Teresa Wagner's website, Animals In Our Hearts, is so chock-full of good resources for grief over our animal companions, you could spend DAYS just looking over everything she offers there. However, I happened upon her page of Grief Resources once again and thought I should post a topic geared towards finding a good counselor for this particular need, as I already know what a 'project' it can be to find someone really suitable for animal companion loss.....someone who will truly understand and be of real help in one's hours of need.

The following is Teresa's Grief Resource page. See it here. Click the "Finding A Counselor" button in the main list at the top of the page to go directly there, if you don't want to get 'lost' in all the OTHER fine resources listed along the way! wink.gif (you can always go back to view them later) She offers easy steps to take to make SURE you've found someone compatible and specialized enough in animal companion loss, that are to the point and very useful. She also lists 2 counselors she personally recommends, who will work by telephone rather than having to live where they do to access their help. I don't know how up-to-date these 2 listings are, but they're worth a shot if you need someone NOW. If nothing else, I imagine they might be able to recommend others in the same field.

I know Teresa also used to offer private counseling for animal loss herself, too, but am unsure if she still does or not. Of additional benefit would be subscribing to her newsletter, so you can be kept abreast of her teleclasses, in-person classes, products, etc. Her loving heart just SHINES through in her newsletters and you know she's totally in sync with the very deepest parts of our shared lives with our fur-kids. (she's also a Communicator, if that's an area you're interested in pursuing, either as a client or learning it for yourself)

I'd also encourage anyone to read her Consults & Testimonials page regarding her work: Consults(scroll down to Testimonials)

There's so much to recommend on her site, it's ridiculous! happy.gif