Top-Rated Grief Therapy Chicago & Cleveland

SG Therapy Group offers a supportive environment to help you process and understand your grief. Through personalized guidance, our clinicians can help you explore the complex emotions surrounding loss, offering tools and coping strategies to navigate difficult feelings. 

Grief therapy is a space where you can grieve at your own pace and address unique struggles such as guilt, anger, or isolation. With time, professional support can help you build emotional resilience and move toward healing and peace.
 

A cemetery with white headstones, a large tree in the center, surrounded by other trees, under a partly cloudy sky.
GET STARTED

Common Challenges and Symptoms of Grief

Someone may experience grief for a variety of reasons. Grief can come from the death of a loved one, the ending of a romantic relationship, a friendship, or a relationship with a family member. It can also result from the loss or retirement of a job, children moving out of the house for the first time, or watching parents grow older. Additionally, it could be the loss of a future you had planned or hoped for. 

While the challenges and symptoms of grief can persist in ways that vary from person to person, there are some common symptoms of grief, including the following.

Behavioral Symptoms: 

  • Isolating from others 

  • Ceasing activities of daily living 

  • Avoiding reminder of the loss

Because the reaction to grief is not one-size-fits-all, it’s important to be aware of what some of the challenges and symptoms can look like. While grief can grow quieter over time, it can also persist, impacting overall well-being and quality of life. If this is the case for you, grief therapy can help you process feelings and navigate the journey through the stages of grief.

schedule a consultation

Cognitive Symptoms:

  • Difficulty with memory 

  • Difficulty concentrating 

  • Struggling to make decisions

Emotional Symptoms:

  • Sadness or deep sorrow 

  • Anger and frustration 

  • Guilt or Regret 

  • Anxiety 

 Physical Symptoms:

  • Disturbances in sleep

  • Change in appetite  

  • Tightness in the chest

How Grief Therapy in Chicago or Cleveland Can Help

If grief is affecting your daily life, you don’t need to take on your pain or emotions alone. Grief therapy in Chicago could be the support you need to navigate this painful time. SG Therapy Group can specifically help someone experiencing grief in the following ways: 

  • Identifying what grief looks like

  • Emotional processing 

  • Coping strategies 

  • Validation of feelings 

  • Closure and acceptance 

  • Personal growth

If you feel as though you have or are experiencing grief in ways that are emotionally, physically, cognitively, or behaviorally difficult, reach out to one of our SG therapists to see how we could help.

Meet Our 2 Top-Rated Grief Therapists in Chicago

Meet Our Top-Rated Grief Therapist in Cleveland

  • Headshot of smiling woman with long brown hair wearing a dark blazer and white top

    Alyson Charnas, LISW

    Specialties: Grief, Geriatric Issues, Caregiver Support, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Issues

    Services: Individual Counseling & Couples Counseling

    Location: Pepper Pike & Illinois/Ohio Telehealth

    Read More

Find Grief and Loss Therapy in Chicago and Cleveland

SG Therapy Group offers grief therapy in Chicago and Cleveland, with in-person office options and telehealth for clients across Illinois and Ohio. 

Our Chicago office

If you’re looking for grief therapy in Chicago, our West Loop office is located at 901 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 401, Chicago, IL 60607. Our location makes us easily accessible for clients coming from across Chicago and nearby areas, including Greektown, Little Italy, South Loop, Fulton Market, Ukrainian Village, and Logan Square. 

Our office is a short walk from the CTA UIC-Halsted Blue Line station, making us convenient for University of Illinois Chicago students looking for grief therapy. We’re also not far from Union Station and situated along the 126 bus route. There’s also a Divvy bike station right outside the entrance, and if you’re driving, there are paid street parking and nearby paid parking garages available.

Our Cleveland office

For Cleveland grief therapy, SG Therapy Group’s Pepper Pike-area office is located at 29525 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 130, Beachwood, OH 44122. Our office serves clients from Cleveland’s eastern suburbs, including Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights, University Heights, Lyndhurst, Beachwood, and the greater Cleveland area, while still being accessible from western suburbs like Westlake and Rocky River. 

Located near east-side landmarks such as The Maltz Museum and Preston’s H.O.P.E Playground, we’re about a 30-minute drive from downtown Cleveland via I-480 E. There is parking directly in front of the building.

If you’re using public transportation, we’re near the RTA 14-14A bus route toward Lander Circle.

 
 
A person in a blue jacket and beige pants standing on rocks, looking at a mountain in the distance during sunset or sunrise.

Get the Mental Health Support You Need to Heal

Whether you're navigating grief for the first time or have been dealing with it intermittently, we're here to support you. At SG Therapy Group, we offer both in-person and online grief therapy for people in the Chicago and Cleveland areas, as well as across both Illinois and Ohio.

With the guidance of our compassionate therapists, you can heal from the pain, sadness, and emotional weight of loss. If you're ready to start your journey toward healing and peace, we invite you to reach out and start your path forward today.

GET IN TOUCH

FAQs About Grief and Loss Therapy

If you’ve experienced loss and are considering grief therapy, you may have some questions about the process and if it’s right for you. To help, we’ve provided the following answers to FAQs.


  • If you are experiencing long- or short-term symptoms of grief that are interfering with your everyday life, it might be beneficial to reach out to a therapist to receive non-judgmental support. They can help you explore feelings of grief, as well as provide coping skill recommendations. 

  • Yes! If you're experiencing grief, seeing a therapist can be incredibly helpful. Chicago and Cleveland grief therapy offers support in ways that friends and family may not be able to. It is not only a safe space for you to express your feelings, but it also serves as a designated place to heal at your own pace. Grief therapy allows you to understand your grief on a deeper level and equips you with coping skills needed to manage grief symptoms. 

  • There are multiple therapies that can be used to assess and treat the symptoms of grief. The following therapies are used by SG Therapy Group’s therapists to treat clients who are grieving. 

    Complicated grief therapy: Complicated grief therapy helps people understand their loss, accept the reality of the loss, and process thoughts and emotions. It also introduces positive coping skills that can help support life outside of the therapy session when grief feels heavy. 

    Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): An ACT grief therapist will assist in acknowledging painful emotions that take place when grieving. They will also work with you to accept things as they are rather than trying to control them.

    Gestalt therapy: This talk therapy helps clients process issues from the past and present. This holistic approach uses the “here and now” to understand the client’s present situation and to release feelings such as guilt and shame from the past. 

    Regardless of the type of grief therapy, a therapist should tailor their approach depending on the person’s unique situation, symptoms, and specific interferences of everyday life.

  • Both our Cleveland and Chicago clinicians are in-network with insurance companies in these areas. If you’re looking for therapy for grief and loss in Chicago, we’re currently in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Blue Choice Plans, Aetna, and UnitedHealthcare.

    If you’re looking for Cleveland grief therapy, we’re currently in-network with Medical Mutual and Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO. We’re happy to help you verify your benefits for grief therapy before starting treatment. But we recommend calling your insurance provider to get the most accurate information about coverage.