The Grief Therapists of Texas Collective
Welcome!
Welcome to The Grief Therapists of Texas Collective! We are a collective of therapists who specialize in providing therapy to people experiencing grief and loss. Our focus includes both death and non-death grief and loss experiences.
Why a Grief Therapist Collective?
Many therapists state they have experience in working with people struggling with grief and loss, but The Grief Therapists of Texas Collective have proven over time their dedication to and interest in the field of grief, loss, and bereavement. Each member of the collective is a fully licensed clinician with many years of experience and training in grief and loss. They have been vetted by the collective founders, Dr. Pamela A. Malone, LCSW-S, Fellow in Thanatology (the study of death, dying, and bereavement) and Rachel Saffer, LCSW-S.
The website features photos and bios of each grief therapist along with their contact information. The hope is that you will find the grief therapist that best fits your needs. Please visit the website often as we continue to develop and grow its content to include pertinent resources such as blogs, books, podcasts, articles, and images all related to grief and loss as well as healing.
What is Grief?
Loss and grief shape our lives. There are times when we manage the losses we experience yet at other times loss can be overwhelming and grief may completely overpower us. Grief can be caused by both death loss and non-death loss. Death loss can be sudden as when a loved one dies by suicide, an accident, a drastic health incident, overdose, or murder. It can also be anticipated due to a prolonged illness. Non-death loss includes the impact experienced by divorce, romantic breakup, dissolution of a friendship, job loss or career shift, relocation, or shattered dreams/goals. Ambiguous loss refers to a loss that remains unclear and, therefore, unresolved and can include the experience of caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, adoption issues, loss to addiction/substance misuse, as well as missing persons.
This list of death and non-death losses does not capture all of human grief experiences but gives you an idea of the focus of The Grief Therapists of Texas Collective.