Grief Recovery
I am a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist. I love to help others who are hurting and need help. If you have suffered a loss or need help dealing with past losses, I can help.
Sadly, much of the information available on the topic of grief is incorrect and not helpful for people devastated by significant emotional loss.
For more than 35 years The Grief Recovery Institute®, has been observing
and assisting hundreds of thousands of grievers worldwide. The Grief Recovery Method®, has become the gold standard for recovery from grief.
Yet the same question keeps popping up in phone calls, texts, and emails. That
question is, “What is grief?”
“Grief is the conflicting feelings we experience following the end of, or the change in any familiar pattern of behavior.”
This definition could also apply to all kinds of loss: death of a loved one, loss of a job,
moving to a different city, a child leaving home for college, death of a beloved pet, and
many other losses and changes in life.
Although grief is the normal and natural response to loss of any kind, it is shrouded
in mystery and misunderstanding. There is more confusion surrounding grief than
any other human experience – and this confusion grows each year.
Using Intellect doesn’t help
Educated people write articles; the psychotherapeutic community publishes
articles; the entertainment community through television and movies tries to
address the topic of grief. What they all have in common is that they try to address
grief through intellect. And grief is an emotional event, not an intellectual one.
Recently a small war has been raging over the upcoming publication of the DSM-V
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). It has even gone so far as
to try to label normal grief as what they call an MDE (Major Depressive Episode).
Grief is an emotional experience and no matter how hard society tries to act as if sad feelings don’t exist – they do. Trying to use intellect to heal your heart will not work. Only the correct set of actions that lead to what is unresolved emotionally in a relationship will help.
Through the Grief Recovery Method, I have been trained as a specialist in grief recovery. Please contact me for personal counseling as well as for group counseling.
Sadly, much of the information available on the topic of grief is incorrect and not helpful for people devastated by significant emotional loss.
For more than 35 years The Grief Recovery Institute®, has been observing
and assisting hundreds of thousands of grievers worldwide. The Grief Recovery Method®, has become the gold standard for recovery from grief.
Yet the same question keeps popping up in phone calls, texts, and emails. That
question is, “What is grief?”
“Grief is the conflicting feelings we experience following the end of, or the change in any familiar pattern of behavior.”
This definition could also apply to all kinds of loss: death of a loved one, loss of a job,
moving to a different city, a child leaving home for college, death of a beloved pet, and
many other losses and changes in life.
Although grief is the normal and natural response to loss of any kind, it is shrouded
in mystery and misunderstanding. There is more confusion surrounding grief than
any other human experience – and this confusion grows each year.
Using Intellect doesn’t help
Educated people write articles; the psychotherapeutic community publishes
articles; the entertainment community through television and movies tries to
address the topic of grief. What they all have in common is that they try to address
grief through intellect. And grief is an emotional event, not an intellectual one.
Recently a small war has been raging over the upcoming publication of the DSM-V
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). It has even gone so far as
to try to label normal grief as what they call an MDE (Major Depressive Episode).
Grief is an emotional experience and no matter how hard society tries to act as if sad feelings don’t exist – they do. Trying to use intellect to heal your heart will not work. Only the correct set of actions that lead to what is unresolved emotionally in a relationship will help.
Through the Grief Recovery Method, I have been trained as a specialist in grief recovery. Please contact me for personal counseling as well as for group counseling.