The death of someone important
A partner, mother, father, sibling, relative, friend, or anyone who held a significant place in your life.
Psychotherapy in San Luis Potosí
Grief counseling in San Luis Potosí
You don't have to stop missing what you lost to keep moving forward.
A loss can change the way you understand your life, your relationships, and even who you are. Therapy can give you a space to move through that change without having to do it at a pace someone else decides for you.
You might be noticing this
Life keeps going on around you, but something changed for you.
There's no single way grief has to look. Some people cry a lot, others function almost on autopilot, and many move from moments of relative calm to others of intense pain.
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There are days when you can function with relative normalcy and others when a memory completely changes how you feel.
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It's hard to talk about the loss because you feel like everyone else already expects you to be better.
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There's guilt about what you did, what you didn't do, or conversations that can't happen anymore.
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You feel sadness, anger, emptiness, relief, or several contradictory emotions at the same time.
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It's hard to go back to certain activities, places, conversations, or routines connected to the loss.
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What you lost wasn't necessarily a person: it could have been a relationship, a pregnancy, a stage of your life, or the future you had imagined.
No calendar
There's no correct way to grieve.
Grief is a human response to a significant loss. Not everyone who's grieving needs psychotherapy, and feeling pain after a loss doesn't automatically mean something is wrong.
There's no specific day by which you're supposed to stop missing what you lost or feeling sad.
What matters is looking at your own particular experience: what you're feeling, how it's changing over time, and how much it's affecting your ability to live your day-to-day life.
No clock
Grief doesn't come with a universal expiration date.
Every person, bond, and loss is different.
It's not linear
Feeling better and then feeling pain again can happen.
Dates, places, memories, or new events can stir emotions back up.
No required emotion
You don't have to feel only sadness.
Anger, guilt, relief, fear, tenderness, and ambivalence can all be part of a loss.
Crying isn't required
Grief isn't measured by how many times you cry.
Some people are more expressive, and others live the process in a much more contained way.
Something important
Grieving doesn't mean something is wrong with you.
Sometimes what you need isn't for someone to try to take the pain away, but somewhere to put it.
Many people find a way to adapt to a loss over time, with their own resources and the support of the people close to them.
Therapy isn't required to get through grief. It's an option when you need an extra space, when you feel like you can't talk about certain things with the people around you, or when the impact of the loss is making it especially hard to go on with your everyday life.
There are also situations where grief stays extremely intense and causes significant impairment over a prolonged period. That calls for an individual clinical evaluation, not a conclusion drawn from reading a page on the internet.
The goal isn't to erase the bond. It's to find a way to carry it that still leaves room for your life now.
Not every loss looks the same
Some grief is recognized by the people around you. Some almost no one sees.
You can need support after many different kinds of loss. What matters isn't comparing it to someone else's, but understanding what the thing that changed meant to you.
The end of a relationship
A separation or divorce can also mean losing routines, plans, relationships, and an idea of the future.
A loss that's sometimes lived through in too much silence
There can be pain not only about what happened, but about the future, expectations, and meaning that had already been built around it.
When an important stage of life ends
Moving to another country, losing your independence, facing health changes, or saying goodbye to a project can also be its own kind of loss.
Considering support
When can having a therapeutic space help you?
You don't need to prove that your grief is serious enough to ask for support.
You can come simply because you need to talk to someone who isn't part of the situation you're going through.
Loneliness
You feel like you can't talk about your loss with anyone anymore.
The people around you may want to help but don't know how, change the subject, or try to rush your process.
Functioning
The loss is significantly affecting your everyday life.
Work, school, self-care, sleep, or relationships may have become especially difficult.
Guilt
There's something you keep going over again and again.
Unfinished conversations, decisions, the circumstances around the loss, or the feeling that you should have done something differently.
Avoidance
You've had to shrink your life too much to avoid running into the pain.
Avoiding reminders can bring momentary relief, but it can also make certain areas of your life harder and harder to get back.
Intensity
You feel like you need professional help to hold what you're going through.
Asking for support doesn't mean waiting until you feel like you can't take it anymore.
My approach
I don't work to make you forget.
I work from a systemic approach. That means I don't look at your loss as an isolated event, but within your history, your relationships, and the place that what you lost held in your life.
When someone dies, for example, it's not only their presence that disappears. Family roles, routines, plans, responsibilities, and the way you understand yourself can change too.
Something similar can happen with a breakup: it's not just the relationship that ends, an idea of the future that had been built around that relationship changes too.
Attachment Theory can also help us understand the importance of the bond and the particular way you respond to a separation or a loss.
