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Losing a pet support in Canada

For the grief of losing an animal who was family. Talk with people in Canada who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.

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Help for losing a pet in Canada

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Lamar Therapy Practice, Toronto

A small team supporting miscarriage and pregnancy loss and losing a pet. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Clear Path Counselling, Victoria

Practical help for people dealing with loss of a parent and losing a pet, plus a weekly drop-in.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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Halifax Grief Counselling

A small team supporting losing a pet and miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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Open Door Psychotherapy, Charlottetown

Run by people who have been through loss of a child and loss of a friend themselves.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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Open Door Psychotherapy, Hamilton

Run by people who have been through loss of a parent and loss of a brother or sister themselves.

Evenings and weekends

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Randy Counselling

We help people with loss of a spouse or partner and losing a pet, in person in Calgary and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Evenings and weekends

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Clear Path Counselling, Toronto

We help people with loss of a child and loss of a brother or sister, in person in Toronto and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Evenings and weekends

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Steady Hands Care, Quebec

Run by people who have been through loss of a parent and loss of a child themselves.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

From people who came through it

  • โ€œPlease be gentle with yourself and I wasn't, and it made everything harder and I talk to them out loud sometimes and it helps more than it should. And talk to someone, even if it's just in here.โ€

    finchrain73 ยท been through losing a pet
  • โ€œIf you're scared right now, I get it. Not that long ago, about a year, that was me. Put our dog to sleep after 14 years. That was my life. I can talk about it now without falling apart. It comes back slowly, like feeling in your fingers after the cold. You've got this, even if it doesn't feel like it.โ€

    Inรชs V ยท been through losing a pet
  • โ€œI don't have advice. I just know the first week is strange and quiet and people say the wrong thing. For me it helped to leave her lead where it was for a while. Then one day I took it down and put it in a drawer. That was all I could do that day. If you're still stepping around the basket, that's alright. You don't have to move it yet. I still miss her. That hasn't changed but it's softer now.โ€

    Brief Meadow ยท been through losing a pet
  • โ€œSorry if this is a lot. Please be gentle with yourself. I wasn't, and it made everything harder. I let myself be sad for an hour a day and then do something. It sort of works. And talk to someone, even if it's just in here.โ€

    sandcoffee21 ยท been through losing a pet

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