Testimonials For Support Groups
I never felt comfortable or safe talking about my grief before this class. Carrie and my entire group made me feel very safe when I shared, and being able to share some of my thoughts and my experiences and feelings are a huge part of why this class really works. Other people in my class talked about feeling the same way. We all felt nervous at first but her class took the worry away and made you feel safe and comfortable. She says that when you feel heard you can heal and it is very true.
Support Groups11/22/2022Participant in Cincinnati, OH
This kept me focused on my own healing because of the weekly time commitment. Though I also use therapy, I appreciated this method's structure kept me on task to move forward vs. deviate into other areas. I like having the book and process so I can use it for other losses.
Support Groups11/22/2022Participant in Cincinnati, OH
Program helped me to feel ‘complete’ with particular aspects of grieving over time.Universality of grief and being able to know it is a process that others deal with is helpful and well as the trust aspect that develop with participants.
Support Groups11/21/2022Participant in Peterborough, Ontario
David was an excellent facilitator. He provided a empathetic non judgemental space to learn and share. He was very knowledgeable and was available for any questions or concerns. I developed some tools to help moving forward in my life in dealing with grief as well as grief from the past. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in this workshop. Teresa
Support Groups11/21/2022Participant in Peterborough, Ontario
The program helped me identify the source of some complicated emotions I'd been experiencing toward my family member. Working through painful memories and completing unresolved communications has allowed me to forgive her and find compassion for both of us. I'm certain this will strengthen our relationship and bring us closer together.
Support Groups11/21/2022Participant in Peterborough, ON
Support Groups11/21/2022Participant in Ennismore, ON
I have gained a healthier perspective of my 1% of control, within my individual relationships. I can go forward with less judgement, and more respect for each relationship.
Support Groups11/20/2022Participant in Hinton, Alberta
The Grief Recovery Method has helped me move on in dealing with my grief/loss by moving on in my hurt.
Support Groups11/20/2022Participant in Lincoln, Nebraska
This program has given me tools to complete grief recovery on many levels and to understand that not even those who would never steer us in the wrong direction may do so without realizing that they have. I have always tried to figure out how to forgive someone for hurting me and now I know. This course has brought me to a level of understanding why our parents taught what they knew, and didn’t always know to teach us about options…or what those options might be, because they were not taught that either. Thank you for offering this course, I will talk about it with everyone I know
Support Groups11/17/2022Participant in SpruceGrove, Alberta
It opened the door for self reflection and healing in a very positive way. There are things I wouldn't have figured out without going through this process.
Support Groups11/17/2022Participant in Spruce Grove, Alberta
Support Groups11/17/2022Participant in Edwards, Colorado
I came into the program so depressed, tired, crying every day, and at the end of my rope. The program has been an eye opener for me. With a plethora of losses (which I did not think of as losses), I realized I had been just surviving as I went from 1 loss to another to another. I stuffed the emotions and pushed forward. This last loss of my mom put me in a downward spiral. With the things I learned in Grief Recovery, I realized all of the losses and am excited to graph and work on each loss. Thank you!
Support Groups11/17/2022Participant in Chesterfield, MIssouri
I am so thankful for the tools I learned so I can work on other losses I have experienced.
Support Groups11/16/2022Participant in Lethbridge, Alberta
Support Groups11/16/2022Participant in Drayton Valley, AB - Alberta
I’m better able to cope with my loss and future losses as well.
Support Groups11/16/2022Participant in Barberton, Ohio
Working through the steps in the process really helped me to dig deeper into a relationship that I thought I had done the grief work in. I started thinking that I needed to grieve a move and loss of relationships in that move to seeing triggers and similarities that I needed to deal with that were deeper than I understood.
Support Groups11/16/2022Participant in Drayton Valley, Ab
This program has helped me with the feeling of gloom and doom. Amy presented the method in a way that was clear and concise. She displayed phenomenal empathy and instruction.
Support Groups11/16/2022Participant in Barberton, Oh
I learned a lot in this program. I didn’t only learn about my own grief but how to treat others in their grief. I grew up being told not to cry, and that time would heal all wounds or that a person I lost wouldn’t want me to feel sad so I shouldn’t. I learned that those statements weren’t helpful to me and when I used them on others, I wasn’t being helpful either. I have learned to be a better listener. A ‘heart with ears’. Sometimes people just need someone to listen and I learned that. I also learned how to talk to my own children when they are expressing their feelings. How to make them feel validated. I learned how to forgive myself in the loss I worked on in this group. I was able to really dig deep into the pain and feelings I experienced and I was able to let them all go through apologies, acknowledgements, significant emotional statements and forgivenesses. Now I have the tools to work on other losses I’ve experienced and it just makes me feel like I’m one step closer to being fully healed. I’m grateful for this course and I hope others who are struggling will give this a shot.
Support Groups11/16/2022Participant in Drayton Valley, AB
I have held on to the pain of my relationship with my mother for YEARS and through this program I have been able to let go and actually start healing
Support Groups11/16/2022Participant in Barberton, Ohio
Support Groups11/15/2022Participant in Concord, NC
Outstanding, ables me to help others
Support Groups11/15/2022Participant in Concord, NC
Support Groups11/15/2022Participant in Whangarei, Northland
I end up dealing with grief that I didn’t even know existed
Support Groups11/15/2022Participant in Monarch, Alberta
The program helped me to start grieving which I had not done.
Support Groups11/15/2022Participant in Independence, Mo.