Bereavement and the death of someone you love
Support after the loss of a partner, parent, child, friend or someone dear, whether it was sudden or long expected.
Grief Counselling Gold Coast
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Soul Counselling · Grief Support · Gold Coast
Grief has no timeline, and you should not have to carry it alone on the coast
Whether you are in Southport, Burleigh Heads, Robina, Currumbin or the Hinterland, grief can arrive quietly or knock you flat. Christina offers gentle support for bereavement, relationship endings and the loss of a life you imagined. She is Gold Coast based, with sessions held online and by phone right across Queensland.
Book a free 15-minute assessment → Ask a question firstPrefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
For most people, grief slowly softens with time, patience and the steady presence of others, yet research suggests around one in ten bereaved people carry a prolonged, stuck kind of grief that eases with professional support. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also reports that in 2020 to 2022 roughly 23.7 percent of Queenslanders aged 16 to 85 lived with a mental health condition in a single year, so if grief has left you struggling, you are far from alone.
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 showing up for you
- Waves that hit without warning in the car, at the shops in Broadbeach, or the moment you wake before you remember.
- A tiredness that sleep does not touch, or a body that feels heavy, jittery or strangely numb.
- Going through the motions at work and putting on a face for everyone while feeling hollow underneath.
- Guilt, anger, relief or regret that you were not expecting, and that you worry you are not allowed to feel.
- A loss of who you were, of direction, and of the future you had quietly counted on.
And if your people are interstate or overseas, grieving on the coast without their arms around you can make all of it feel that much lonelier.
How Christina works
How Christina holds grief
Grief is not a problem to be solved or a wound to be closed over on a schedule. It is love with nowhere to go, and it needs room, a witness and safety far more than it needs fixing. Christina will never rush you, tidy your feelings into stages, or ask you to be further along than you are.
Room to feel
A quiet, unhurried space where whatever you are carrying is welcome, including the messy, contradictory feelings you may have hidden from everyone else.
Gently witnessed
Being truly heard by someone who is not frightened by your grief can loosen its grip a little, so you no longer have to hold it entirely on your own.
Your own pace
There is no correct shape or speed to grief, so we go only as deep and as slowly as feels right for you, with nothing forced.
Go deeper
Read more before you reach out
This page can only say so much about something this tender. If you would like a fuller sense of how Christina thinks about loss and what gentle grief support can look like, her writing goes deeper. It may help you decide, with no pressure at all, whether reaching out feels right.
Read the grief counselling blogRead when you are ready, not before.
What we can work through
Common grief themes people bring
Grief wears many faces, and all of these are valid reasons to reach out.
Relationship endings and estrangement
The grief of separation, divorce or a family rift can be just as heavy, even when no one has died.
Anticipatory grief and loss of health
Mourning while someone is still here, or grieving a body, ability or independence that has changed.
The loss of a life you imagined
Grief for the future you planned, an identity, a home or a version of yourself that quietly slipped away.
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 works with clients all over Australia from her base on the Gold Coast. She has also written a book about death and loss, Realizing Death, drawn from years of sitting with grief.
Her way of working blends grounded clinical understanding with warm, human counselling and a quietly intuitive sensitivity. This means she can hold both the practical weight of grief and its deeper emotional and spiritual layers, meeting you wherever you happen to be without asking you to be anywhere else.
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 reach out. Christina offers a free 15-minute assessment so you can talk with her, get a feel for how she works and decide whether it suits you, with no card required and no obligation to continue. It is simply a chance to be heard, so there is genuinely nothing to lose by starting there. If it does not feel like the right fit, that is completely okay, and you are under no pressure to book anything further.
Do I need a referral to see a grief counsellor?
No. You do not need a referral from a GP or anyone else to book with Christina. You can reach out directly whenever you feel ready, whether your loss was recent or years ago. Many people come with no idea where to start, and that is perfectly fine. The free 15-minute assessment is a gentle first step where you can share as much or as little as you like, and there is no paperwork or hurdle to clear before you can simply talk to someone.
Are sessions online, or can I see Christina in person on the Gold Coast?
Christina is genuinely Gold Coast based, with her practice rooted in Southport, so she knows this region well. In practice, sessions are held online by video and by phone, which many people find more comfortable and private, especially in early grief when leaving the house feels like too much. Working this way also means you can be supported from Burleigh, Robina, the Hinterland or anywhere, without the effort of travelling while you are already worn thin.
Is it too late if my loss was years ago?
Not at all. Grief has no deadline and no use-by date. It is very common for feelings to surface long after a death or ending, sometimes years later, when life finally slows enough for them to be felt. You are just as welcome whether your loss was last week or long ago, and you will never be told you should be past it by now. Whenever grief is asking for space, it is the right time to reach out.
Can you support me if my family is interstate or overseas?
Yes, and this is one of the most common reasons people on the Gold Coast reach out. Many have moved here from elsewhere and are grieving without their people close by. Because sessions are held online and by phone, distance is no barrier, and you can be supported from wherever you are. Christina can be a steady, consistent presence while your family is far away, so you do not have to carry the loss entirely on your own.
What if I do not know where to start?
That is completely normal, and you do not need to arrive with the right words or a clear story. Grief is often tangled and hard to name. You can begin the free 15-minute assessment with nothing more than the sense that you are struggling, and Christina will gently help you find your footing from there. There is no need to prepare, explain everything, or make it sound coherent. Turning up as you are is more than enough.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no set number, because grief is different for everyone and unfolds at its own pace. Some people come for a short season during a particularly hard stretch, while others value ongoing support over a longer time. Christina will follow your lead rather than fit you into a program, and you are always free to pause or stop when you need to. You can talk through what feels right during your free 15-minute assessment.
I feel like I am in crisis right now. Can counselling help immediately?
Counselling with Christina is caring but not a crisis or emergency service, so if you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, please reach out for urgent help now. In an emergency call 000. You can also call Lifeline any time on 13 11 14 for crisis support, or GriefLine on 1300 845 745, a free national helpline specifically for grief and loss. These services are available when you need someone right away, and Christina can support you in a steadier way once you are safe.
You do not have to face this alone
When you feel ready, book a free 15-minute assessment with Christina, with no card and no obligation, and simply see how it feels to be heard.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Grief support across the Gold Coast
Grieving far from your people on the coast
The Gold Coast is a fast-growing, transient place, and many who live here arrived from interstate or overseas and now grieve far from family, old friends and the rituals that once held them. Loss can feel strangely at odds with a region known for holidays and sunshine, as though there is no permission to be heavy here. For hospitality and shift workers especially, there is often no space at all to stop and mourn.
- You moved to the coast for a fresh start and are now grieving without family nearby in Coomera, Nerang or Palm Beach.
- You work long or unsociable hours in hospitality or retail and have never had room to fall apart.
- You feel out of step with a bright, busy city while quietly carrying a heavy loss.
- You have kept it together for everyone else and need one place where you can simply be honest.
Sessions are held online and by phone across the Gold Coast and all of Australia. You can also explore all Gold Coast counselling services.
No deadline on grief
There is no timeline, and it is never too late
Grief does not obey a calendar. It can rise years after a loss, or ambush you at an anniversary, a song, or a familiar stretch of Surfers Paradise beach. If people around you have quietly moved on and you have not, that does not mean something is wrong with you.
Christina is a qualified counsellor who understands that grief has no expiry date and no correct shape. Whether your loss was last month or a decade ago, you are welcome here. Sessions are online and by phone, held at a gentle pace, with no pressure to be over it and no expectation of who you should be by now.