“Maybe the grief we feel when we lose a pet touches the grief we feel for not being loved in the way we need by the humans in our lives.”
— Nadia Bolz-Weber

Pet Loss and Grief Counselor

We live in a Grief adverse culture. Pet loss can feel like a DISMISSIVE GRIEF….a disenfranchised grief. The irony is, our pets many times love us and show us more acceptance than most people, yet society tends to brush this grief aside. If you feel ALONE, NOT UNDERSTOOD, or STUCK in your grief, I am here to JOURNEY WITH YOU…

Hi, I’m Renee.

I deeply care about pet parent’s receiving the support they need before, during, and after you lose your pet. I specialize in pet loss grief counseling and offer an integrative approach to one’s healing. I did my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, Masters in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, and certificate in coaching to provide an integrative approach to being with you in your grief and to provide integrative tools to help support you. I believe all parts of us are affected by grief: relationally, emotionally, psychologically, physically, and spiritually.

I am a Spiritual Director, Counselor, and know the hard work of living through Pet los . I am a member of the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement. Since 2013, I’ve worked with individuals who lost human loved ones. After my soul dog Eben got diagnosed with cancer, I had no idea we’d embark on an almost 5 year journey of fighting cancer. Through my lived experienced, along with my professional training, and years of helping individuals grieve their human loved ones I realized I could help pet parents through the profound loss of saying goodbye to their pets. Since losing Eben, it has become my passion to specialize in grief work with individuals with their pets. I have lived through anticipatory grief, becoming a care taker for Eben’s cancer journey, and eventually having to say goodbye. I know how difficult this is.

In my sessions, I work with pet grief throughout the whole journey: before, during, and after you loose your beloved. I understand and offer support while having to make ongoing difficult decisions, researching and advocating, facing scan anxiety, medical trauma, anticipatory grief, and loss (that I never thought I could crawl my way out of.) There is always hope, let’s do this together.

This is my soul dog, Eben

Eben has been the love of my life. He is the best friend I always wanted and the family I always needed. He helped me learn what unconditional love is and a secure attachment. Because of Eben, I can journey with you in your anticipatory grief, difficult decisions, and loss. Losing Eben was one of the most painful experiences of my life. We can only go somewhere with someone, we first have traveled ourselves.

Our sessions together can help bring the support you need…
For so many of us, the loss of our pet is one of the hardest things we will ever go through. Anticipatory grief and loss can bring up a lot in us…

-anger, loneliness, and self-doubt
-Guilt, extreme sadness, and anxiety
- change in appetite and sleep disturbances
- mental confusion and exhaustion
- rumination / re-playing distressing thoughts/memories
-regret and depression

How I Can Help….


I offer Sessions (online) that provide safe space, healing tools, helpful coping strategies, and insights. Throughout our sessions, I will provide Individualized Supportive Care as you are going through Anticipatory grief and grieve the loss of your beloved family member. The emphasis is on identifying and working through what you are experiencing, and on exploring strategies to best support your healing. We will work together on practical everyday issues around your loss and anycompounding losses. My approach to grief counseling explores your past, while looking at the present moment and identifying where you feel stuck and need support in order to persevere during this painful tand integrate your grief experience.

  • Anticipatory Grief Counseling

    It takes Courage to emotionally show up daily when you know your pet is going to leave you. Providing essential support in making difficult decisions while supporting you as a caretaker. I am here to Help you process anxiety, fear, and guilt. We will come up with a plan to help you best support your pet and yourself. Let me help you as you walk your beloved home. You don’t have to do this alone.

  • Grief Counseling

    Providing an integrative approach to help you journey with your grief

  • Specific support for Frenchie parents

    Ive made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot over the past 15 years of rescuing French bulldogs. Offering specific support for frenchie parents whose frenchies are healthy and struggling with health issues.

I created a short film to validate how special the bond is we have with our pets….

After my film EBEN got into a few film festivals, I started having individuals reach out and share about their own love for their pets and fear of losing them. I found that the film validated people who wholeheartedly love their pets and can’t stand the thought of living without them. You are not alone! There is a line in the film…

“Becuase as long as we are alive, we need to live.”

I completely believe living through early grief is really really tough. Grief in general is so hard! I hope the film inspires you to live fully with those you love, as we hold the deep existential truth…we will all have to say goodbye to those we love one day.

Watch EBEN here… Coming Soon!