Death of someone you love
The loss of a partner, parent, child, sibling or dear friend, whether it was sudden or long expected.
Grief Counselling Perth
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Soul Counselling · Grief Support · Perth
Space to grieve, even when you are a long way from home
Whether you are in the Perth CBD, Fremantle, Joondalup, Rockingham, Mandurah, Midland or up in the Perth Hills, grief can leave you unsteady. Christina holds tender, unhurried sessions online and by phone for bereavement, the end of a relationship, and the quiet losses that come with big life change.
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For most people grief slowly softens as time passes and caring support surrounds them, yet research suggests around one in ten bereaved adults carry a prolonged, stuck grief that eases with professional help. The ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing for 2020 to 2022 also found that 23.1 percent of Western Australians aged 16 to 85, about 478,100 people, lived with a mental health condition in a single year, so struggling here is far more common than it can feel.
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
- You seem to be coping on the outside, then a song, a smell or an empty chair undoes you without warning.
- Sleep has gone strange, your appetite comes and goes, and your body feels heavier than it used to.
- You keep busy on purpose because slowing down lets the loss catch up with you.
- Guilt loops through your mind, replaying what you said, what you missed, or what you never got to do.
- You no longer recognise your own life or who you are meant to be now that they are gone.
This can feel even lonelier when the people who understand the loss are interstate or overseas, or when you are grieving quietly on a swing far from home.
How Christina works
How Christina holds grief
Grief is not a problem waiting to be solved or a task on a list to finish. It is love with nowhere to land, and it needs space, a steady witness and a place where nothing about it is rushed. In sessions there is no schedule for how you should feel and no pressure to be anywhere other than exactly where you are.
Room to feel
You can bring the tears, the numbness, the anger or the silence, and none of it will be tidied away. Whatever your grief looks like today is welcome here.
A steady witness
Christina stays with you in the hard moments rather than steering you past them. Being truly heard by someone who is not frightened of your pain can loosen its grip.
Your own pace
There is no correct timeline and no finish line to reach. We move as slowly as you need, session by session, with no expectation that you hurry.
Go deeper
Read a little deeper before you decide
This page can only say so much about something as vast as grief. If you would like more, Christina has written more gently and at greater length about loss and the many shapes mourning takes. It may help you feel less alone before you ever pick up the phone.
Read the grief counselling blogNo booking needed to read, take your time.
What we can work through
Common grief themes we sit with
Grief arrives in many forms, and every one of them is valid here.
Grief that has no name
Losses others may not see, such as a miscarriage, an estrangement, a beloved pet or a friendship that quietly ended.
The end of a relationship
Separation, divorce or a marriage slowly unravelling can bring a grief every bit as real as bereavement.
Losing the life you expected
A diagnosis, a lost job, a move or a body that no longer works the way it did can each carry deep mourning.
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 supports clients right around Australia. She has also written a book about death and loss, Realizing Death, drawn from years of sitting with grieving people. She is not a registered psychologist and does not diagnose, prescribe or treat.
Her work weaves grounded clinical understanding together with warm, human counselling and a quiet intuitive sense of what a person carries. That means she can hold the practical questions grief raises alongside its deeper emotional and spiritual layers, meeting whatever feels most alive for you without ever pushing you somewhere you are not ready to go.
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?
You will not find prices or fees quoted here, because the first step is a free 15-minute assessment with Christina. It is an unhurried conversation with no cost, no card details and no obligation, so you can get a feel for how she works and whether it sits right with you before deciding anything. Grief already asks so much of you, and this first conversation is there so you have nothing to lose by simply reaching out and seeing how it feels.
Do I need a referral to see Christina?
No referral is needed. You do not have to visit a GP first or gather any paperwork before you make contact. Grief rarely waits for the right moment, so you are welcome to get in touch directly whenever you feel ready, whether that is days or years after your loss. The simplest way to begin is to book the free 15-minute assessment, and Christina will take it gently from there at whatever pace suits you.
Are sessions online, and is there a Perth clinic I can visit?
There is no Soul Counselling clinic in Perth. All sessions with Perth clients happen online by video or over the phone, which means you can meet Christina from home in the CBD, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mandurah or the Hills, or from wherever you are working across Western Australia. Many people find that speaking about grief from their own familiar space, with a cup of tea nearby, feels safer and less exposing than sitting in an unfamiliar waiting room.
Is it too late to seek help if the loss was years ago?
It is never too late. Grief has no expiry date, and there is no point at which you are supposed to have finished with it. Some people reach out soon after a loss, while others come years later when something stirs it up again, or when they finally have space to feel it. Old grief is just as worthy of care as fresh grief. Whenever you choose to reach out, your loss and your feelings about it will be taken seriously here.
Can you help when my family is interstate or overseas, or I could not get home for the funeral?
Yes, and this is something many Perth clients carry. Being cut off from family during a loss, or missing a funeral because of the distance or timing, can leave grief feeling unfinished and terribly lonely. In sessions there is room to speak about the goodbye you did not get, the guilt that can come with being far away, and the ache of grieving apart from the people who share your loss. You will not have to explain why distance makes it harder, because it simply does.
Does this suit FIFO or shift work rosters?
It can. Because sessions are online and by phone, they can be arranged around swings, night shifts and changing rosters rather than a nine to five week. For many in the resources sector, grief gets pushed down while on site and then surfaces on the drive home or during days off, with little space to deal with it. Christina can work with the rhythm of your roster so that support is there when you actually have room for it, wherever you happen to be based.
What if I do not even know where to start?
That is completely alright, and it is a very common place to begin. You do not need to arrive with the right words, a clear story or any idea of what you want to say. Many people come feeling numb, scattered or unsure whether their grief even counts. Christina will meet you exactly there, with no pressure to perform or explain yourself, and together you can start with whatever is closest to the surface, even if that is only silence at first.
I need help right now, is this the right service?
Grief counselling is not a crisis or emergency service, and Christina is not available around the clock. If you are in immediate danger or thinking about ending your life, please phone 000 now. You can reach Lifeline any time on 13 11 14 for crisis support, and GriefLine on 1300 845 745 for someone to talk to about loss. These services are there for the urgent moments, and Christina is here for the ongoing, gentler work of grieving once you are safe.
When you are ready, there is a gentle place to start
Reach out for a free 15-minute assessment with Christina, an unhurried first conversation with no cost, no card and nothing to lose.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Grief support across Perth
Grieving in the most isolated city in the world
Perth is often called the most isolated capital on earth, and that distance quietly shapes how loss is carried here. So many families are spread across the eastern states or overseas, which means people grieve while thousands of kilometres from the ones who share the loss, and sometimes without being able to get home in time for a death or a funeral. For the many who work FIFO, grief can land on a swing, out on site, or on the way back to a household that has changed while they were away.
- You are in Perth while your family and their grief are interstate or overseas.
- You could not make it home in time for the death or the funeral, and it still sits heavy.
- You work FIFO or a resources roster and there has been no room to fall apart.
- You are somewhere in the CBD, Fremantle, Rockingham, Mandurah or the Hills and simply want someone to talk to.
Sessions are held online and by phone across Perth and all of Australia. You can also explore all Perth counselling services.
Support that fits your life
Grief at your own pace, around your roster
Because everything happens online, support fits into your week rather than the other way around. Whether you are home in Perth, out on site, or between swings, you can meet Christina from wherever you happen to be, over video or simply by phone if that feels easier.
As a qualified counsellor, Christina understands that grief keeps no timetable and answers to no calendar. There is no expectation to be over anything, no talk of moving on, and no schedule you are behind on. You set the pace, and the sessions gently follow it.