Acacia Collaborative Psychological Services:
A Holistic Approach To Grief & Loss Therapy in North Carolina
Grief & Loss Specialists
While grief and loss are valid, normal emotions that everyone experiences in life, that does not mean you need to suffer without help and support to ease the pain. Whether you’re experiencing the loss of a family member, partner, friend, pet, job, house, or anything else our experienced experts are prepared and ready to help you find peace. Get started today to take the first step towards achieving mental peace.
In-Person & Online Sessions Available
The offices of Acacia Collaborative are warm and welcoming. Decorated professionally, our spaces allow people to relax into therapy sessions and speak their minds freely. Our online therapy portals provide extreme convenience to any North Carolinian wanting to access a grief & loss specialist from anywhere they feel most comfortable.
Making Getting Started Easy
Unfortunately, dealing with mental health issues can make it hard to seek help for those issues. To help people from staying stuck in a loop of suffering, Acacia makes getting started as easy as possible. You can talk with your therapist in a free 15-minute consultation before you ever have your first session, to ensure you and your therapist are a good match.
Quick Facts
- Who it’s for: Teens and adults in North Carolina experiencing grief, bereavement, emotional loss, major life transitions, or unresolved sadness after difficult experiences
- Conditions treated: Death of a loved one, infertility, pregnancy loss, divorce, traumatic grief, complicated grief, caregiver burnout, and major life changes
- Modalities offered: Grief counseling, narrative therapy, trauma-informed therapy, existential therapy, EMDR for traumatic grief, and supportive psychotherapy
- Supportive approach: Therapy focuses on processing loss without judgment, helping clients move through grief while honoring their experiences and relationships
- Telehealth: Online grief counseling available statewide across North Carolina
- Insurance: Select insurance plans accepted including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, NC State Health Plan, and some Medicaid plans; private pay and out-of-network superbills available
Sources: National Institute on Aging (NIA) – Coping with grief and loss
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/grief-and-mourning
When should someone start grief counseling?
There is no “right” timeline for grief counseling. Some people seek support immediately after a loss, while others begin therapy months or years later when grief continues to feel overwhelming or unresolved.
About Acacia Collaborative
If you are experiencing pain or discomfort, you don't have to continue suffering forever or find solutions alone. We understand the confusion and pain that come along with life's challenges and have the knowledge to help you. Together, we can find a new way of living that brings you more consistent comfort and peace.
Pursuing therapy can be challening, especially when mental suffering can make it hard to do anything at all. Our team makes it simple. Our collaborative & supportive approach to therapy begins before you ever have your first appointment. At Acacia you can speak with our providers prior to even conducting your first appointment to see if they're the right personal fit for you. Our team also assists you in communicating with your insurance company. Now accepting North Carolina State Health Plan, Aetna & Blue Cross Blue Shield (not UNC Health Alliance).
Contact us to discuss how Acacia Collaborative can help you today.
Can grief counseling help with traumatic grief?
Yes. Trauma-informed therapies such as EMDR can help process traumatic grief experiences, distressing memories, and overwhelming emotional responses connected to sudden or painful losses.
How Grief Therapy Works
1. Reach Out: Call or email at any point in your decision to begin therapy. A free consultation may be available to answer questions, discuss your experiences with grief, and determine whether counseling feels like the right fit for you.
2. Intake: Once an appointment is scheduled, electronic forms are completed before your first session. During this stage, your therapist gathers information about your loss, emotional experiences, support systems, and current challenges.
3. First Session: Your first appointment focuses on understanding the nature of your grief, how it is impacting your daily life, and what support may feel most helpful moving forward. Together, you and your therapist begin creating a personalized treatment plan.
4. Processing the Loss: Therapy creates a supportive space to explore emotions connected to grief, including sadness, anger, guilt, numbness, confusion, or loneliness, without pressure or judgment.
5. Building Coping Strategies: Using evidence-based approaches such as grief counseling, narrative therapy, EMDR, and trauma-informed therapy, sessions focus on emotional processing, self-compassion, and finding ways to navigate life after loss.
