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Are you or someone important to you suffering from a loss? We can help. We have thousands of Certified Grief Recovery Specialists trained to help.
Are you a mental health professional, clergy member, hospice worker, or anyone with a genuine interest to learn more effective tools for helping people deal with loss? The Grief Recovery Method Certification Training is for you!
Jun - 201321 - 24
St. Louis, MO
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Jul - 201312 - 15
Oklahoma City, OK
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Jul - 201326 - 29
Moncton, NB, Canada
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You’ve probably heard someone say, “I’m in the grieving process,” or talk about a friend who has just experienced a loss and is “in the grieving process.” We’d guess that you probably accepted that statement and didn’t ask for something more specific to help you understand exactly what they were going through. It’s not uncommon … Continue Reading
A Certified Grief Recovery Specialist helps people move beyond death, divorce and other losses by facilitating Grief Recovery Outreach Programs. They come from all walks of life and professional backgrounds, but have one thing in common: a desire to help people. Why Should I get certified? You’ll use your certification to facilitate group and one-on-one … Continue Reading
Since grief is such a wide topic that covers so many kinds of losses and an almost infinite range of emotions, there isn’t a single grief definition that covers it all. But there are three we use to help people understand what grief is and what it isn’t. The most basic one is: “Grief is … Continue Reading
Overcoming Grief: You can’t go over, under, or around it, you must go through it! Our earliest socialization tells us: Don’t Feel Bad, Be Strong, Don’t Burden Others With Your Feelings. Using just those few incorrect ideas, we develop a default position that suggests we shouldn’t feel bad in the first place. If we’re taught … Continue Reading
This is the last in a four-part series about programs that offer support for grief. In the first part, we discussed the difference between support-based programs and recovery-based groups, with the bottom line being that both are valuable but have different benefits for grieving people. The second in the series highlighted the uniqueness of all … Continue Reading
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