If you love someone and they die, grief will come — whether you want it to or not. How you move through that journey makes all the difference.

If you need experienced support to help you process and work through your grief, I am here for you. Get personalized grief, bereavement, and end-of-life counseling from a 30+ year specialist from the comfort of your own home.

Navigating Through Grief

 
  • Grief following the death of a central person in your life is not a problem to be solved or fixed. It is not negative, a mistake, or wrong, and it comes without our permission. Grief is an integral part of being human, and we will all know deep grief when someone we love dies. 

  • You might find yourself feeling lost or in the depths of despair, thinking there must be something wrong with you. Maybe it’s because you feel you're not meeting society's expectation that grief should be over in mere weeks or months. Or maybe you find yourself wondering if life will ever be worth living again…know that you are not alone.

  • Grief is an inescapable human experience. The deeper the love and the deeper the connection to the the one who died, the deeper the grief will be.

    While we all possess the capacity and resiliency to find our way through grief, I know the difference it can make to work with an experienced grief counselor; someone who can walk with you and help guide you through your journey.

 

The Grief Counseling Process

My role is to listen, to provide a safe space for you to talk about your loss. It is also to help you understand what grief looks like in its many forms, and to gently guide as you work through the pain of your loss, learning how to carry your grief in meaningful ways while gradually moving toward healing.

With 30+ years’ experience as a hospice end-of-life educator, I also understand the dying process. This knowledge is utilized early on in the grief counseling process when a client might be struggling with circumstances and questions surrounding the death of their loved one. I provide comprehensive end-of-life education, help dispel myths around death and dying, and assist in gaining clarity and understanding. This clarity and understanding is helpful in becoming “unstuck” and beginning to find forward movement in the grieving process.

You have the capacity for resiliency and the wisdom within to eventually find your

way up and out of grief —

and you can also help yourself by letting an experienced guide join you

on this journey.

I’m Carol Schoneberg. I have 30+ years’ experience as a hospice grief counselor and end-of-life educator.

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In this Let’s Talk Death podcast episode, I share a personal experience of grief following a friend’s suicide in my early 20s…and the impact of nobody talking it.

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In this The Grief Coach podcast episode, I discuss lessons I’ve learned working in grief, strategies for moving through the grieving process, and how to support others who are grieving.

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In this The Heart of Hospice podcast episode, I discuss challenges and solutions to providing bereavement care during a pandemic, and considerations to keep in mind.

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In this Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between podcast episode, I share lessons learned about the resiliency of the human spirit and how working with the dying and bereaved inspire me.

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In this Hospice of Southern Maine video, I explain how medical care and physician-patient conversations at end-of-life impact the grieving process.

In this Heart of Hospice podcast episode, I share wisdom about disenfranchised grief — the grief that society says isn’t real, but we all experience. I also discuss the importance of having supportive friends and family.

  • "A few months after the death of my husband I started to realize the sadness, anger and guilt I was experiencing were detrimental to my health. Although I was skeptical about counseling, my first session with Carol proved she was a great listener who was kind, understanding, and non-judgmental. I was surprised at how comfortable I was and looked forward to each visit. Thanks to Carol, before long I was able to navigate through the grief to my new normal. I can never thank her enough for her patience, guidance and support."

    — Judith MacInnes

  • "After losing our adult son--the most devastating time of our lives--we were blessed to have formed a relationship with Carol as our grief counselor. We met on Zoom because of the pandemic and it never posed a problem. Carol was very professional, compassionate, sympathetic and non-judgmental. She guided us every step of the way on our grief journey. She was our lifeline and we will forever be grateful for her support. Carol will always occupy a very special place in our hearts."

    — Marilyn & Steven Closson

  • "Grief is a time of the ultimate emotional upheaval. No one understands that better than Carol. Her gentle guidance and wisdom saw me through my darkest hours. She is the gift we all need to navigate the journey of grief.”

    — Audrey Stempel, Ph.D.

  • “As a grief counselor, Carol Schoneberg is truly exceptional: knowledgeable, experienced, professional and, most of all, kind. Her wisdom and guidance helped me overcome my heartbreak at the loss of my husband, and her steadiness helped steady me as I moved on. I cannot recommend her highly enough to anyone experiencing the death of a loved one.”

    — Virginia Swain

  • "Our family first met Carol Schoneberg when our beautiful 23-year-old daughter, Ashley, died in June of 2013, ten days after attempting to take her life. Our family was devastated. Hospice made arrangements for my husband and I to meet with Carol—I don't think I would be here today if it wasn’t for her. She came to our house every day for the first few weeks, then once a week for many weeks, then every other week for that first year following Ashley’s death. Carol helped me work through the shock and numbness and helped me not blame myself for what had happened. It helped me so much to cry with her and talk through everything I was feeling inside. She was there for me on those really hard days when the grief was unbearable. She helped us understand and walk through our grief so we are now able to reach out and support others who are going through the same things we have gone through. My husband and I will be forever grateful to Carol for taking the time to be with us after Ashley passed away."

    — Margie Johnston

FROM THE MINDFUL GRIEVING BLOG

Creating a Space for Grief in My Life

It starts with a conversation.