Support Group

8 Sessions, One Per Week

beginning

Thursday, May. 07, 2026

St. Raphael Catholic Church-Community Room
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 12:30pm
St. Raphael Catholic Church
525 Dover Center Road
Bay Village, OH 44140
United States

Our support groups offer a safe, evidence-based environment for grievers to take effective and lasting action, no matter the type of loss experienced. These groups are led by Grief Recovery Method Specialists, trained and certified by the Grief Recovery Institute.

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About The Format

This program can be taught once a week for 8 weeks or twice a week for 4 weeks. There are 2-3 days in between sessions if offered twice a week. Each session is approximately 2 hours long. There is reading and assignments in between sessions. New participants can join on sessions 1 or 2; after session 2 the group is closed. GRM Support Groups are not drop in style groups. All GRM programs are confidential, structured and action oriented.


A Note From The Presenter:

8-week group session
Thursdays, 12:30-2:30, beginning May 7, thru June 25. You can register below on this website or via St. Raphael's website at straphaelparish.com - find events, and then get directed to this event.

Presented by:
Deborah Nadzam Melnyk, PhD, RN

I've had a long career in healthcare, working in mental health settings, and assisting health care organizations and clinicians improve the quality and safety of care provided to patients. When an adult, I lost both elderly parents and a husband of 40 years within 7 months of a cancer diagnosis. But when my daughter Chrissie died unexpectedly in 2022, my heart broke like never before; she was only 42 yrs. old and was a strong patient advocate on the national scene and locally in NE Ohio. My grief was unbearable and unlike the grief I experienced after losing my parents and husband. Helping my son-in-law and 15-year-old granddaughter provided me the only type of strange and complicated comfort. I found the Grief Recovery Method through...

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St. Raphael Catholic Church-Community Room
St. Raphael Catholic Church
525 Dover Center Road
Bay Village, OH 44140
United States
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