I was introduced to Grief Recovery Method during my clinical residency for professional chaplaincy. My supervisor recommended to our class that we become certified specialist in Grief Recovery Method because in her experience, the majority of hospitalized people will be managing deeply rooted grief and loss issues. In my ten years of experience as a chaplain, I have found my supervisor's observations to be true.

My personal experience with Grief Recovery Method can be described as having a weight lifted. Looking back, I believe that even though I intellectually had a good handle on the suffering and the losses in my past, it wasn't until I worked on my past with the curriculum provided by The Grief Recovery Institute that I was able to...