care for them.

Support the people who love animals and the teams who                       

You choose what fits

Families, individuals, vet teams, or all

Virtual or in person

For licensed THERAPISTs



Held connects your clinical expertise with pet parents navigating loss and veterinary teams carrying the emotional weight of their work.

Clinical control stays with you

All paid provider opportunities

Meaningful, matched work

A community your expertise can support



Your work can help families feel less alone and help veterinary teams keep caring without carrying every experience by themselves.

Veterinary care carries an emotional weight few people see.

Families face devastating diagnoses, impossible decisions, and the loss of a beloved member of the family. Veterinary professionals guide them through those moments while carrying their own grief, stress, client conflict, and repeated exposure to loss.

Held creates a place for licensed counselors and therapists to care for both: people navigating pet loss and the veterinary professionals who show up for them every day.

Choose how you serve

Set your availability, work virtually or in person, and support families, veterinary professionals, or both.



Expand your work into veterinary care

Build relationships with practices and receive paid opportunities that match your expertise, license, and interests.




Be there when pet loss changes everything

Support individuals and families through difficult diagnoses, unexpected loss, final goodbyes, and the grief that follows.


Care for veterinary teams

Offer confidential counseling, difficult-case support, facilitated team sessions, or ongoing practice programs.



Why join Held



Meaningful work. A new community to serve.

Provide pet-loss support for individuals and families, and confidential counseling and team support for veterinary professionals. Choose either path or both, with opportunities that fit your practice.