Testimonials For Paula Pellegrino
The facilitator was awesome. I would highly recommend her to others dealing with grief and loss. She has had such a positive impact on my life.
Pet Loss Support Groups12/12/2023Participant in Bethel Park, PA
The facilitator had great compassion and was able to relate to us all. I feel better prepared for experiencing my dogs passing (near future) then I was before taking the class.
Pet Loss Support Groups11/07/2023Participant in Pittsburgh, Pa
I completed The Grief Recovery Method program with Paula Pellegrino. She was amazing. She listened to my losses, sat with me as I cried every session, helped me process my emotions and complete the unresolved grief I was carrying. She’s a kind and caring person with a big heart.
One-on-One Support10/25/2023Participant in Pittsburgh, PA
Paula Pellegrino, my facilitator was a gift sent to me during a very difficult time in my life. She helped me understand what I was going through was normal and taught me about grief and how most of us are very unequiped to respond to or understand our grief. It made me feel not alone as I was going through the recovery process. Her kindness and empathy was so appreciated and she really gave me hope that I could complete the pain I felt from my loss. She is a beautiful person and I am so thankful for her expertise and the ability to work with her.
One-on-One Support08/16/2023Participant in Mt. Lebanon, PA
Gave me time time, space and tools to work through my grief.
One-on-One Support06/20/2022
One-on-One Support04/21/2022
I have benefitted greatly from this program. I went into it to help me deal with the sudden and early death of my father, and with the deaths of a couple other family members. It did that, but what I gained was much more than that. I have learned to think about all kinds of losses in my life in a different way. Some of the losses which have caused me the most grief, had the most detrimental impact on my life, have not been deaths but other events. Listening to Paula detail several of these events from her life, and my fellow participants share from their lives, as well, has been extrmemly valuable and illuminating. I even think that this program will let me move less trepidatiously into the future, knowing that I have the tools to deal with loss, which is the inevitable consequence of living.
Support Groups03/23/2022
Within a day of completing this healing work I was able to be strong enough to respect myself in a work conversation. I felt proud of myself and the icing on the cake was that I received the recognition I asked for.
Support Groups03/23/2022
One-on-One Support02/17/2022
I have experienced a lot of loss and trauma in my life and I knew there were areas in my past that I needed to work through and pain I needed to heal from. As scary and nerve racking as it was, Paula helped me work through these areas and made me realize that I am more than capable of moving past the pain and hurt I’ve carried on my shoulders for all these years. In this 8 week program I was able to forgive people in my life that I never imagined I would have the courage to do. Paula helped me understand that forgiveness doesn’t mean giving power back to the person that hurt you. It means setting yourself free from the pain they’ve caused you. I have learned so many incredible tools from Paula that I know will be so useful as I get older! I feel so fortunate to have been able to work with her!
One-on-One Online Support10/05/2021
Working with Paula really has helped me and I would recommend her to anyone and everyone.
One-on-One Online Support05/15/2021
The program really helped me to process my feelings of grief, and I felt well prepared to face my ex-husband at family events without my incomplete feelings interfering with the joy of the occasion!
Support Groups05/05/2021
Support Groups05/05/2021
Even though I did not want to be on this journey of grief I am grateful there are programs like this out there and that I found this one and Paula! I feel like this program has helped me to understand what I’m going through..it has helped me too see the unhealthy ways I have been trying to cope and it has helped me to feel less alone by connecting with other people who are going through the same process as me. It was hard at times to have to do the graphs and to dredge up painful memories and turn them on their side and think about them when I would rather just forget. I see now that confronting these fears and feeling the feelings actually did not kill me and I felt a little freer and lighter having allowed them to come out. I know that there still things I need to work on and I know that I don’t have to be afraid. I felt that the the authors did a great job writing this heartfelt, insightful and practical book. I actually bought extra copies to give to a few people I know who are going through loss. I know it will help them too.
Support Groups03/30/2021
I came into the Program mourning the loss of my Mom. About mid way through the Program, my Father suddenly passed away. I can honestly say that something that helped me instantly was when Paula explained to me that the Stages of Grief that we see all over the Internet and and in publications, are not for people mourning, but for someone facing a chronic, life-ending illness. That piece of information alone made me so much more comfortable moving forward. I became less judgmental of my journey and realized it was uniquely mine to own and process. I am truly grateful for this Program. I will never stop missing my parents, who were a huge part of my life and the life of my entire family. Through doing this Program I am finding a place for my grief. I am having more "good" days than "bad." And when the "bad" days do come and I suspect they always will -- I am comfortable honoring my feelings.
One-on-One Support01/27/2021
One-on-One Support10/19/2020Participant in PITTSBURGH, PA
One-on-One Support09/28/2020Participant in Mt. Lebanon, PA