Emotional Steadiness
Their presence helped regulate your nervous system: the walks, the routine, the warm weight next to you. Without them, steadiness is harder to find — grief here is physical, not only emotional.
A course from Dr Rachel Megahy
You're not "just" grieving a pet. You're grieving one of the most important relationships in your life.
A structured, evidence-based programme developed by an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist — built on the same models used in clinical practice, including CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy, and Interpersonal Therapy, whose understanding of bereavement as a role transition underpins the whole course. Understand your grief, work through the guilt, and carry your bond forward.
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Developed by an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist
Built on evidence-based approaches — CBT · Compassion Focused Therapy · Interpersonal Therapy · continuing bonds
14-day money-back guarantee
People say things like "it was only a dog", or "at least it wasn't a person", or "you can always get another one".
And so a grief that is genuine, and physical, and everywhere in your house — the empty bed, the lead by the door, the silence at teatime — has to be quietly carried, often alone.
This kind of grief has a name: disenfranchised grief. It is grief the world doesn't quite give you permission to feel. It doesn't mean your loss is smaller. It means you've had to grieve without the room to grieve.
This course gives you that room.
You are not alone in this
Is this you?
Most people who take this course arrive with some version of these.
- It's been months and you still cry without warning
- You keep replaying the decision at the vet, looking for the moment you got it wrong
- You haven't been able to move the bed, or the bowl, or the lead by the door
- You feel foolish for grieving this hard
- People at work think you should be over it by now
- You're dreading the walk you used to do together
- You're wondering whether wanting another one makes you disloyal
This isn't the right fit if
- you're looking for live sessions or one-to-one therapy — this is guided self-help you work through alone
- you're in crisis or having thoughts of harming yourself, in which case please contact your GP or the Samaritans on 116 123
- you want a quick fix rather than something to work through at your own pace
The Structural Role Model
Why this hurts so much
Your pet wasn't one thing in your life. They held four structural roles — and when they died, all four went at once.
Daily Structure
They shaped the shape of your day — feeds, walks, greetings at the door. When they go, the scaffolding of ordinary life goes with them.
Sense of Role
Being their person was part of who you are. Caring for them gave you a role, so grief reaches into your sense of self, not just your feelings.
Presence
Your pet was a genuine attachment figure — a source of safety, comfort and daily companionship. What you are missing is their presence: a bond, not a possession.
Six modules, at your pace
The GENTLE Path
A gentle, structured way through — one letter at a time. Nothing to keep up with. Nothing you can fall behind on.
Each module applies established psychological approaches to pet bereavement specifically — this is structured guided self-help, built with clinical rigour.
- G
Ground
Steady your body and your day when everything feels unreal.
- E
Expect
Understand what pet grief actually is — and why yours is not too much.
- N
Nourish
Care for yourself in small, doable ways while you grieve.
- T
Tend
Meet the guilt, the what-ifs, and the end-of-life decisions with compassion.
- L
Let
Let the waves move through you, rather than bracing against them.
- E
Embrace
Carry your bond forward, and find a place for them in the life ahead.
Every module ends with a Role Check-In — by the end, you'll see the whole shape of your own journey, mapped.
A taste of the course
Listen to a lesson first
This is one of the guided practices from the Ground module — five quiet minutes, in Rachel's voice. Have a listen before you decide anything.
Guided practice
A place to put this down (Ground module practice)
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Audio for this practice will be added soon.
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We'll email you the lesson so you can come back to it whenever the day feels quiet enough.
We'll also send occasional emails about pet loss. You can unsubscribe at any time.
What's included
Everything is yours to keep, at your own pace.
- 37 core lessons across the six GENTLE modules
- 9 bonus lessons across three bonus modules — supporting children, grief across lives (teenagers, neurodivergent grievers, older adults), and when grief becomes stuck
- 20 interactive exercise blocks, including your personal Role Check-In journey timeline and six exercises drawn directly from the book
- 7 guided audio practices
- A private digital workbook with printable pages, exportable as a keepsake PDF
- Lifetime access — including all future additions
Accredited member, Association of Pet Bereavement Counsellors
HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist
Registration no. PYL17840
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When you're ready — not before — the path is here.
Six modules. Lifetime access. A 14-day money-back guarantee. Begin whenever the day feels a little quieter.
Start the course — £147or 3 payments of £50
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Your guide
Dr Rachel Megahy
Rachel is a Clinical Psychologist who has spent her career sitting with people at some of the most tender points of their lives. Pet bereavement is not a side interest for her — it is her clinical specialism, and the shape of her practice.
- · HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist
- · Accredited by the Association of Pet Bereavement Counsellors
- · Author of Pet Bereavement and Grief: A Clinical Psychologist's Guide to Healing After Pet Loss
- · Trained in CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), EMDR, and Schema Therapy
Not ready for the course?
Start with the book
Pet Bereavement and Grief is the gentler starting point — something you can read slowly, at your own pace, with no schedule to keep.
Six of the exercises in the course are drawn from it, so nothing is wasted if you decide to go further later.
See the book in the shopQuestions people ask before starting
Lifetime, including anything I add later.
Nothing expires and there's no schedule — start when you can.
No — it's structured guided self-help built on clinical approaches. It doesn't replace one-to-one therapy, and I'll point you toward that if you need it.
Grief work can surface things, so every module is designed to be stopped and returned to. There's a 14-day refund if it isn't right for you.
Yes — plenty of people arrive years later.
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