Losing someone you love
The death of a parent, partner, child, sibling or dear friend, whether recent or from years ago that still aches.
Grief Counselling Melbourne
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Soul Counselling · Grief Support · Melbourne
A tender space for grief, wherever you are in Melbourne
When someone or something has gone, the days can feel strangely quiet and impossibly loud at once. From the CBD to Brunswick, Coburg and Fitzroy, out to St Kilda, Werribee, Point Cook and Frankston, Christina Feyes offers unhurried grief support for bereavement, the end of a relationship or a life change you did not choose. Sessions are online and by phone.
Book a free 15-minute assessment → Ask a question firstPrefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
For most people, grief slowly softens as time passes and as they are gently supported by those around them, yet around one in ten bereaved people carry a heavier, prolonged grief that keeps holding them under and can ease with professional care. Across Victoria, the ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing found that about 21.4 per cent of people aged 16 to 85, roughly 1.1 million Victorians, lived with a mental health condition in a single year, so if grief has left you struggling you are among a great many others.
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
- You move through work, trams and errands on autopilot, then a small ordinary thing undoes you completely.
- Sleep has turned unfamiliar, with early dark-morning waking or nights where your mind will not go quiet.
- You feel numb and far away, as though you are watching your own life through fogged glass.
- Waves of anger, guilt or the endless what ifs arrive without warning and leave you exhausted.
- You are not sure who you are now that this person, relationship or chapter has gone, and the road ahead feels shapeless.
And in the long grey Melbourne winter, when the days close in early, the weight of it can feel even heavier and lonelier than it does in the light.
How Christina works
How Christina holds grief
Grief is not a problem to be solved or a task to complete. It is love and attachment with nowhere to land, and what it asks for is room, a steady witness and a place that feels safe enough to fall apart in. There is no rushing here and no wrong way to feel.
Room to feel
You bring whatever is present, tears, numbness, fury or flat silence, and none of it is too much or handled awkwardly. Christina simply stays with you.
A steady witness
Grief so often gets carried alone. Being truly heard by someone who is not frightened by your pain can loosen its grip, gently and without pressure.
Your own pace
Some sessions hold practical questions about the days ahead, others sit with the raw ache. You lead, and the pace is always yours.
Go deeper
Read more before you decide
This page is deliberately short, because grief does not need more noise. If you would like to understand more before reaching out, Christina has written at length about loss, the myths of moving on, and what genuine support can look like. It may help you feel less alone before you ever pick up the phone.
Read the grief counselling blogThere is no need to be ready. You can read first and decide later.
What we can work through
Common grief themes people bring
Grief wears many faces, and all of them are welcome here.
Grief without a funeral
Losses you could not gather for or hold a service around, including those from the lockdown years, that were never fully honoured.
The end of a relationship
Separation, divorce or a friendship lost, where the person is still living but the shared life is gone.
Grieving a life you expected
Loss of health, fertility, a job, a home or a future you had quietly counted on and now must mourn.
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 some of the hardest seasons of their lives. She is a counsellor with training in psychology, social work and human services, and she works with clients right across Australia, including throughout Melbourne and regional Victoria. Her care for the bereaved runs deep enough that she wrote a book about death and loss, Realizing Death.
She brings solid clinical knowledge together with warm, grounded counselling and a quietly intuitive way of listening. That means sessions can hold the practical questions grief raises and the deeper emotional and spiritual layers underneath, so you are met as a whole person rather than a set of symptoms.
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?
Soul Counselling does not list set fees on this page, because the first and most important step costs you nothing. Christina offers a free 15-minute assessment where you can talk, ask questions and get a feel for how she works, with no card details and no obligation to continue. It is a genuinely no-pressure way to see whether this feels like the right support for you, so there is nothing to lose by reaching out and simply having that first conversation.
Do I need a referral to see Christina?
No, you do not need a referral or a doctor’s letter to begin. You can reach out directly and book your free 15-minute assessment yourself, whenever you feel ready. Many people come to grief counselling of their own accord, without going through their GP first. If you are already working with a doctor or other health professional, you are welcome to keep them in the loop, but that is entirely your choice and nothing is required before you start.
