Testimonials For Support Groups
Great information with skills building to help come to closure with grief from death and various losses.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, OR
Provided a format that was helpful, ie, loss graph and relationship graph. Pairing with a partner who maintained a safe space and did not interrupt my process was helpful. Writing the letter with statements that Marie provided for guidance was very helpful. The book was inadequate in providing this. Also, I think it’s inappropriate to be advised by the authors that to hand over a Kleenex when the partner needs one or being told in the book that wiping away your tears when listening to your partner signals that crying is not ok. That’s silly. I will be recommending this course with Marie as facilitator.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, Or
Grief Recovery Method gives you the right information, tools and emotional support to truly recover from grief. You could say my life was packed with losses. I had little hope that I could ever be a happy person again. However, after completing the loss of the relationship with my mom, I do actually feel recovered. I am confident I can use the tools I learned to recover from other significant losses I’ve experienced.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Saskatoon, SK
As stated above, I gained an awareness of most of my losses, and will use the GRM to eventually work on each of them. However, it was too soon to focus that intensely on the recent death just two months before the group started. Furthermore, only one other member had had a recent loss.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, OR
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, Oregon
The program was extremely educational concerning grief and the myths and it was interesting to learn since there is a lack of discussion about the topic. In terms of the actual grief recovery, again, the program was extremely helpful and I was able to understand my grief and I could 100% state that the program helped me recover from it. The only gripes I had about the program were the people in the small group I was assigned. I felt awkward around them and I didn’t feel that they supported me nor listened to me while we were discussing such strong and heavy topics.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Placentia, California
The facilitators insight to grief totally awesome
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in Las Vegas, NV
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
By teaching me the different kinds of losses and allowing me to grieve and complete relationships I haven't had a chance to.
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
The graphs help me remember the good memories, not just the bad. It also helped me remember things that were stuffed or long forgotten. The letter at the end made me want to complete one for each relationship I have grieved for.
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in Lethbridge, AB
Self discovery Self awareness of emotions Emotional honesty and vulnerability Many losses and grief in life Parent's influence in life and death Transferable to minor loss and greater losses
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in Lethbridge, alberta
This program worked for me because I am now ready to face my grief head on & now I have tools to be better prepared for future grief. Thank you!
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
It allowed me to gain the tools to understand, cope, grieve, and to move forward from any type of loss I would come in contact with in my future or could help anyone that should cross my path. I am very appreciative that I was able to take this class.
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
I wasn’t sure if I needed the program but thought I’d try because I had a sense of blockage around grief, as if it was hard to empathize with others grief. I suspected it had to do with a relationship that was lost. I focused on that relationship in the program and as I did my relationship graph and listed my strong emotional statements, I could feel a shift in my energy. I felt more excited about working on my career and a little more confident. I was already pretty in touch with my feelings and how to express them, but the program helped me go deeper and I think I will be more open to being present with others who grieve.
Support Groups11/28/2022Participant in Summerville, SC
Support Groups11/28/2022Participant in Hinton, Alberta
Support Groups11/28/2022Participant in Summerville, SC
Outstanding !!!! I want more..
Support Groups11/28/2022Participant in Hinton, AB
This program was practical, easily fit into my busy schedule, and was highly effective. I will utilize the tools that I learned throughout this program for the rest of my life and I am very grateful for the experience.
Support Groups11/27/2022Participant in Pemberton, British Columbia
It has given me the tools to move through this and further losses in my life.
Support Groups11/27/2022Participant in Pemberton, Bc
Having finished the lessons, I now more aware of my feelings as to how I related to my husband. When thoughts and feelings come now I know that I need to say goodbye to those feeling again. Also I realized so much of what happened was also related to how I was brought up and happenings in my childhood.
Support Groups11/25/2022Participant in Aldergrove, BC
I appreciated the concept of going back and looking at both the positives and negatives and dealing with the negatives
Support Groups11/25/2022Participant in Aldergrove, British Columbia
Support Groups11/25/2022Participant in Aldergrove, BC
The program gave me a safe place to examine, collect, and then express my losses as well as a framework to do so. It was very helpful and I will continue to ponder my learnings from it.
Support Groups11/25/2022Participant in Brooks, Alberta