Compass Back to Community
Find a gentle way back to being with others
Grief coaching that meets you where you are - one small, supported step at a time.
Trauma-informed * Flexible online sessions *Privacy respected.
You don’t have to rush the process
After a loss, many of us pull back from the people we love, That withdrawal is normal - grief makes social life feel heavy, uncertain, or even unsafe.
You might want connection but not know where to begin.
Compass Back to Community is a personalized , paced coaching approach that helps you reengage at the speed that fits y our needs and energy. We build a plan specifically for your circumstances, preferences, and current capacity - starting with what feels possible today.
Personalized Plans
Flexible pacing
Evidence - informed tools
Not sure where to begin? Take a short 60-second quiz
A successful reengagement plan must be tailored to your specific circumstances, preferences, and current capacity.
Compass Back to Community offers just that by offering a six-stage, step-by-step pathway - each stage builds on the last. These are flexible map, not rules. We will tailor pacing, practices, and goals to your life.
The Six Stage Reengagement Planning Process
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In this phase we assess where you are currently in terms of social reengagement:
This is where we find our starting.
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This stage is about categorizing relationships into three tiers so we know how to sequence reengagement efforts.
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Here we access your “Social Comfort Ladder”: we grade social actives from least challenging to most challenging. We starting to build our roadmap.
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This stage is all about what your boundaries are. What are your comfort levels with different topics, environments, and energy management.? What needs for privacy do you have? What are your time limits?
We will prepare to incorporate these needs into specific reengagemennt steps.
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This is when we develop specific, actionable reengagement steps. Now we choose the who’s, the what’s, the duration and timing.
We will create “Success” identifiers so we focus on progress rather than outcomes.
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We create a reflection. process to evaluate and adjust reengegment steps as we go along and for you to use into the future as needs evolve.
How we tailor the plan just for you?
1. We go at a pace built around your current energy and responsiblities
2. There are a number of ways we can meet: short checkins or regular sessions
3. Optional homework at a pace you set.
5. Collaborate with clinicians on request.
Questions people often ask
Is this therapy?
No, this is not therapy. This coaching with grief-aware, trauma informed practices. If you need clinical therapy or crisis support, I’ll help connect you to a licensed clinician.
I’m not ready to leave my house. Will coaching help?
Yes. Many beginning steps are done from home (grounding, phone check-ins, small new routines ). We only move outward when you feel safe.
How long until I feel better?
Everyone’s timeline is different. Small improvements often appear in weeks; meaningful change commonly happens over months with consistent small steps.
Sliding scale or pro-bono
Limited sliding scale options available. Contact to discuss.
Questions People Often Ask
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This is not therapy. This is coaching with grief awareness, and trauma-j informed practices. If you need clinical therapy or crisis support, I’ll help connect you to licensed clinicians.
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Yes. Many beginning steps are done from home (grounding, phone check-ins, small new routines ). We only move outward when you feel safe.
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Everyone’s timeline is different. Small improvements often appear in weeks.
Meaningful change commonly happens over months with consistent small steps.
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Limited sliding scale options are available. Contact to discuss.
