Grief Counselling & Bereavement Therapy in Birmingham

With over a decade of private therapeutic tenure, Master Practitioner Benjamin Wood provides a deeply supportive, secure space to process profound personal loss. Having guided hundreds of private individuals globally through complex bereavement, sudden tragedy, delayed emotional processing, and life-altering transitions, our evidence-based counseling frameworks are trusted across 50 countries by individuals looking to safely integrate historical pain, navigate somatic exhaustion, and gently restore absolute cognitive resilience.

Compassionate Support: Face-to-Face or Online

Losing someone or something integral to your life can leave you feeling disoriented, exhausted, and deeply isolated. At LLC Global Coaching Ltd, we provide a dedicated, non-judgmental space to process your loss. To ensure complete comfort and privacy, we offer professional bereavement therapy designed entirely around your convenience. This includes flexible face-to-face appointments at a suitable location of your choice throughout Birmingham and the surrounding areas, as well as secure online sessions nationwide. Whether your loss is recent or unresolved from years past, we bring professional support directly to you, helping you honor your pain while gently finding your footing again.

Flexible Care Across the West Midlands

Face-to-face sessions in a safe, professional, and private environment accessible to Birmingham and nearby communities.
Secure online video therapy for comfort and convenience without commuting or travel time.
A seamless hybrid approach allowing you to switch between in-person and online care as your week requires.
No geographic barriers ensuring consistent support even if your scheduling or travel availability changes.

Areas of Support in Bereavement Therapy

Processing Complex & Conflicting Emotions

Grief rarely presents as simple sadness. We help you safely unpack and make sense of overwhelming feelings like anger, guilt, relief, resentment, and profound emptiness.

Navigating Secondary & Life Adjustments

The loss of a person often means losing a routine, a role, or financial stability. We support you through the secondary adjustments of rebuilding your identity and day-to-day life.

Managing the Physical Toll & Disenfranchised Grief

Grief impacts the human body as deeply as the psyche. Our targeted sessions actively address the somatic symptoms of loss - including hyper-arousal, vagus nerve stagnation, chronic exhaustion, insomnia, and cognitive brain fog - to gently regulate your nervous system.

Furthermore, our practice provides a completely confidential sanctuary to process disenfranchised grief - profound losses that society frequently minimizes, misunderstands, or fails to publicly validate, such as non-clinical miscarriages, early-stage pregnancy loss, or the quiet passing of an estranged partner.

Overcoming Delayed or Unresolved Loss

Loss from years or decades ago can resurface during new life transitions. We provide a space to gently revisit, process, and integrate historical grief that was put on hold.

Developing Tailored Coping Strategies

There is no universal timeline for healing. We equip you with practical, compassionate mental tools designed to help you function sustainably within your unique daily routine.

Our Therapeutic Framework: Moving Beyond the "Stages of Grief"

Grounded clinical therapy understands that healing is rarely linear. At LLC Global Coaching Ltd, our private bereavement frameworks consciously step away from rigid, outdated timeline models. Instead, we integrate William Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning alongside the Dual Process Model of Coping.

Navigating Emotional Oscillation

Rather than forcing you to simply "accept" a loss, we work collaboratively to navigate the alternating dynamics of loss-orientation (processing the immediate emotional pain and historical attachment) and restoration-orientation (rebuilding daily functional routines and lifestyle architecture). This dual mechanical framework allows clients to safely experience emotional oscillation without falling into stagnant, prolonged despair.

Finding Hope After the Most Sudden Loss

Hi all, I discovered Ben through a family member and found his knowledge and experience invaluable. My 35 year old Son died suddenly and then within a few years so did both of my parents.
I felt I was just “ acting” a life and not living it. Ben has given me the confidence and motivation to carry on with life and think about me. As a retired nurse I'm very good at looking after other people but not me. I’m starting to focus on me and a future even though my life will never be the same.
Losing a child.. whatever age is the wrong way round. I will see him again on the other side but can still have a life with my surviving son and granddaughter. I shall be eternally grateful for Ben's help and thoroughly recommend him to anyone needing support. Thanks Ben x

Portrait of Donna Jones, a private grief counselling client from Birmingham.

Donna Jones, Stourbridge

Clinical Boundaries: Understanding Your Bereavement Pathway

It is vital to recognize that deep sadness, disorientation, and acute emotional pain following a profound loss are normal, healthy cognitive functions rather than medical illnesses.

Differentiating Natural Bereavement from Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)

When intense yearning, severe identity disruption, and emotional numbness remain completely unintegrated and severely paralyze daily functioning for more than 12 months, the symptoms may align with criteria for Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) as outlined in the DSM-5-TR.

