GRIEF, LOSS and BEREAVMENT COUNSELLING

Tarah Harrison Garzon, Counsellor in Burlington, Ontario

Tarah Harrison Garzon

GET TO KNOW ME

Tarah is a  Registered Social Worker and the founder of Support With Healing. With nearly 25 years of experience, she provides compassionate, trauma-informed counselling to individuals and families navigating grief, loss, caregiver burnout, life transitions, and emotional challenges. Drawing on a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, Tarah creates a safe, supportive space where clients feel heard, empowered, and guided toward healing and renewed well-being.

Providing grief, loss and bereavement counselling has not only formed part of my professional role, but also where I've found the most meaning in my life

-TARAH-

Support With Healing is a counselling practice owned and operated by Tarah Harrison Garzon. Tarah holds a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from Toronto Metropolitan University (2002) and a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from York University (2005). She holds the Certifications of Advanced Grief Counselling Specialist (CAGCS) and Child and Adolescent Grief Counselling Specialist (CGCS-CA). She is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers.

She is trained in various treatment modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Somatic Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She works from a trauma-informed, internal family systems and existential therapy lens.

One aspect of her work dear to her heart is that of palliative care, grief, loss and bereavement work. Through counselling and support, she’s walked with individuals, children and their families through their anticipatory grief and along their loss journey. Tarah has provided Support With Healing – healing emotionally, socially, psychologically, relationally and spiritually. She has also worked extensively in the area of caregiver burnout and has been witness to the often-unspoken toll, this can take on caregivers and families – this form of disenfranchised grief is very real and can become debilitating.

MISSION

Improving the well being of individuals and family's by offering support, hope and healing, through professional counselling services

VISION

For grief to be normalized through courageous conversations, so individuals experiencing loss will feel seen, validated and supported

SERVICES

Grief, Loss and Bereavement

Grief and loss counselling provides a compassionate, supportive space to help you process the emotional, physical, spiritual, and psychological impact of loss at your own pace. Together we'll walk through what can be difficult to process, navigate life's changes... and help you move forward.
  • Loss from a death
  • Loss of a relationship
  • Pet loss
  • Chronic illness
  • Caregiver burnout
  • Traumatic loss
  • Job loss
  • Job loss

Schedule An Appointment

To view Tarah's availability, click the button below. Currently offering counselling in person, by phone and by video call. Insurance coverage available.