Companioning for pregnancy loss

Miscarriage isn’t just the loss of a pregnancy, but of a dream and a hoped-for future.

Pregnancy loss can leave you grieving not only a baby, but a version of yourself, and the sense of safety you once felt in your body or your plans. It can stir deep questions about the future, your ability to have kids, or if and when you'll feel like yourself again.

You don’t have to hold it all by yourself.

As a perinatal chaplain, I offer gentle, confidential support for women navigating pregnancy loss in any trimester—including chemical pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, or failed IVF transfer. This is a space where your story is honored, your grief is witnessed, and your healing is supported.

Every pregnancy loss and every grieving parent is different. Depending on your needs, support may mean:

  • A safe and confidential space to share your feelings, fears, and story

  • Spiritual and emotional support managing grief

  • Supporting you in planning a ritual to honor your baby

  • Support trying to conceive after loss

  • Support grieving multiple losses

  • Support facing menstrual cycles after loss

  • Postpartum recovery tools

  • A safe space to share your doubts, fears, or anger with God

  • Talking through a crisis of faith brought on by pregnancy loss or infertility

  • Birth story processing for loss

  • A spiritual conversation partner in discussing when to try again, or whether you want to

  • A compassionate person to walk alongside you during this time of transition

What kinds of tooling do you use?

I use a number of tools for supporting women processing loss, and customize my approach with each person depending on your unique background and what you’re most struggling with. Examples of tooling I’ve trained in and use for those walking the road of loss include:

  • Somatic movement and Somatic Experiencing. These can help release trauma and difficult emotions beyond stored in the body where talk therapy hasn’t been able to reach.

  • Breath exercises and grounding techniques for coping with grief, disassociation, and difficult feelings. I teach tools in-session and send resources with you so you can continue the journey at home.

  • Polyvagal-Informed Practices like humming and co-regulation exercises to teach you to map your nervous system states and relate to your body with a new sense of groundedness and safety.

  • Story work to help frame your journey and process where you are and where you feel called to next. I strongly believe in the healing power of story—it is one of our oldest and most innate ways to process experiences and create meaning.

  • Holistic Pelvic Care, with a focus on (re)connecting to the body and using breathwork to release shame, grief, and areas of stuckness.

  • Therapeutic art techniques to process experiences with the creative, intuitive mind.

Loss story processing

Every pregnancy ends in birth, no matter how far along you were.

Much like live birth, miscarriage and stillbirth can introduce us to our greatest strengths and deepest fears. It can also leave its mark behind in the form of traumatic memories or ongoing anxiety.
If you’re experiencing ongoing stress, disassociation, or anxiety when you think about your loss experience, or when encountering visual reminders of what happened, it may be supportive to process your loss story in a safe and compassionate setting.
I'm trained in Birth Story Medicine as well as in Companioning for Perinatal Loss. I’ve combined these two modalities to support women who want to process and integrate a miscarriage story for ongoing healing. This uses techniques including internal family systems, archetypes, solutions-focused counseling, and somatic practice.
My role is to hold compassionate space for you and your story, deeply listen to what happened and your experience, and speak to the stories you're carrying about this loss.

Book a connection call

Pregnancy loss is incredibly personal, and feeling safe with the right person is so important.

I offer a free, thirty-minute connection call to anyone considering companion care for pregnancy loss. You can share the basics of your story and the care you’re hoping to receive, and ask me anything you like. Together, we’ll see if my approach is the right fit for you.