Our structured 6 and 12-session healing packages utilize specialized, non-clinical Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) adjustments and narrative retelling techniques to gently unlock these deep, chronic neural blocks, transitioning clients from traumatic immobilization back into forward-moving lifestyle architecture.

Session Rates & Investment

All fees are transparently structured and subject to standard UK VAT.

Option 1: Single Consultation & Assessment

Best for individuals seeking an initial clinical assessment, immediate coping strategies, or flexible, ad-hoc support as they navigate their loss.

Face-to-Face (At Your Location): £185 + VAT per session
Includes custom travel convenience anywhere in Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Secure Online Video: £130 + VAT per session

Includes: 50-minute clinical consultation (at a convenient location of your choice or via secure video), an immediate stabilization plan, and custom-curated follow-up resources.

Option 2: 6-Session Therapeutic Framework

Best for those experiencing recent loss who want consistent weekly or fortnightly support to build a foundation for processing their grief.

Face-to-Face Package: £960 + VAT
Equivalent to £160 + VAT per session — Saves £150 compared to booking singly.

Secure Online Package: £660 + VAT
Equivalent to £110 + VAT per session — Saves £120 compared to booking singly.

Includes: 6 x 50-minute bespoke sessions, priority scheduling, and text/email check-in support between appointments.

Option 3: Comprehensive Healing Package

Best for clients managing complex, long-term, or deeply unintegrated grief who require deep, sustained therapeutic work.

Face-to-Face Package: £1,800 + VAT
Equivalent to £150 + VAT per session — Saves £420 compared to booking singly.

Secure Online Package: £1,200 + VAT
Equivalent to £100 + VAT per session — Saves £360 compared to booking singly.

Includes: 12 x 50-minute bespoke hybrid sessions, personalized long-term coping blueprints, text/email check-in between sessions and crisis-gap session scheduling availability.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do the face-to-face sessions work and where are they held?

While our private practice is registered at our central office on Regent Place in Birmingham City Centre, we understand that traveling during times of profound loss can feel deeply exhausting. To prioritise your absolute comfort, privacy, and convenience, we offer a premier concierge model. We bring the session directly to you at a private location where you feel most at ease throughout Birmingham and the surrounding areas - whether that is your home, a quiet private office space you arrange, or a peaceful outdoor setting. We will discuss and agree on the perfect location during our initial consultation, or we can arrange secure online video sessions.

Can I switch between face-to-face and online sessions?

Absolutely. Healing isn't linear, and your energy or schedule might change from week to week. If you book a multi-session framework, you have complete flexibility to switch a face-to-face session to an online video appointment whenever you need to.

What happens if I need to change or cancel an appointment?

We understand that life can be unpredictable, especially when navigating grief. We ask for at least 24 hours' notice if you need to reschedule or cancel a session. This allows us to offer that time to another client. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours' notice will be charged at the full session rate.

Are there payment plans available for the 6 and 12-session packages?

Yes. We want to make committing to your healing framework as stress-free as possible. At checkout, you can select Klarna to split the total package cost into 3 interest-free monthly installments. This allows you to secure your premium face-to-face or online framework immediately while spreading the cost smoothly over three months.

Why is VAT added to the prices?

As a registered business entity, LLC Global Coaching Ltd is required by UK law to charge standard VAT on our private counselling and coaching services. Your invoice will clearly display the full breakdown for your personal records.

Take the Next Step Toward Healing

Taking the first step can feel daunting but we make the process entirely seamless and confidential. Please select your preferred session option below to submit an inquiry, or call us immediately for urgent scheduling.

Submit Your Confidential Inquiry

Select your desired framework below, fill in your details and we will contact you within 24 hours to finalise your dates, location, and payment arrangements (including Klarna 3-month interest-free options).

Prefer to Speak with Us Directly?

If you would rather discuss your circumstances over the phone or secure your appointment immediately without filling out a form, you can call our private office right now.

Call Us Immediately on 0121 798 9076

Medical & Clinical Disclaimer: Grief counselling and bereavement support tracks provided by LLC Global Coaching Ltd are evidence-based emotional integration frameworks. Our private practice does not provide acute psychiatric care, clinical depression medical treatments, or emergency suicide intervention services. If you are experiencing severe psychological distress, severe clinical depression, active self-harm thoughts, or a medical crisis, please call 999 immediately, attend your nearest A&E department, or contact the Samaritans on 116 123 for around-the-clock emergency support.