Rafael Perez

About

Every so often a client stops mid-story, glances at the clock, and apologizes for 'still going on about this,' as though there were an expiration date on missing the person they lost. My answer never changes. There is no clock in this room, and there is no such thing as taking too long. A newly widowed client once told me the hardest part was not the funeral but the ordinary Wednesday three months later, when the world assumed she was fine. So much of grief lives in exactly those ordinary Wednesdays, and that is where we do our work. We make room for the missing without demanding that you hurry up and heal. Much of my early work happened inside hospitals and intensive programs, at bedsides and in the rooms families dread, and it taught me that steady presence matters more than perfect answers. That lesson has never left me. You do not have to arrive with the right words or a brave face. When you want an unhurried hour with someone who will not rush you, reach out and we can start.