Matthew Lipton, pet loss grief counsellor with his Standard Poodle - Max

Welcome to Central Valley Counselling

Have you or someone close to you recently lost a beloved companion animal?

Or are you about to lose a pet due to a chronic illness?

If so, first please accept my condolences for the difficult time you are going through.

• Are you feeling overwhelmed by your own emotions?

• Are you concerned about how you will discuss the loss with your child, or family?

• Do you need a place to turn to that is understanding of your feelings and can help to deal with your individual situation?

Matthew provides a professional telephone counselling service that helps people cope with the feelings connected with the loss of a pet/companion animal.

Matthew is compassionate, experienced and has strategies and resources to help you manage these challenging emotional times.

Matthew believes that an important component in the counselling process is the fit between you and your counsellor.

For this reason, he provides for a general inquiry introduction call of 15 to 20 minutes for you to talk to us about your needs, and to consider if our service is the right one for you.

These calls are scheduled on the hour and the half hour - which you can self schedule with our web based appointment scheduler or by calling toll free to our reception centre.

He will also explain services and fees - which are payable by Visa, Mastercard, or money order.

When you decide to engage this service,  we will schedule a convenient time for the first telephone counselling session.