Horizon Counseling offers insurance-friendly counseling for grief and loss of loved ones.
Offices in Nashville, Hendersonville and Gallatin. Virtually in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Grief can feel like it changes the entire landscape of life. It can show up quietly over time, or all at once. It may linger longer than you expected or resurface when you least expect it to. Whether your loss is recent or long past, anticipated or sudden, grief can affect the way you’re moving through every day.
While grief may always hold a place in your life, we’re here to help it feel less consuming, confusing, and isolating. With a space to feel true, compassionate support, you may just find those moments of relief, connection, and meaning alongside the pain.
Grief is so much more than sadness. If you’re noticing exhaustion that won’t budge, anger and irritability, numbness, guilt, anxiety, or a sense of disconnection from the world around you, know that all of these experiences are very real ways grief can show up.
It’s just as normal to feel overwhelmed by emotion as it is to feel very little while you’re processing something that your body and mind may not know how to navigate. The thing is, there is no right way to grieve, and we want to honor all of the ways loss can impact the human experience.
You may be grieving the death of someone (or a pet) you love, the loss of a relationship as you once knew it, a future you imagined, a role you once held, or a greater community impacted by tragedy. Children, teens, and adults all experience grief a bit differently, and there’s no timeline or best steps to move through it.
Sometimes the work to heal is all about checking in with what you really need in any stage of grief you’re experiencing, without judgement. From there, we can bring care and attention to what actually feels helpful so you don’t have to carry your process alone.
We see grief therapy as a way to offer you space to be honest, feel what’s present, and get curious about the way grief impacts your life right now. We’re not here to fix, rush, or move you toward closure you’re either not ready for or don’t want in this moment.
You don’t need to know how to explain the hurt or come in each week with some sort of progress. We’ll slow to your pace, respecting whatever you need to share your story in a way that feels safe and supportive.
Your therapist will meet you with patience and attunement, using trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches to guide you in emotional processing and nervous system regulation.
Over time, our goal in therapy is to help your grief feel less overwhelming and more like a part of the story you’re walking through, with more steadiness and hope for what comes next.
You’re not alone if you’re feeling unsure about starting therapy when you’re grieving, whether you’re processing a new situation in your life or have tried asking for help in the past and can’t shake the lingering impact of your loss. You may worry that talking about it may make the pain harder to handle, or that no one can truly understand what you’ve been through.
When we meet you in the therapy space, we never expect anything except you, exactly as you are in the moment. We listen to what the most meaningful outcome for you looks like, instead of assuming what you want to feel. This is how you can rest assured that your thoughts are seen fully and your path is honored every time we suggest a new perspective.
We welcome you to share your hesitations and voice what’s working well and what’s not as we go so you get what you need most. Together, we can open space to see what living with loss in a way that feels more manageable can look like.
We believe that grief and hope can exist at the same time. Healing never means forgetting or getting past your loss, but finding ways to stay connected with the life you want to be living while honoring your experience as you go.
Rely on your space to feel fully seen, understood, and respected as you process.
Explore sadness, anger, guilt, relief, confusion, or longing without judgment.
Develop tools to feel steadier during natural waves of grief or emotional overwhelm.
Feel prepared to navigate changes in identity, routines, roles, and relationships.
Release expectations about how you “should” be grieving and lean on self-trust.
Gradually experience moments of peace, purpose, or connection alongside grief.
At different stages of life, loss can look very different. Our therapists are experienced in the specialized support that adults, teens, and children may need to meet them where they are developmentally and emotionally.
We’ll offer support through loss while balancing work, relationships, parenting, and other obligations. We create space for your grief while rebuilding stability and meaning in your life and a sense of trust in yourself to see what comes next.
We bring understanding to the ways teens may express grief through withdrawal, irritability, risk-taking, or changes in school performance. We provide that safe, nonjudgmental environment to process emotions and build healthy coping strategies.
We’ll support children to make sense of their behavior, play, or physical ways they express grief. We help them open up, express emotions, understand loss in age-appropriate ways, and regain a sense of security in the way they see the world.
Horizon Counseling is a locally-owned practice committed to providing compassionate, trauma-informed, and effective mental health care that’s accessible through insurance.
Founded by Executive Director Emily Runyan, Horizon Counseling was created to ensure individuals and families across Middle Tennessee could receive expert therapy and use their insurance during life’s most difficult seasons. (Emily also founded a thriving boutique therapy practice, Tennessee Mental Wellness.)
With in-person offices in Gallatin, Hendersonville, and Nashville, along with secure online therapy throughout Tennessee, we make grief support easier to access, wherever you are.
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With multiple locations across Middle Tennessee, Horizon Counseling makes it easy to find grief therapy close to home and accessible through insurance. Online therapy is also available if that’s the best fit for your schedule and comfort.
You can schedule your first appointment by calling us at 615-732-2466. Our team is here waiting to meet you, match you to a specialist, and schedule your first session within 48 hours so you can feel held right away.
If you prefer to book online, you can check out our client portal below.
