Private, structured grief recovery
Beyond simply coping with grief, to feeling lighter, freer – and able to live your life again.
Jess Goyder · Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist Online across the UK · In person in Oxfordshire & the Cotswolds
"I found Jess at my absolute lowest. I felt like I was trapped in loops of grief and felt very alone and depressed. I cannot stress how much this process has changed me and my approach to grief. I feel like I've reached an emotional clarity and mental state in 6 months that I never had close to in my life before."
Tom, London
Everything you’re feeling is natural.
Grief is a normal response to loss and change — however it feels for you: the deepest despair, relief, guilt, numbness, or all of it at once. If you're grieving, there's absolutely nothing about you that needs fixing. You may have found time alone doesn't heal. But the right structure will.
"Thank you for helping me achieve completeness with issues that have been with me for over 50 years. I can go forward in a positive way and at peace."
Jackie, Suffolk
✔ Licensed and certified Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist®
✔ Post Grad Cert. in Psychodynamic Studies from the University of Oxford
✔ 10+ years coaching leaders and creatives — Adobe, Nestlé, Ogilvy, Deutsche Bank
✔ Three years as a bereavement counsellor for the UK's largest bereavement charity, working with challenging and high-risk cases
✔As featured in Executive Support Magazine Learning and Leading Through Grief and Loss
Finalist in the Speaking and Training category,
Strategic PA Network Awards 2026
"Last year I worked through some substantial grief and have had profound healing through a process that was guided and supported by Jess. She has quite literally changed how I feel not only about the situations but also about myself."
Karen, Surrey
Grief isn’t only bereavement
Divorce · Estrangement · Heartbreak · Pet loss · Infertility · Loss of health · Loss of identity · Career changes · The future you expected to have · The relationship you never had with a parent
Some of this may be recent. Some of it may have been with you for decades.
Whoever you are, however together or capable you look on the outside – if grief has left you stuck, lost, or simply wanting more, this is built for you.
The Method, Done Properly
At the core of this work is The Grief Recovery Method® – an evidence-based programme built to help you take meaningful action on what's still unfinished after loss. When I take you through it, we follow it exactly as it's designed.
The structure is fixed. How I take you through it isn't. Every life history is different, every loss has its own impact and ripple effects. I stitch the work around the person in front of me, not the other way round. I sense what you're ready for, and we don't move faster than that.
I'm only interested in real hope – the kind built on meeting life where it actually is, and on promises we can actually keep.
Sometimes simply getting through the day is a huge achievement. But we're not here only to help you feel better for an afternoon or a few days. We're forensic about getting to the roots, however lightly and gently we go about it. And I won't ask you to do emotional work I'm not prepared to keep doing myself. It's the least I can do.
See exactly how the sessions work
I also offer specialist one-to-one sessions outside the full programme, when that's the better fit.
“"Here's the thing – you do the work. There's homework, there's effort and there's focus... Jess's approach was interactive, proactive and not at all 'sit on a couch and tell me about your mother.'"
Mike Benson, Co-owner & CCO, Berliner Benson
"Jess's listening and dialogue skills were perhaps the most powerful part of the experience... Her understanding, patience and encouragement made the whole experience life-changing for me."
Gil Dove, Executive and Leadership Coach, London
“If you’ve been impacted by grief, whether personally or professionally, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Jess is an absolute superpower in this field."
Marianne Whitlock, Executive PA Network, Beaconsfiel
If you feel ready to take a step
If you’ve found your way here, you may already know that time alone doesn’t heal grief. The right support – and the right structure – can make a real difference.
If you’d like to explore working with me, you’re welcome to book a short conversation. Send me a brief message through the contact form and I’ll email you back personally to arrange a time.