Support after the death of someone you love, or any loss that has changed your life, at our McKinney office or online.
Grief can touch every part of life: sleep, focus, relationships, and your sense of who you are. It does not follow a schedule, and there is no right way to do it. Sometimes it helps to have a steady place to talk about the person or the life you have lost, and to find ways through the hardest days.
Our McKinney office offers grief counseling for adults, teens and families from McKinney, Allen, Fairview, Prosper, Frisco and Melissa, in person on Eldorado Parkway or online.
Both of our McKinney clinicians list grief and loss among their areas of experience, and both work with teens and adults. Jill Kalis also works with children and families.
Clinical Therapist · LPC Associate
Warm and approachable, Allison creates a space where it feels safe to open up. She believes in the resilience of the people she works with and walks alongside them as they build the skills to thrive.
Clinical Therapist · LMSW
Warm and approachable, Jill makes clients of every age feel heard and valued. She believes real change happens when families, schools and communities pull together, and she is dedicated to supporting parents along the way.
Grief counseling gives you room to talk about your loss at your own pace, without being rushed toward “moving on”. Your therapist helps you understand what you are feeling, find ways through the waves of grief and the triggers that bring them on, and keep a meaningful connection to the person you lost.
Sessions can also help with what comes with grief: trouble sleeping, anxiety, low mood, guilt, or strain in relationships. When a loss was sudden or traumatic, your therapist can include trauma-informed care. Families can come in together to support each other, including children who are grieving in their own way.
Learn more about grief counseling at GearingUP.
Our McKinney office is on Eldorado Parkway in west McKinney. If getting out of the house feels hard right now, online sessions are available too.
Clients come to this office from
McKinney, Allen, Fairview, Frisco, Prosper, Melissa, Princeton
Any time grief feels too heavy to carry alone. People reach out soon after a loss, months later, or years later when an anniversary or a new change brings it back. You do not need to wait until you are “not coping” to ask for support.
Yes. Children and teens grieve differently from adults, and our McKinney clinicians work with young people and their parents. Families can also come in together.
Yes. You can meet in person at our McKinney office or online by secure video from home, and you can switch between the two whenever it suits you. Many clients mix both, for example meeting in person at first and online during busy weeks.
Yes. GearingUP is in-network with most major insurance plans, including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Optum and Baylor Scott & White, and the same plans apply at our McKinney office. No outside referral is needed, and sliding scale fees are available based on income. Our team checks your benefits and explains your coverage before your first session. See insurance and rates.
Dr. Gearing is awesome and the staff is super friendly. I look forward to working with them moving forward.
Dr. Gearing was very informative regarding my child’s treatment plan and how my involvement will help with the success of her treatment. She was very reassuring and I’m excited to see what the outcome will be.
I love Gearing Up. I’ve been a patient on and off for years and now my daughter is a patient. They’re understanding and with the exception of a few payment issues I wouldn’t trust my family to anyone else.
Maggie’s consistent instruction in the DBT skills has been a big part of our daughter’s therapy journey. We are happy she is part of our team.
I had a very wonderful experience. All of my questions were broken down and answered in a simple way to understand.
Tammera and Yazmin have both been amazing therapists for me. I’ve been with Tammera for a couple years and Yazmin has been an amazing addition to this clinic. Tammera is incredibly knowledgeable, listens without judgement, and I have learned so much in my sessions with her. I’ve only been with Yazmin for a few months, but she is kind, intelligent, and I leave my sessions with her feeling more at ease about life. I highly recommend both of them and this clinic!
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