Shock, numbness, or disbelief
You may feel disconnected, move through the day on autopilot, or briefly expect your child to walk through the door. These responses can come and go, even long after the death.
Private support after the death of a child
You do not have to pretend you are okay here.
One-to-one support for bereaved parents—from someone who understands child loss personally and professionally.
Your child is still part of you, your family, your story, and your love. You are welcome to say their name, tell the truth about how unbearable the day feels, cry, sit quietly, or ask for help with one small piece of life.
A place where you do not have to perform
You may be looking for someone who understands more than grief in theory.
Many bereaved parents search for a child-loss therapist, a bereavement counselor, or even a therapist who has lost a child of their own. Often, what they are really asking is: Will I have to explain why I am still this devastated? Will they rush me, diagnose my love, avoid my child’s name, or expect me to move on?
Compassion Navigator is guided by a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, a mother, and a bereaved parent whose young child died suddenly. I will never claim to know your exact experience, because every child and every loss is different. I can meet you without fear of your grief and without asking you to make it easier for me to hear.
What grief may feel like
There is no single “normal” way to grieve.
Some responses are common, but none are required—and your experience may change from one hour or season to the next.
Longing, sadness, anger, or guilt
Grief may hold deep yearning, rage, regret, helplessness, or questions that have no satisfying answer. Feeling more than one of these at once does not mean you are grieving incorrectly.
Changes in your body and thinking
Exhaustion, restlessness, poor sleep, forgetfulness, difficulty concentrating, appetite changes, and feeling overwhelmed by simple decisions can accompany intense grief.
Mixed or changing emotions
A laugh, a peaceful moment, relief that suffering ended, or a day with less pain can exist beside love and devastation. A lighter moment is not a betrayal of your child.
How supportive services can help
You do not have to sort out or name every feeling. We can slow the moment down, make room for what is present, identify what may help today, and decide whether additional clinical or crisis support would be safer or more useful.
Support shaped around real life
What companion support can look like
This is not a script or a list of stages. A session can be practical, emotional, quiet, or a mixture of all three.
Getting through the next hour
We can talk by phone or video while you try to sit up, drink water, get dressed, eat something, or choose the one task that truly cannot wait. You do not have to sound hopeful or pretend you are functioning better than you are.
Having someone with you during a hard task
I can stay with you by phone or video while you enter a store, make a difficult call, open mail, drive to the cemetery, go through one box, or begin an activity you have been avoiding. We can pause or stop without calling that failure.
Remembering and honoring your child
Say your child’s name, tell me who they were, and plan remembrance that fits your family—birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, acts of kindness, memory projects, meals, music, traditions, or a new ritual that keeps their place visible.
Helping the family live with what changed
We can think through different grieving styles, changing roles, difficult conversations, family events, and ways to support surviving siblings with honest language, reassurance, routines, choices, and permission to grieve differently.
Preparing for dates and places that hurt
Together we can make a realistic plan for birthdays, death anniversaries, holidays, school events, medical settings, family gatherings, or the age and milestones your child should have reached—including an exit plan and support before or after.
Finding support for the day in front of you
Companion support might mean talking while you take a short walk, making a plan for a difficult morning, writing a message that asks family for help, deciding what can wait, setting a boundary, or simply having someone stay present when words are hard.
Clear service boundaries
Non-clinical Bereaved Parent Support
Non-clinical Bereaved Parent Support
- Scheduled one-to-one phone or video sessions
- Available regardless of location
- Presence during hard moments, dates, activities, and ordinary tasks
- Grief education, remembrance ideas, family rituals, and practical planning
- No diagnosis, psychotherapy, treatment plan, or insurance billing
This page describes non-clinical, grief-informed support by scheduled phone or video and is available regardless of location.
What you will not be asked to do
Your grief is not a problem to solve.
I will not give you a timeline, tell you to find closure, ask you to stop saying your child’s name, compare your loss with another parent’s, or treat a difficult day as proof that you are grieving incorrectly.
- You do not have to protect me from the truth.
- You do not have to arrive with a goal or agenda.
- You do not have to accept a ritual, belief, or spiritual explanation that does not fit.
- You do not have to “move on” from being your child’s parent.
Transparent supportive-service pricing
Begin with one scheduled session
Bereaved Parent Support Session
$75
One 50-minute non-clinical phone or video session
- Use it to talk, sit quietly, plan a hard day, begin one task, or work through a family concern
- No diagnosis—non-clinical supportive services only—and no pressure to continue
The $75 rate applies to this non-clinical supportive service.
Questions you may be carrying
Before you decide whether to reach out
Do I have to be ready to talk about what happened?
No. You can talk about your child, the circumstances, the day in front of you, or nothing in detail. You decide what is spoken and what remains private.
Can I use this if I already have a therapist?
Yes. Non-clinical Bereaved Parent Support can sit alongside therapy, a support group, spiritual care, medication management, or other services. It does not replace them.
Is this a live chat or crisis line?
No. Support happens in scheduled phone or video sessions. Email may be used to ask a question or arrange a session, but it is not monitored continuously and should never be used for urgent help.
Does it matter how old my child was or how long ago they died?
No. A child can die during pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence, or adulthood. The death may have happened recently or decades ago. You remain their parent.
Free guidance for a difficult day
Begin with the part that feels hardest right now
Mornings, evenings & triggers
When getting out of bed feels impossible
Small, practical ways to survive the next moment without asking yourself to manage the whole day.
Read the guide →Emotions parents rarely say aloudGuilt, anger, numbness, and jealousy
Understand what these reactions may be protecting and find safer ways to carry and respond to them.
Read the guide →You can begin with one sentence
Tell me your child’s name—or simply tell me today is hard.
You do not need to explain everything in your first message. Tell me what feels hardest right now, and I will help you decide whether this supportive service fits your needs. If I am not the right fit, I will tell you honestly.
The free conversation is a calm, no-obligation way to ask questions. It is not a counseling session, crisis service, or paid support session.