Saundra Hutchison, MA

If you have found me here, you likely have a broken heart. I have seen, supported, and encouraged grieving people for the past twenty years. I am comfortable dealing with any kind of loss, whether that is a physical death, end of a relationship, loss of a job, loss of health, or any of the 40+ identified losses we can experience in our lives. My Dad died in 2007; six years after surgery to remove a brain tumor. Those years were made up of good days and bad as the changes in him became more evident. The Dad I once knew slipped away and I spent those years actively grieving the loss of who he once was. Because of that, his physical death did not affect me emotionally as much as I might have expected, and I felt I had processed his passing in a healthy way. Ten years after his death, I was reading a book written by a woman about her relationship with her father. She shared how she had worked through deep grief by writing letters to her Dad decades after he had passed. I began to cry because the thought of writing to my own Dad had ignited grief I hadn’t even been aware of. I had unfinished emotional issues with my Dad and deeper healing was necessary. Early in 2021 I discovered the Grief Recovery Method and was trained as a specialist soon afterwards. Going through the Grief Recovery Method myself has helped me become emotionally complete in my relationship to my Dad. One of the biggest gifts for me was discovering positive aspects of our relationship that had been deeply buried under the hurts and disappointments I tended to focus on. The Grief Recovery Method is the tool I have been looking for in my search to better support and help those who are hurting. I’m grateful for the program in my own life and believe it is a powerful tool for everyone whose heart is heavy with loss. It would be my honor to walk with you through the Grief Recovery Method as you work to process the emotional pain of loss in your own life. I am trained as an Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist and offer one-on-one sessions as well as group sessions virtually for anyone anywhere in the world. I am located in central Virginia where I also offer in-person groups and one-on-one sessions. Please contact me to learn more. You do not have to grieve alone.