Unique Approaches to
Healing From Loss

Our Healing From Loss programs respect each person by honoring their unique relationships to loss. Our grief education and support programs integrate a narrative approach, combined with various creative outlets that are simple, proven and effective.

Group and individual support formats offer lifelong emotional and practical tools that benefit yourself and those you love.

We offer guidance and support for adults around the world through Education, Tools & Resources, and Connection.

 
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The Grief Recovery Method®

The Grief Recovery Method is an active, evidence-based approach to healing from all forms of loss. It starts with a simple premise: reconnection starts with feeling seen and heard.

In our 4 to 8-week programs, you will develop the ability to truly listen, express empathy, reciprocity, and connectedness in a way that will bring healing to your heart and improved relationships with others.

  • Death of a Loved One

  • Divorce & Broken Relationships

  • Health & Family Crisis

  • Retirement, Job and Financial Loss or Gain

  • Pet Loss

  • Moving & Lifestyle Changes

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Your Grief Story, Bereavement Support

Your Grief Story Bereavement Support Group is a space for bereaved individuals to come together with empathy and support to move through loss with the healing power of storytelling.

In this 6-week program, participants will learn to share their stories in a way that cultivates healing and values our unique relationships and ongoing connections with others.

  • Death of a Loved One

  • Death of a Spouse or Child

  • Death of a Significant Person

  • Recent Death or Long ago.

  • Unexpected, Sudden Death

  • Expected, Prolonged Death

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Restorative Retelling, Traumatic Death

Restorative Retelling is a therapeutic method for those who have lost loved ones to violent deaths. Supportive techniques are used to help move through complex and difficult emotions.

Over 10 weeks, we focus on 3 distinct areas: restoring resilience, retelling the death story and commemorating living memories. Guided conversations include: How you’ve changed, new family dynamics, changes in social supports, religious or spiritual beliefs.

  • Violent and Traumatic Deaths

  • Death by Suicide

  • Accidental or Unnatural Death

  • Death by Homicide or Torture

  • Missing Persons, Separation or Loss