History
Understanding what the thing you lost meant to you.
Not every loss carries the same meaning, even when they look similar from the outside.
Bond
Making space for the relationship that existed.
What you lived through doesn't disappear because someone dies or a relationship ends.
Emotions
Being able to talk about what's hard to admit, too.
Guilt, anger, relief, or ambivalence may need a space where they aren't judged.
Life now
Finding how to move forward without denying what happened.
Moving forward isn't the same as erasing what mattered.
How we start
We don't follow five stages. We follow your story.
I don't start from a rigid sequence you have to complete to have grieved the "right" way.
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You tell me what changed
We talk about the loss, the bond, and how your life has changed since it happened.
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We understand what you're going through
We look at emotions, relationships, thoughts, guilt, silences, and how the people around you have responded.
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We make space for your life now
We work on integrating what happened without requiring the importance of what you lost to disappear.
During the process
What we can work on together
I can't promise that a loss will stop hurting after a certain number of sessions. We can work toward concrete goals based on what you need.
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Having a space where you can talk about the loss without feeling like you have to protect the person listening.
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Understanding why certain memories, dates, or situations stir up such intense emotions.
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Working through guilt, anger, ambivalence, or conversations that were left unfinished.
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Understanding how the loss changed your relationships, your family, and the place you hold within them.
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Gradually reclaiming activities, relationships, and parts of your life that still matter to you.
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Finding a way to hold onto the meaning of what you lived through without the loss having to take up all the space in your present.
In session
What to expect from a grief counseling session
The first session doesn't require you to arrive knowing exactly what to say.
We can start simply with what happened, with who that person was to you, with how a relationship ended, or with what you feel changed after the loss.
Some sessions can be full of words. Others may need more silence. Neither one means you're doing the process better or worse.
At the start we can meet weekly if you need more continuity. The frequency can be adjusted later based on your process.
Length
About 45–60 minutes
Frequency
Set based on your process
Format
In person or online
Individual session in Spanish
$500 MXN
Individual session in English
$800 MXN
You don't need to know how to perfectly explain what you're feeling.
You can tell me briefly what happened and we'll see if this could be the right space for you.
In-person care
Grief counseling psychologist in San Luis Potosí
I see clients in person in San Luis Potosí and I also offer online sessions.
I work with people from different parts of the city and surrounding areas, including Lomas, Tangamanga, Zona Industrial, Villa de Pozos, and Soledad de Graciano Sánchez.
Once your appointment is confirmed, I'll send you the exact location and any directions you need.
City
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
Format
In person and online
Monday to Friday
9:00 – 19:00
Saturday
9:00 – 14:00
Phone
444 606 0774
Before you reach out
Frequently asked questions about grief counseling
How long is it normal for grief to last?
There's no identical timeline for everyone. The intensity of grief tends to change over time, but it can come back strongly around memories, anniversaries, or important moments. If the pain stays very intense and is significantly affecting how you function, it's worth seeking a professional evaluation.
Do I need therapy to get through grief?
Not necessarily. Many people get through grief with support from the people around them and with time. Therapy can help if you need an additional space, if you feel very alone in the process, or if the loss is significantly affecting your everyday life.
Is grief counseling only for the death of someone?
No. We can also work with losses related to a breakup or divorce, a pregnancy loss, major life changes, or the loss of a project that mattered to you.
Is it normal to feel anger, guilt, or relief during grief?
Grief can include very different, sometimes contradictory emotions. In therapy there's room to talk about sadness, anger, guilt, relief, fear, or ambivalence without assuming there's one correct way to feel.
When can I start therapy after a loss?
You don't need to wait a set number of weeks or months. You can look for support whenever you feel you need a professional space to get through what you're experiencing.
What if I can't cry?
Crying isn't a measure of how much you cared about someone or how deeply you're feeling the loss. Each person expresses grief differently, and in therapy we work from your own particular experience.
How much does an individual session cost?
Individual therapy in Spanish costs $500 MXN per session. Individual sessions in English cost $800 MXN.
If you're in crisis
There are moments when you need immediate support.
This practice and this site do not replace an emergency service. If you're thinking about harming yourself, feel like your safety is at risk, or need immediate support, contact Línea de la Vida at 800 911 2000 .
Information and review
Content reviewed on August 18, 2026. This page offers general information and does not replace an individual psychological assessment.
Next step
You don't have to stop loving what you lost to start living differently.
If you feel like you need a space to talk about your loss, you can send me a brief message about what you're going through. We'll check availability and answer your questions before you book.