UK Grief Recovery Certification Training
Become a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist in the United Kingdom. Live online training scheduled in GMT — no travel to the US required and pay in pounds at competitive UK pricing.
Next UK Training
Next available
6–9 November 2026
4 consecutive days · Live via Zoom · GMT · From £1,800
Don’t see a date that works? UK trainings run roughly every 6 months — book a call below to discuss timing or future cohorts.
Who Gets Certified?
Our certification is open to anyone committed to helping others through grief — no prior qualifications required.
Mental Health Professionals
Therapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers, and clinical professionals looking for evidence-based grief recovery tools.
Helping Professionals
Hospice workers, chaplains, funeral directors, teachers, lecturers, death doulas, coaches, clergy, nurses and carers.
People Who Want to Help
Lovely individuals who have experienced grief personally and want to turn that experience into a meaningful way to help others.
Grief Isn’t Just About Death and Divorce
The Grief Recovery Method addresses over 40 types of loss. Your clients are grieving losses they may not even recognise as grief.
Compare Training Packages
Foundational Certification
From £600/mo for 3 months
4-day live training · 32 hours
or £1,800 today · 0% interest · GBP
- ✓32 hours of livestream certification training via Zoom
- ✓Complete your own grief recovery work during training
- ✓5 structured programme lesson plans — ready to use immediately
- ✓Access to The Grief Recovery Handbook (audiobook format)
- ✓Certified Grief Recovery Specialist credential
- ✓Directory listing on griefrecoverymethod.com
- ✓1 year of unlimited professional support
- ✓Access to the Specialist Knowledge Base
- ✓Marketing resources to build your practice
Advanced Certification
From £800/mo for 3 months
4-day live + 18 hours self-paced
or £2,400 today · 0% interest · GBP
- ✓Everything in Foundational, PLUS:
- ✓18 hours of self-paced video training
- ✓5 lesson plans tailored for online work
- ✓149 marketing coaching videos
- ✓12 months of My Business Hub Build tier + AI Specialist Assistant
- ✓Advanced Specialist credential
Annual renewal: £100/year (begins 12 months after certification)
GBP pricing based on exchange rates as of June 2025. We reserve the right to review and adjust periodically.
Your UK Director: Catherine Best
Catherine Best is the Director of UK & European Operations for the Grief Recovery Institute, an Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist, and holds a Master’s degree in Autism and Neurodiverse Conditions. She brings nearly 30 years of experience in education to her grief recovery work.
After discovering the Grief Recovery Method in 2013, Catherine left her university lecturing career to dedicate herself full-time to grief recovery. She has trained hundreds of educators, counsellors, school staff, and parents across the UK — with a particular focus on helping children navigate loss.
Catherine provides dedicated support to all UK and European specialists — from pre-training questions to building your practice after certification. She also leads regional Connectors Meetings and speaks internationally about children’s grief and the role of schools in supporting bereaved young people.
“1.1 million children and young people under 18 would benefit from specialist services. We could be that specialist service. We have the tools, we have the knowledge. We already have the capacity to see them immediately, to take them seriously, with compassion.”
— Catherine Best, International GRM Conference
“In my nearly 30 years in education, a great number of children I worked with who had behavioural issues were wrongly diagnosed. I know that now. An awful lot of those children were actually dealing with unresolved grief and loss. But in the classroom, they were labelled very differently.”
— Catherine Best, Director of UK Operations
An Evidence-Based Grief Recovery Programme
Validated by peer-reviewed research from Kent State University. No other grief recovery programme has this level of scientific backing.
48+
Years
Continuous development since 1978
500+
UK Specialists
Across the Commonwealth
1.5M+
Lives Helped
Worldwide through the method
The Method
A structured, action-based program that gives people the tools to move beyond loss
Guided by a certified specialist, you’ll work through a proven process that turns emotional pain into lasting recovery — not just talking, but real action steps that create real change.
Grief Education →
Become aware of the patterns you develop to deal with loss—including "myths," avoidant behaviors, and the pretense that you're "fine"—all of which keep you from healing.
Discover your Losses →
Construct a Loss History Graph, a powerful visual map of every significant loss in your life, and discover the emotions you still carry with respect to your losses.
Learn the Actions →
Guided by a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, learn the specific actions needed to process and complete your relationship with the pain of loss.
Complete the Work →
Release emotional pain by working through structured exercises, allowing you to express what you wish had been different or better, or never got a chance to say.
Live your life →
Experience emotional completeness—a measurable shift from pain to hope, allowing you to open your heart once again.
The Grief Recovery Handbook — Printed in 15 Languages
English · French · Spanish · German · Hungarian · Dutch · Ukrainian · Russian · Swedish · Danish · Portuguese · Italian · Finnish · Estonian · Japanese
UK & European Specialist Support
Catherine Best provides dedicated support for UK and European specialists — from training questions to building your practice after certification.
UK specialists also benefit from regional Connectors Meetings, discounted professional liability insurance through Holistic Insurance Services, and a growing UK specialist community.
Ready to Get Certified?
Join over 15,000 certified professionals worldwide. See the calendar for the next UK cohort.