Grief Coach and Grief Therapist for Widowed Women and Mothers
When you have lost your husband or partner, grief can touch every part of family life. Kirsten Wallentin offers compassionate grief coaching and grief therapy support to help you care for your children, process your own loss, and begin to rebuild life with love, strength, and hope.
1:1 Grief Support
Grief Therapy Sessions
Personalised grief coaching and grief therapy support for widowed mothers who are trying to support their children while navigating their own loss.
For Families & Children
Tools & Resources for Grief
Printable conversation starters and gentle resources to help grieving children, widowed parents, and families talk about loss, memories, and hope.
Guidance & Reflection
Grief Support Blog
Practical articles about grief coaching, widowhood, parenting through loss, family grief, and rebuilding life after losing someone you love.
Find renewed strength and clarity to support your grieving children
Create a life where love, joy, and treasured memories outshine sorrow
Receive gentle, compassionate guidance tailored to your unique journey
Grief therapy support for widowed parents
Grief coaching
Personalized one-on-one grief coaching to help you manage your grief and guide your children through theirs. Together, we’ll create a plan that gives you clarity and confidence.
Grief conversation kit
Help your child talk about grief. A complete guide and 64 questions designed to get your grieving child talking.
Free resources
Try our “10 Tips to Help Grieving Children”
A simple, actionable guide to help you get started on supporting your children through their grief and emotions.
Why I help with grief therapy
I’ve been where you are. Seven years ago, my life changed forever when I lost my husband. I became both a widow and a single mother, tasked with raising two daughters who were grieving the loss of their father. I remember feeling lost, overwhelmed, and unsure how to help my children while facing my own sorrow.
In addition to my personal experience, I hold a master’s degree in psychology and am a certified coach and grief counsellor, which provides me with a deep understanding of the grieving process and the tools to support both parents and children through it. Through my own journey, I discovered the importance of compassionate guidance and practical support for widowed parents. That’s why I became a grief coach – to help widowed mums like you find a way forward. I’m here to walk alongside you, offering empathy, understanding, and tools to rebuild your life with hope and strength.
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What My Clients Say
Grief coaching
I highly recommend working with Kirsten as a grief coach.
She creates a warm and supportive environment where there is space to process both positive and difficult emotions while being gently guided through the journey with real-life examples.
The structured approach of her coaching sessions has been incredibly beneficial for me, as it has helped me gain clarity in my relationship with my grief and my role in the healing process.
For me, it has made a significant difference to have Kirsten’s guidance in finding closure with unresolved emotions and situations. Now, I can focus on the good memories, and my emotional healing has taken a big step in the right direction.
Grief recovery
I am incredibly grateful and thankful to have completed the course with Kirsten.
She was an invaluable guide, especially when I faced challenges towards the end of the programme.
I have attended many grief support groups and seen a psychologist since my husband’s passing, but none of these experiences have been as impactful as this course.
The programme was intense – particularly the final sessions, which touched me deeply – but completing it was an absolute success. For that, I want to sincerely thank you – from the bottom of my heart.
Helping children with loss
Taking part in this course has been incredibly insightful and valuable, and Kirsten is an excellent instructor. As a bereaved parent, you desperately want to support your children through their grief, but it can be difficult to know how. This course should be available to all bereaved parents.
As seen in
I’ve been featured in several magazines, podcasts, and TV programs, where I’ve shared insights on grief and how to support grieving families. While most of these appearances have been in Denmark, they reflect my extensive experience in the field of grief coaching.
Frequently asked questions about grief coaching
What is a grief coach?
A grief coach helps you navigate life after loss with compassionate, practical support. Grief coaching can help you understand your emotions, rebuild daily routines, support your children, and find a way forward while still honouring the person you have lost.
What is grief coaching?
Grief coaching is a supportive process for people who are grieving. It gives you a safe space to talk about loss and offers gentle guidance, tools, and reflection as you learn how to carry grief alongside parenting, work, family life, memories, and love.
What is the difference between a grief coach and a grief therapist?
The words grief coach, grief therapist, grief counsellor, and bereavement support specialist are sometimes used in different ways. A grief coach often focuses on practical support, emotional clarity, coping tools, and life after loss. A grief therapist or counsellor may also help you process deeper emotional pain, complicated grief, anxiety, trauma, or long-standing patterns connected to loss.
Who is grief coaching for?
Grief coaching can support anyone who is grieving, but Kirsten has a special focus on widowed mothers, widowed parents, and families where children are grieving the death of a parent. It may be especially helpful if you are trying to care for your children while also dealing with your own heartbreak.
How can grief coaching help widowed women with children?
When you lose your husband or partner and still have children to care for, grief becomes both emotional and practical. Grief coaching can help you talk with your children, respond to difficult questions, create new routines, manage overwhelm, and find support for your own grief while still being present as a parent.
What is the price of grief coaching?
Kirsten’s current 1:1 grief coaching package is listed as £597 for six sessions. Prices can depend on the type of support, availability, and your individual needs, so the best first step is to book a free clarity call and talk through what kind of grief coaching is right for you.
Why choose a grief therapist or grief coach after losing your spouse?
After the death of a spouse, you may be dealing with shock, loneliness, practical decisions, parenting responsibilities, and the loss of the future you imagined. A grief therapist or grief coach can give you steady support, help you make sense of what you are feeling, and guide you as you begin to rebuild life in a way that still keeps love and memories present.
When should I start grief coaching after losing my husband?
There is no perfect time to begin. Some widowed women want support soon after the loss, while others reach out months or years later when grief changes shape or family life becomes difficult. If grief is affecting your daily life, your parenting, or your ability to feel supported, grief coaching may help.
Can grief coaching help my children too?
Yes. Kirsten’s grief coaching focuses not only on your grief, but also on how you can support your children. Her resources and sessions can help you create safe, natural conversations about sadness, memories, love, and the person your children have lost.