Pamela R. Drennan is a Grief Recovery Specialist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Chico, California.

She first became interested ---- and devastated --- by grief in her teenage years.

After the sudden tragic death of her father she had no clue how to proceed with her life. She went from playing field hockey, selling year book ads and being optomistic about her future to feeling stunned and suddenly unsure about almost everything... especially HOW TO GO ON IN HER LIFE WITHOUT HIM. Nothing felt the same... even food seemed different. How could food suddenly lose its flavor and her exciting happy life have been so rudely halted?

In an attempt to regain her bearings she approached the high school principal to ask how people handled this sort of thing.... Instead of a few solid clues on where to start he told her she could handle this "any way she wanted." This was terrible advice for any griever much less a teenage griever.  The whole point of her asking for help was that she wanted a roadmap with a clear direction through this painful and confusing time. She knew there must be a better way to navigate than "any way she wanted"....

That lack of helpful advice shaped her life and career in the direction of discovering many helpful tools for people stunned by circumstances and devastated by loss. 

Pamela has been helping people grow through grief for 35 years.

She considers Grief Recovery Method to be the most efficient and helpful way for people to start their healing journey. It was extremely helpful for her and now she has the opportunity to offer grievers what they truly long for---  a safe place for their hearts to be heard and a kind and effective path to achieve complete recovery.  

Life is actually full of grief events. Knowing how to face grief directly by taking a series of small correct steps serves as a powerful emotional and spiritual detox.  Using this method to complete the pain of past losses and current dissapointments can bring a life giving resilience and optimism about the future.

Indeed, grievers can find a way to go on in every kind of loss!!

Pamela  currently offers:   Grief Support Groups /  1 on 1 Grief Support at her counseling practice in Chico California.  LMFT# 18288.

She has written a pet loss book entitled, "There Will Never be Another Mr. Friskie"

                                                        NO GRIEVER LEFT BEHIND

"Reading my completion letter as I visualized my "person" sitting in front of me.  This was freeing and brought peace to my heart and pain relief to my heart as well."  

                             - Kathy from Chico CA

"The timeline helped me the most.  Looking at my life as a visual opened up areas to me that I wasn't aware of."

                               - Judy from Chico CA

"This group has improved all my relationships because I have learned how to really listen!"

                              - Bob from Orland CA