Grief Recovery Specialist
Are you suffering from a broken heart? Did a death, divorce, or the end of a relationship occur?
Grief Recovery Specialist, certified by the Grief Recovery Institute. I am trained to deliver the Grief Recovery Method, and have experience in working with a variety of types of loss, and people from all walks of life. I have a deep desire to help grieving people.
What is the The Grief Recovery Method?
The Grief Recovery Method (GRM) is just that – a method – a step by step process – an “action program” - for unlocking and respecting the emotional experience of our grief – both the immediate or presenting grief issues – and those that may have been holding us captive for years. Often, the most recent or presenting loss is actually made more difficult by related experiences from our past which were not recognized or addressed at the time – adding weight to that resulting from the current loss.
Through a defined step-by-step process, I first explore the “old, ineffective tools” we’ve been using, with the belief that it’s hard to learn new tools if we don’t understand why the old ones might not have been effective. Then, the process shifts to the introduction of new tools which can be used across a wide gamut of losses – from persons, to pets, to hopes and dreams and expectations, to those intangible things like trust, safety or faith. At every step the griever is respected, listened to and heard without judgement or analysis, and is supported in identifying and giving voice to the array of emotions that accompany the full extent of the loss. Once the GRM process is completed for one loss, it can be used over and over again, to address other past losses, and to help more quickly address new losses.
What is the GRM process like – how is it different from other grief support programs?
The GRM is an action-based program that involves reading and writing assignments as outlined in “The Grief Recovery Handbook, the Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses.”
The GRM has been shared for over 40 years, on six of seven continents, with the book having been translated into over 20 languages over those years. The GRM is a time-limited program – with a set number of sessions
The GRM is an evidence-based program, having documented statistically significant improvements in grievers’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to grief. More information about the research can be found at https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/evidence-based.
Here are a few support objectives:
- Define grief and myths associated with grief and loss
- Provide awareness and acceptance
- Identify loss history and patterns through your life journey
- Learn to have a different relationship with your STERBS (Short-Term Energy-Relieving Behaviors)
- Talk with safe people. Someone you can express your heart to without being judged
- Discover unspoken grief
- Complete your emotional relationship to the pain of the loss
Additional Specialized GRM Group Support Services:
Pet Loss Supports
Helping Children with Loss Supports
