Pet Bereavement Counselling · Edinburgh
By telephone or by Zoom or telephone. You choose, each time.
I’m Dawn, a qualified Pet Bereavement Counsellor in Shrewsbury. If you’re in Edinburgh, the Lothians or Fife, you can work with me online, and this page is mostly about the practical choice people ask me about first: whether to talk on the phone or on a screen.
Telephone or Zoom or telephone
There’s no better option, only the one that suits you today.
No camera, no need to tidy up or be seen. You can walk, sit in the garden, or lie on the bed. Some people choose it for the first session and keep choosing it.
A face to talk to, which some people find steadying. If you’d like to show me a photograph of your animal, you can hold it up.
You can change from one to the other between sessions, or in the middle of one if the connection fails. Nothing is lost.
The first conversation
Twenty minutes, free, with no decision required.
I always start with a short telephone call, so you can hear my voice and tell me what’s happened without committing to anything. I’ll explain how sessions work and answer whatever you want to ask. If we both feel it would help, we arrange a first hour. If not, that’s absolutely fine. There’s no obligation to arrange another conversation.
Continuing
As long as it helps, and not a session longer.
After the first session, continuing sessions are an hour each, at times we agree together. Some people come weekly for a while; some come back around the anniversary. You decide, and there’s never a set course to complete.
Fees
Stated plainly.
The fees are the same in Edinburgh as they are in Shrewsbury.
Questions
From guardians in Edinburgh and the east of Scotland.
Does distance make any difference to counselling?
None. The session is the same whether you’re in Leith or next door to me.
Are telephone sessions as good as Zoom or telephone?
Yes. They are not a fallback; they are a choice many people make deliberately.
Can I talk about an animal who died a long time ago?
Of course. Grief that was never given room often resurfaces, and it is just as valid.
Is this a crisis service?
No. If you are in crisis, please contact your GP, call NHS 24 on 111, or ring the Samaritans free on 116 123, any time.
About Dawn
Who I am.
I’m a qualified Pet Bereavement Counsellor and an Animal Empath, working with animals and their guardians since 2006. I live in Shrewsbury with Millie, my Jack Russell; Mylo, who is in spirit now, taught me a great deal about loss.
A different session
Hearing from your animal is Animal Communication, not counselling.
It’s a separate service, by Zoom or telephone, from a photograph. Some guardians want it and some don’t; counselling never depends on it.
Start with a call
Twenty minutes, whenever suits you.
Ring or write, and we’ll find a time. There’s nothing to prepare.
