Welcome to Pet Love & Loss Support Services
Pet Loss Grief & Compassion Fatigue Support
Your heart-felt, understanding, empathetic, compassionate, and supportive help as you navigate through your journey in grief.
Pet Loss Grief Support
Your beloved companion animal had died. I am so very sorry for your loss.
Your grief is a journey that started on the day that your special pet died. Actually, if your pet was sick or in declining health before she or he died, your grief was set in motion when you first understood that the illness would result in death.
Pet loss grief support is for people who grieve after the death of a special pet and who need help mourning, remembering, and healing. This service is also for those who work in animal care and are in need of help processing grief.
Whether you are a dog lover, or your special pet was a cat, a horse, a bird, a goat, a reptile, a rodent, a fish, or any other companion animal you loved and cared for, my hope is that we can be a supportive companion to you. After all, what matters is not the kind of animal you love but the love you have for the animal!
If you need help with pet loss grief (including anticipatory grief) please reach out to me for more information or to book a session.
Compassion Fatigue Support
Compassion fatigue or empathic distress is more common in the helping professions. Some of its symptoms include isolation, apathy, bottled-up emotions, and sleep problems. Without addressing compassion fatigue organizations are at risk for high absenteeism, lack of teamwork, and uncompleted tasks. Unfortunately a lot of organizations are only about the "bottom line" which leaves individuals burnt-out which has a crippling effect on quality of life.
In a review of interventions for compassion fatigue specific to animal care services, very few were found. Instead, the recommended interventions were occupational stress interventions from other healthcare professions.
Recommended self-care or self-compassion training that sought to enhance personal resilience includes:
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Therapy or counseling
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Coping-skills training
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Relaxation within a cognitive-behavioral framework, including mindfulness
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Cultivate compassion for others
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Grow compassion satisfaction
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Sustain social support
I know first hand what it is like to work tirelessly with the utmost passion in the animal care industry. I have worked in rescue, shelter medicine and in veterinary care. I understand what it feels like to lose all passion for the profession and barely function on a daily basis. What it is like to have no interest in things you once had interest in.
I can help you navigate compassion fatigue and find your way back to a better quality of life.
Reach out to me for more information.
