Michael Bridges, Rev

Certified Grief Recovery Specialist

Tampa, FL

In-PersonAccepting Clients

4.7 (3 reviews)

About Michael

I'm a Board-Certified Staff Chaplain at a Hospital in Tampa, Florida. I'm a husband, father, grandpa, Veteran, an ordained minister, and Biblical Counselor. I provide pastoral care to the patients mainly in the Spinal Cord Injury Center and also in the Polytrauma unit. I also support other units within the hospital to include the Hospice unit. Veterans (like me) experience many losses and much grief during their lives. I've experienced the loss of 13 family members during my life and many other losses and griefs (e.g., financial, relationships, health, and etc.). I participated in the Grief Recovery Method to learn how to help others that are hurting and to help them deal with loss and grief. I offer one-on-one and group Grief Recovery Method services.

Programs Offered

Support Groups

One-on-One Support

Reviews & Testimonials

4.7

3 reviews

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GRM Participant

Jul 2024

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My Experience

Michael's quiet and gentle manner provided the psychic space needed by the participants to feel comfortable sharing honestly without fear of judgement. The idea of sharing from his own life made that more authentic that just saying this was a safe place. Also, his clear statement of the parameters of confidentiality and acceptance of one another without judging, rescuing, fixing another remove a lot of pressure.

GRM Participant

Mar 2023

Support Group✓ Verified

My Experience

The class let me let go of the life long feeling that I felt towards my father. I realize that dad was being supportive and understanding, and I was embarrassed that I had to repeat freshman year in college, and that he had to come and get me at school. I was embarrassed that I had failed.

GRM Participant

Aug 2022

Support Group✓ Verified

My Experience

Was very grateful for the structure and step-by-step aid to work through grief.

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