Grief Support Groups and Education for Life After Loss
Guided groups and grief education for people navigating loss, caregiving, life transitions, and the changes that can leave you feeling alone.
You do not have to grieve quietly, explain it perfectly, or pretend you are doing better than you are. This is a place to be honest, supported, and met with care.
Current Groups and Resources
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Grief and Loss Support Group
For people navigating death-related grief, non-death loss, identity shifts, life changes, and the grief that does not fit neatly into other people’s expectations.
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Moms Support Group
A supportive group space for moms navigating identity shifts, postpartum changes, relationship stress, emotional overwhelm, and the invisible weight of caring for everyone else.
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Caregivers Support Group
A guided group for caregivers who need somewhere honest to land while caring for an aging parent, partner, loved one with illness, or someone with complex needs.
Meet Lindsay Fernandez
Hi, I'm Lindsay, and I'm so glad you're here.
I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Grief Educator, and author of A Lifetime with Death. My life's work is dedicated to helping people navigate grief, loss, and the life-changing transitions that shape who we become. I believe that while loss is an inevitable part of being human, no one should have to navigate it alone.
My path to this work is deeply personal. Growing up, I watched my mother live with both physical and mental illness, and in 2011, I experienced the profound heartbreak of losing her unexpectedly. Those experiences forever changed the way I understood love, grief, resilience, and healing. They also inspired the work I do today—helping others make sense of life's most difficult moments with compassion, curiosity, and hope.
Writing A Lifetime with Death was one of the most vulnerable and meaningful decisions I've ever made. Through my story, I hope to normalize the many ways grief shows up throughout our lives and challenge the societal expectations that often leave people feeling misunderstood, isolated, or pressured to "move on." Grief is far more expansive than the death of someone we love. It can emerge after a divorce, a health diagnosis, infertility, career changes, shifts in identity, caregiving, trauma, or any experience that alters the life we imagined for ourselves.
For more than eight years, I've had the privilege of supporting individuals, couples, families, and groups through both death-related and non-death-related grief, as well as anxiety, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. Because every person's story is different, my approach is deeply personalized. Together, we'll explore your experiences, emotions, relationships, and patterns while developing practical tools that honor your unique journey rather than asking you to fit into someone else's idea of healing.
At Evolving Through Grief Counseling Services, my goal is to create a space where you feel safe enough to be fully yourself—without judgment, without pressure, and without having to minimize your pain. I believe that understanding our experiences helps us replace shame with self-compassion, allowing us to move through grief with greater clarity, connection, and resilience.
One of the beliefs that guides both my personal life and my clinical work is this: we may grieve for a lifetime, but we don't have to suffer for a lifetime. Healing doesn't mean forgetting or leaving someone—or some version of ourselves—behind. It means learning how to carry our experiences in a way that allows us to continue living with purpose, connection, and hope.
Whether you're grieving the loss of a loved one, adjusting to a major life transition, or simply feeling like the person you once were no longer fits the life you're living, I'm honored to walk alongside you. My hope is that together, we'll help you not only survive this chapter—but gently discover what comes next.
A Root Work Approach to Grief and Life Transitions
Lindsay’s work is grounded in Root Work, an approach that looks beneath the surface of grief, caregiving, motherhood, and life transitions.
Sometimes the hardest part of the present is not only what is happening now. It is what this season brings up from the past.
Root Work helps you explore old roles, family patterns, relationship dynamics, and long-held beliefs with care and curiosity. The goal is not to blame the past, but to understand what you have been carrying so you can move forward with more clarity, steadiness, and self-trust.
In this new era, we’re no longer struggling in silence.
New life chapters can rearrange everything.
You may be grieving a person, a relationship, a caregiving season, an identity, a role, or the version of life you thought you would have.
In Lindsay’s groups, you do not have to make your grief sound acceptable. You do not have to rush toward growth. You get space to name what changed, what hurts, what feels confusing, and what support you need now.
This work is about telling the truth, finding steadier ground, and remembering that you do not have to do this alone.
Groups and Grief Education
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Guided group support for people navigating death-related grief, non-death loss, identity shifts, and the kind of grief that does not fit neatly into other people’s expectations.
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Education and support for the changes that rearrange your life, including caregiving, parenthood, relationship changes, health diagnoses, empty nest, retirement, and starting over.
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A guided group for caregivers who need somewhere honest to land while caring for an aging parent, partner, loved one with illness, or someone with complex needs.
My Evidence-Based Therapy Methods
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CBT helps you identify and change negative thought patterns, developing practical strategies to improve your state of mind. Ready to reshape your thoughts and change your life?
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MBSR teaches you to be present in the moment, reducing stress and enhancing self-awareness through mindfulness meditation.
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Narrative Therapy empowers you to reframe your life story, focusing on your strengths and creating more helpful narratives.
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EFT strengthens emotional bonds between couples and families, helping you navigate life transitions together.