Individual Grief Therapy
Let’s walk together as you move through grief, integrate loss, and rediscover hope.
Grief & Loss Therapy
Whether your loss is connected to death or to the many life transitions that change our lives, grief reshapes us — emotionally, physically, spiritually, socially, and relationally. There is no shortcut through heartache. No quick remedy, no prize for racing through the pain. And though I wish I could wave a magic wand, therapy isn’t about making grief disappear.
So what is therapy for?
Therapy offers a place where you can begin to make meaning of what feels confusing or senseless. It helps you gather the scattered pieces of your world and begin to understand the emotions you carry. It provides tools to cope, pathways to self-understanding, and compassionate support as you learn to integrate what has changed and rebuild from what remains.
Therapy is a safe and nurturing space where your grief story is seen, honored, and witnessed — without pressure, judgment, or expectations.
Your grief deserves care.
Your experience matters.
You matter.
Letting Go of the Hustle for Love Therapy
This therapy is for those who have spent a lifetime working overtime and hustling for love — keeping the peace, minimizing their needs, and striving to earn approval that should have always been freely given. When the love you needed or deserved was inconsistent, the connection became transactional. You adapted yourself again and again to preserve closeness, losing pieces of who you are in the process.
Here, we gently uncover your true needs, reclaim your identity, and rewrite the story that says you must hustle to be loved. Together, we’ll learn a new way of relating — where love is not worked for, but welcomed.
Healing Our Core Issues Therapy
Healing Our Core Issues therapy sessions are more structured and help uncover and tend to the deeper emotional stories of “what happened to you” between the ages of 0-22. The stories that shape how you experience yourself and others. Many of these patterns—self-doubt, people-pleasing, emotional disconnection, frozen grief, or old beliefs of not being enough—were formed in environments where your emotional needs weren’t fully seen or met. In therapy, we work with these experiences not as flaws, but as adaptive strategies your nervous system created to protect you.
You can expect a compassionate and steady therapeutic relationship where your story is safely held, and your inner experience is honored. We go at a pace that respects your capacity, creating space to understand your emotional patterns, grieve unmet needs, and reconnect with your authentic self. Our work may include EMDR, inner child exploration, somatic awareness, and grief-informed processing—always grounded in emotional safety and respect for your journey.
As healing unfolds, clients often begin to experience greater self-compassion, emotional resilience, and internal safety. Old beliefs lose their power, and new ways of thinking and relating begin to take hold. This work is not about fixing what’s “wrong,” but about restoring what is true—your worth, your voice, and your ability to trust yourself again. You will not walk that path alone.
Ready for Change Therapy
Life is full of turning points — some chosen, some unwelcome, all requiring adjustment. If you are navigating a season of change, you don’t have to figure it out alone. This type of therapy offers practical, solution-focused support to help you set goals, gain clarity, and take steady steps forward. This therapy approach is more directive and goal-oriented. Reach out, and together we’ll explore how this approach can help you move through transition with confidence and grounding.
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PROFESSIONAL BIO
Pam Monjar, LPC-MHSP, NCC, CGP
Currently offering Telehealth sessions for Tennessee residents.
West Virginia availability coming soon!
615-295-1195
pam@pammonjar.com
Pam Monjar is a grief therapist, educator, and end-of-life doula with over 30 years of experience supporting individuals through some of life’s most difficult transitions. After a successful career in human resources, she followed a deeper calling into the world of mental health to walk alongside those navigating grief, loss, and trauma.
Pam’s professional background includes working in residential rehabilitation for substance use, providing trauma education in Uganda, and serving as the primary therapist for individuals in solitary confinement and on death row in a state prison. Today, she maintains a thriving private practice and serves as an adjunct professor in an undergraduate psychology program, where she mentors adult learners pursuing degrees in the helping professions.
She is a Grief Counseling Professional, and holds certifications as Grief Educator, and in Death and Bereavement Studies. Pam is also formally trained as an End-of-Life Doula. Her advanced studies in grief and loss include mentorship and coursework with renowned leaders in the field such as Dr. Alan Wolfelt, David Kessler, Claire Bidwell Smith, and Hope Edelman.