Are sessions online, or is there a Melbourne clinic I can visit?
All sessions with Christina are held online by video or over the phone, and there is no Soul Counselling clinic in Melbourne. Christina’s only physical base is in Southport on the Gold Coast, but she works with clients right across Melbourne and Victoria from wherever you feel most comfortable. For many grieving people this is a relief, because you can be supported from your own home without facing a long commute or sitting in an unfamiliar waiting room on a hard day.
Is it too late if my loss was years ago?
It is never too late. Grief does not expire, and old losses can resurface years later through an anniversary, a life change or simply because you finally have space to feel them. There is no statute of limitations on missing someone. Whether your loss was last month or a decade ago, your grief is valid and worthy of care, and Christina is glad to sit with it now, at whatever point you find yourself ready to talk about it.
Can you help when my family is interstate or overseas, or when I could not gather for the loss?
Yes. Because sessions are online, distance is no barrier, and Christina regularly supports people whose family and support networks are scattered across the country or the world. She also holds space for the particular ache of losses you could not gather around, including those from the lockdown years, where there was no funeral, no shared farewell and no chance to grieve together. That kind of loss can leave things feeling unfinished, and it deserves to be gently honoured.
What if I do not even know where to start?
That is completely okay, and very common. You do not need the right words, a clear story or a tidy explanation of what you are feeling. Grief is often messy and wordless. You can simply arrive at your free 15-minute assessment as you are, and Christina will meet you there with warmth and patience. Sometimes the first step is just saying out loud that you are struggling, and letting someone gently help you find the next small piece from there.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no set number, because grief is not a course you complete or a box you tick. Some people find that a few sessions give them enough space and steadiness, while others value ongoing support through a longer, harder season. Christina will never push you toward a package or keep you longer than feels helpful. You stay in charge of how often you come and when you feel ready to pause, and that is something you can revisit together as you go.
Is grief counselling a crisis or emergency service?
No, grief counselling is not a crisis service, and Christina cannot provide emergency or after-hours help. If you are in immediate danger or worried you may harm yourself, please call 000 straight away. For urgent emotional support at any hour you can phone Lifeline on 13 11 14, and for grief-specific help you can call GriefLine on 1300 845 745. Please reach out to these services first in a crisis, and Christina will be here for the steadier, ongoing grief support alongside them.
When you are ready, there is a gentle place to begin
Book a free 15-minute assessment with Christina, no card and no obligation, just a quiet chance to be heard and to see if this feels right for you.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Grief support across Melbourne
Grief through Melbourne’s long dark months
Melbourne winters are long and grey, and when the light fades by mid-afternoon, grief can settle in heavier and feel more isolating than it does in warmer seasons. Many people here are also still carrying losses from the long lockdown years, goodbyes they could not gather for and funerals that never happened. In a sprawling city of long commutes and full days, there is often very little room left to simply mourn.
- People in the inner north around Fitzroy, Brunswick and Coburg grieving quietly between work and everything else.
- Those in the inner east and bayside suburbs like St Kilda and Brighton who feel they should be over it by now.
- Families in the growth areas of Werribee, Point Cook, Craigieburn and Dandenong with little time or space to grieve.
- Anyone in Frankston or across regional Victoria who would rather be met at home than sit in a waiting room.
Sessions are held online and by phone across Melbourne and all of Australia. You can also explore all Melbourne counselling services.
Grief in its own time
Grief keeps no calendar
There is a quiet pressure in busy cities to tidy grief away and get back to normal, but grief does not read the calendar or answer to anyone else’s schedule. Some days you may feel steadier, and then an anniversary, a song or a Melbourne street you once walked together brings it all rushing back. That is not failure. That is love still moving through you.
Christina is a qualified counsellor who will never ask you to be finished or to hurry toward some imagined finish line. Sessions happen online from wherever feels safe, whether that is your kitchen table or a parked car, and they move at a gentle pace you set. You are allowed to still be grieving, for as long as you are grieving.