Karen Bishop-Hubert

Located in beautiful Far North Queensland, I am a registered counsellor, providing counselling in the areas of confidence and boundaries, work related issues and end-of-life, loss and grief for people and pets. Life experience has led to a passion for end-of-life support for both people and pets. 

Holding additional qualifications as an end-of-life Doula, Animal Companion Doula, specific pet loss and grief, and people focused grief and loss training, I can provide niched end-of-life, grief and loss counselling support. Additional training includes Animal Companion Celebrant, which enables me to provide funerals and celebrations of life for pets.  

Having faced the loss of loved ones and the grief accompanying those losses many times from a very early age, the grieving process is something I understand.  

As an animal lover, many times I have had to make the difficult decision regarding euthanasia, and one occasion in particular, witnessed the traumatic death of a beloved family dog. We often feel belittled and judged when we struggle to cope with the grief and often, guilt, relating to the loss of a pet. There is a loneliness after the loss of a pet that sometimes others don’t understand. Having access to unbiased support can go a long way to helping us heal.   

By providing the services I do, I hope to support others while they are going through the pain that I have felt so many times myself. If what I do can give someone even a small amount of comfort and knowledge that they are not alone in what they are going through, it makes what I do so worth it.