close to 25.5 per cent, lived with a mental health condition across a twelve month period, so struggling after a loss here is far from rare.
Sources: Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement; ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020 to 2022.
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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 sitting with you right now
- You function well at work and answer emails as usual, then something small undoes you the moment you are alone in the car.
- Sleep has become unreliable, and the small hours are when the missing feels loudest.
- Waves of it arrive without warning, in a supermarket queue or a Gungahlin car park, long after everyone assumed you were fine.
- You feel numb or oddly flat, and you wonder whether something is wrong with you for not crying more.
- You no longer recognise your own life or who you are meant to be inside it, as though your sense of direction went with the person or thing you lost.
In a city that prizes staying composed and holding it together at the office, many people grieve quietly, all week, with almost no one witnessing it.
How Christina works
How Christina holds space for your grief
Grief is not a problem to be solved or a task to be completed. It is a form of love that has lost its usual home, and it needs room, witness and safety far more than it needs fixing. Christina will never rush you toward being over it or ask you to tidy your loss into something neat.
No timeline
There is no schedule your grief is supposed to keep, and no deadline for feeling better. You set the pace, and Christina follows it.
A steady witness
Some of the deepest relief comes from being truly seen in your loss. You can bring the raw, unedited version here, without softening it for anyone.
Room for every loss
Death, separation, estrangement, a lost pregnancy, a diagnosis, a home or future that will not now happen, all of it is welcome and none of it is too small.
Go deeper
Read a little deeper before you decide
This page is intentionally short, because grief does not read well in long paragraphs. If you would like more before reaching out, our grief writing explores what loss really asks of us and why it takes the shape it does. It may help you feel a little less alone in what you are carrying.
Read the grief counselling blogThere is no need to be ready. You can simply read.
What we can work through
Common grief themes people bring
Grief rarely arrives in a single clean form, and these are some of the threads people quietly carry into sessions.
Relationship endings and estrangement
Separation, divorce or a family rift can carry a grief as real as any death, yet one that others often fail to recognise.
Anticipatory and ongoing grief
Grieving before a loss is complete, as with a serious diagnosis or a slow decline, and the exhausting weight of loving someone you are already losing.
Loss of identity and direction
Redundancy, illness, a posting that ended or a future that quietly disappeared can leave you mourning the person you expected to be.
About Christina
The counsellor behind Soul Counselling.
Christina Feyes founded Soul Counselling in 2016 and has spent more than ten years walking alongside people through loss. She is a counsellor with training across psychology, social work and human services, and she works with clients right across Australia by video and phone. Her book about death and loss, Realizing Death, grew from years of sitting with the grieving, and she does not diagnose, prescribe or treat.
Christina brings together grounded clinical knowledge and warm, unhurried counselling with a natural intuitive sensitivity. This means a session can hold both the practical questions of getting through a hard week and the deeper emotional and spiritual layers of loss, whichever you most need to bring on the day.
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 fees or prices listed on this page, and the best way to begin is with a free 15-minute assessment. It is a relaxed, no obligation chat with Christina, with no card required and nothing to lose, so you can get a genuine sense of whether working together feels right before you decide anything at all. Many people find that first conversation is enough to feel a little less alone with what they are carrying.
Do I need a referral to see Christina?
No referral is needed. You can reach out directly and book your free 15-minute chat without visiting a GP first or arranging any paperwork. Christina is a counsellor, so you are welcome to make contact yourself, in your own time, whenever you feel even slightly ready. There is no gatekeeping and no hurdle to clear before someone will simply listen to you.
Are sessions online, or is there a Canberra clinic?
There is no Soul Counselling clinic in Canberra. All sessions are held online by video or phone, which means you can be supported wherever you are in the ACT, from Civic and Belconnen to Gungahlin, Woden and the inner south. Christina works this way with clients right across Australia, and grief is often easier to sit with from the comfort and safety of your own home.
Is it really private and discreet?
Yes. Because everything happens online, no one sees you walk into a building or sit in a waiting room, which matters a great deal in a small, interconnected city like Canberra. You join from home, in whatever space feels safe, and your sessions stay entirely your own. For people who value discretion, this quiet, unobserved way of getting support can make it far easier to finally open up.
Is it too late if my loss was years ago?
It is never too late. Grief does not expire, and it is very common for loss to resurface years later, sometimes prompted by an anniversary, a move or another change entirely. You do not have to justify why you are reaching out now, and you will not be told you should be over it by this point. Whenever the grief is present for you is exactly the right time to bring it.
Can you help if my family is interstate or overseas, or I could not travel home?
Yes, and this is something many Canberra clients carry. Being posted or relocated here for work often means grieving far from the people who knew your loved one, and sometimes being unable to get back for a funeral at all. That distance can add a particular loneliness to loss. Online sessions mean you can be supported here while your heart is partly somewhere else, and there is room for all of that.
What if I do not even know where to start?
That is completely okay, and you do not need the right words or a clear plan. Many people arrive unsure of what they feel or unable to name it, and that is a perfectly normal place to begin. You can start simply by saying that you are struggling, and Christina will gently follow your lead from there. There is nothing you need to prepare and no correct way to begin grieving out loud.
What if I am in crisis and need urgent help?
Counselling with Christina is not a crisis or emergency service. If you are in immediate danger or fear for your safety, please call 000 now. For urgent emotional support at any hour you can reach Lifeline on 13 11 14, and for specialised grief support you can contact GriefLine on 1300 845 745. Please reach out to these services first if things feel unsafe, and Christina will be here for the ongoing, gentler work when you are ready.
When you are ready, there is somewhere gentle to begin
Book a free 15-minute assessment to talk quietly with Christina, with no card, no obligation and nothing to lose.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Grief support across Canberra
Grief in a city that stays composed
Canberra runs on a professional, public service culture where staying measured and keeping it together is almost second nature, and that same steadiness can leave grief unspoken and unwitnessed for months. Many people are posted or drawn here for work and are grieving far from family, sometimes unable to travel home for a funeral. In a small, interconnected city, discretion matters, and being able to grieve privately can feel like a relief in itself.
- Public servants and professionals holding a composed front at work while quietly falling apart at home.
- People who moved to Canberra for a posting or a role and are grieving with no family nearby.
- Anyone who could not get back interstate or overseas for a funeral and carries the ache of that absence.
- Those who value privacy and would rather grieve without running into someone they know in a waiting room.
Sessions are held online and by phone across Canberra and all of Australia. You can also explore all Canberra counselling services.
Private and unhurried
Discreet grief support, entirely at your own pace
Because every session is online, no one sees you attend and nothing appears on a local calendar or in a shared building. You can join from your own lounge room in Tuggeranong, Dickson or Woden, in your own clothes, with a cup of tea and the door closed. For many Canberra clients, that privacy is exactly what lets them finally let go.
Christina is a qualified counsellor, not a psychologist, and she will never push you to be over your loss or reach some imagined finish line. Grief has no correct timeline, and yours is allowed to take as long as it takes. Sessions are gentle, spacious and free of pressure, and you decide how much to bring and how often to come.