6. Finding Meaning & Connection: As therapy progresses, many clients begin rebuilding connection, rediscovering purpose, and learning how to carry grief while continuing to engage with life in meaningful ways.
7. Ongoing Support: Therapy continues at a pace that supports long-term healing and emotional wellbeing, with flexible scheduling available through telehealth across North Carolina and in-person sessions depending on provider availability.
Getting Started is Easy
1. Contact Us
At any point in your decision to pursue therapy or assessment, feel free to contact us with questions. We will gladly talk with you over the phone to determine if one of us will be a good fit. Visit our Contact Page.
2. Intake
Once you have scheduled an appointment, you will be emailed forms to complete electronically prior to your first appointment. If you have Aetna, Blue Cross, or State Health Plan insurance benefits will be processed.
3. First Session
Your first appointment will be 60 minutes. In this first appointment, we will discuss what brought you in, your history, and will develop a “game plan” with you to work toward your goals.
More About Acacia Collaborative
“There’s A Lot In A Name” – Shakespeare
Why did we choose the name Acacia? The Acacia tree (pronounced Ah-KAY-shah) is a medicinal tree that looks quite different depending on the environment in which it has grown; leafy in more nutrient-rich environments and thorny in less supportive ones. This represents how people develop ways of coping with their circumstances or finding ways to overcome adversity in their lives.
Sometimes we may continue to think, feel, and behave in ways that once worked for us but now no longer provide the desired result. This is where Acacia Collaborative comes in. We can help you identify what may be causing more pain than joy in your life, introduce to you other, more effective options, and help eliminate roadblocks that are preventing you from experiencing a more fulfilled life. We chose a full leafy tree as our logo to convey the growth and enrichment possible through therapy.
Learn even more about us, our in-network insurances, fees, and more below!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where are you located?
Acacia Collaborative Psychological Services provides in-person therapy in the triangle at our offices in Cary & Durham. We also provide online therapy to all residents and locations of North Carolina.
Cary Office Address:
570 New Waverly Pl #210, Cary, NC. 27518
NEW Durham Office Address:
3710 University Drive, Suite 302, Durham, NC. 27707
Are you in-network with my insurance?
We are in-network with Aetna, the North Carolina State Health Plan & Blue Cross Blue Shield (not UNC Health Alliance). We are credentialed with the following Medicaid plans: Healthy Blue, Carolina Complete, and Wellcare.
In addtion to those in-network partners, all of the providers at Acacia Collaborative are qualified as out-of-network providers for all major insurance carriers in the Triangle area; with the exception of Cigna and Tricare who do NOT qualify associate-licensed clinicians, . Most of our clients use their insurance benefits to be reimbursed a percentage of treatment fees (this percentage varies based on your plan’s benefits.) We provide everything you need to easily file with your insurance, including an insurance “super bill” or statement of services and a link to your claim form. We are also happy to reach out to your insurance company, with your permission, if you would find that helpful.
What are the session fees?
Session fees range from $115 to $185 based on provider and length of session. We also offer a limited number of reduced fee spots.
There are some things that are bothering me, but also some things I specifically don't want to talk about. Is that ok?
Absolutely. At Acacia Collaborative, we “meet you where you are.” This means that we do not force you to talk about topics you are not ready to discuss or do not feel are relevant. We are trained at various levels of “depth” of treatment and believe there is no one “right” way to be in therapy.
While most people do choose to have weekly sessions for the first few months, we are flexible about how often and how long you would like your sessions to be. We will offer suggestions, but ultimately, it is your decision about what you would like to get out of therapy.
I’m in the process of shopping for a therapist, is there a way for me to speak with one of you to see if we are a good fit before committing to working with you?
Yes! “Fit” with your therapist is the most important element that makes therapy work ( according to studies, even more important than training or length of experience!). Thus, we prioritize making this part very easy for you. Our providers are happy to speak with you over the phone prior to making an appointment (you can schedule a phone call HERE). Our providers can answer your questions and address specific conerns you have, all while getting to know each other a bit and getting a feel for what it is like to work with us.
In addition, we also offer a no-risk first appointment. If you do not feel like it is a good fit after your first appointment and do not wish to continue working with that provider, there is no charge for that appointment.