What grievers say about Ginny

IT HAS TAUGHT ME TO NOT KEEP ALL OF MY GRIEF BOTTLED UP. IT HAS TAUGHTME A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO COPE WITH MY LOSS. IT OPENED MY HEART

Both Ginny and Derek were knowledgeable, empathetic, and kind. They provided excellent overviews and instructions for completing the tasks. They were attentive and observed aspects of my loss experience that I had not considered. They took care of us while supporting our work but also encouraged us to do the work, even if it was difficult.

This program has given me several tools to use if I encounter a student who has experienced a loss or are grieving. It has helped me to think more about what the student may be going through, and to remember that not all people experience grief in the same way. It will also help me to give support to my own children if they go through a loss.

This program opened my eyes to situations in my own life that I didn’t even know had affected me. It made me realize why I behave and respond to different situations the way I do because of previous experiences. I feel further prepared to handle situations and comfort people who are dealing with loss because of this program. As a future educator, I felt the information presented during the program is essential for my future career. Truly I think everyone, no matter their career, should go through this program. I am very grateful for what I have learned, and know I will be a better at my job because of this program.

I have been able to learn a lot of skills that I can use in my day-to-day life when helping work with others who have dealt with loss and need a hand.

The program was really eye-opening. I feel as if I learned tips to help people of all ages and even help myself be able to deal more with loss, rather than pushing it away. I really enjoyed the Completion Letter concept, that is something a person can use with any person (alive or someone who has past), and also with negative and positive affects on you.

Great understanding for future use in the classroom

I will be able to take the various skills into my career as a teacher, helping not only students but everyone around me with loss.

I learned to think differently about the different types of losses that individuals can experience and how to deal with them.

The program helped me understand that it was my heart that was broken and not my head and how to heal from the pain in a way I've never been taught. It was a turning point for me.

I think it is going to be very successful. I am not sure yet 100% but I think it's going to be highly beneficial to me. I think it is a little too early to tell.

I found the program to be outstanding. It helped me learn how to process grief and loss, and uncover and resolve buried hurts and feelings that had hampered my ability to reach out to others, even my closest family members.

I really enjoyed the program. Even though heavy topics are discussed I felt supported and heard the entire time. I was never pushed to share more than what I was comfortable with. I really enjoyed the small groups. Completing the group with employees was comfortable as well.

The certification program was a very negative experience for me (see notes above), but the 8 week class was excellent :)

I first went through the program 3 years ago, and although very difficult emotionally, words can not even express how helpful it has been in relieving emotional pain. Since the first experience, I have completed the program with two other losses. Every time.. the process is just so hard. BUT, the benefit far outweighs the pain of the process. I personally have a lot of severe trauma in my childhood and this program is helping me heal from the pain associated with less than loved ones. This program combined with my individual therapy in EMDR is changing my life. For the first time, I have hope that I am going to be okay.

Really helped me to let go of some pain that I’ve been carrying around for years.

I have known that in many areas of my loss I have tucked my feelings inside and only allowed myself to grieve at certain times of the year. My husband and I attended therapy together after our daughter died and I feel this is what kept our marriage together and my getting out of bed each and every day. However, it has been easy to go on keeping the feelings I felt myself separate and tucked away. I have been afraid for many years that at some point my grief and unresolved areas would rear up and I would be in trouble. I come from a family with strong addiction spanning across multiple generations. Obtaining the tools in this process has given me a chance to work on myself and these feelings I have tucked away. Out of fear I have not looked at many of these feelings until now. Having suffered the loss of my father and another child after the child I chose to work on I knew I was stacking unhealthy coping skills up to only show up again in my life. I now feel I can be more successful with working through grief and losses when I am faced with them again. I have spoken to many friends and family members about my experience with taking the Grief Recovery course and each time I feel so empowered to keep working on myself and using tools I gained in this process.

Definitely was helpful for uncovering aspects of the loss that needed to be grieved. I feel so much better and finally have closure. I think the treatment facility atmosphere was perfect for this group.

This program helped me so much. I feel that everyone in this treatment facility should get to experience the grief/loss program. It was great that I got to deal with my grief because I was in a safe place to deal with my loss.

The only grief and loss I thought there was, was for a death. I learned that it's for anything that you have lost. So with this program, I had major help in dealing with my break up with my ex.

Miss Ginny did a great job. Class really help me get over certain losses, would reccomened this class to anybody

I am able to let go of regrets I have by not going and seeing a loved one who was very close while they was dieing. I feel closure on it, and I feel better about it.

I throughly learned the event from start to finish.

The program helped by teaching me how to deal with my losses/grief in the best way possible.