Hi, I am Patricia. I was first introduced to the Grief Recovery Method Institute by a former colleague affiliated with Banner Hospice in 2019. My mother diagnosed with melanoma, had undergone treatments of Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy for about eighteen months ineffectively. Her cancer had metastasized throughout her body, and she died shortly afterward in April 2020. I came to the program to work on this loss and soon after discovered other losses and grief I was holding onto. I have heard people say you have to let go and move on in your life, but they don’t tell you what you need to do to accomplish that. The Grief Recovery Method Outreach Program not only makes that possible, but provides partnerships and guidance to ensure that it happens. It is the best tool that I have come across in processing grief, moving forward from significant losses, and gaining a deeper self-awareness and inner peace.  This program has been a blessing to me personally and professionally.
Through my own personal significant losses, I understand the need to be seen, heard, and supported without judgment and critique. I readily offer my empathy in these ways because witnessing clients transform through the Grief Recovery Method never ceases to move and humble me.
I am an interfaith dual Board Certified Hospice Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator completing my Chaplain residency program in Clinical Pastoral Education, (ACPE) at Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix in 2020 and Supervisory Certified Training in CPE pastoral education ministry in 2022 at the ICPT Institute in Orlando, Florida. I have 25 years of work experience in healthcare both administratively and clinically, hold a master’s degree in Theology and completed certification in Healthcare Bioethics for chaplains through the National Catholic Bioethics Center which allows me to offer grief, ethical support and education to patients, families, and others. I offer grief support group in-person as well as talks about grief and the amazing benefits of the Grief Recovery Method. Please contact me at [email protected] or by phone (480)745-0696 for more information on the next scheduled session. Thank you.