Grief and loss

Change is inevitable, yet we are wired to resist it. Loss can feel especially isolating when you are far from the people and traditions you grew up with, and society offers little support through times of transition. Reverie offers a safe space to feel and share what you are going through, online or in person on Madeira, where we can also connect you with the island’s international community. We can also signpost you to qualified therapists and practitioners.

Exploratory Call

Online by phone or video

Best for: anyone who wants to ask a few questions first. Twenty minutes.

What’s included
  • A review of your situation
  • Whether we're the right fit for you
  • Signposting to what's next
  • No obligation to continue
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Free20 mins

Grief Support

Online or in person

Grief is simply love with nowhere to go. We offer legacy work and grief support to help you channel your emotions into creativity, connection and meaning, come to terms with your loss, and honour your remaining love. We can also help you navigate conversations in a society where people often feel uncomfortable with the topic of death or loss.

Best for: the months after a death. Six sessions across a year, with check-ins at one week, one, three, six and twelve months.

What’s included
  • Grief processing and bereavement education
  • Referrals where you want them, including to prayer groups
  • Time to talk about the person, and about how you are
About 7 hrsbilled hourly

Reprocessing Session

Online or in person

Best for: anyone who was present at the death and wants to talk through what they witnessed. Two one-hour sessions.

What’s included
  • Space to go through what happened, at your own pace
  • A short closing ritual
2 hrsbilled hourly

Group Workshops

Online or in person

Through our workshop series you will be supported to come to terms with your loss, share with others who understand, and find meaning and creativity in grief. Coming soon.

Coming soon

After-death guidance

Online or in person

Best for: families in the weeks after a death, with the paperwork and who to tell, in Portugal or elsewhere.

What’s included
  • A checklist of the steps, and a record of who has been notified
  • Draft letters and document packs for banks, insurers, pension providers and authorities, for you to send
  • Estate and inheritance tax matters go to a lawyer in the relevant country
  • Signposting for residency, health insurance and pensions
  • Memorial events, quoted separately
  • Reverie does not give legal advice, act as your legal representative, or file anything on your behalf
About 8 hrsbilled hourly

Legacy Project

Online or in person

Something lasting: leaving something of yourself, or gathering something of a person you’ve lost. Add it to your planning, grief support or work on mortality, or book it on its own.

What’s included
  • Help compiling tangible mementos or keepsakes, including but not limited to:
    • A memory book
    • Letters to the people you choose
    • Audio or video recordings
    • An ethical will: the values, hopes and blessings you want to pass on
Up to 4 hrsbilled hourly

Community

In person

Death is normal. Reverie is building a community around this truth, where grief and emotional complexity are welcome in our curated spaces. We can also connect you with death cafés and existing support in your local area.

Death Café attendance is free, with optional donations. Special events and local signposting are in development.

How to join
FreeOptional donations

All prices in euros. Hourly support is €40 an hour, unless otherwise stated. This is an introductory rate for our first clients. See how pricing and plans work.

Reverie offers non-medical support only. Anything beyond that scope is referred to the right clinician. Reverie does not give legal or financial advice.

Contact us

Are you ready to embrace the liminal? Let us know how we can help. We are here for you.

Or book a free 20 minute call