My heart broke open when my identical twin sister died at age 24 in hospital with an inoperable brain tumor. I was angry at God. I dealt with my grief by staying busy. I became a real estate agent, then a broker, even opening my own real estate office by the time I was 30 years old. However, I knew I had to deal with my grief and my anger toward God. I disliked hospitals and avoided them at all costs as they meant death to me. I found a new church where I felt safe to explore my feelings. On my new spiritual journey, I awoke to an inner calling, one in which I could help others who were experiencing loss and death. I volunteered at my church in pastoral care and became an ordained minister. I had come full circle and became a Board Certified Clinical hospital Chaplain.

I worked as a Chaplain at Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach, California for 12 years. As part of my responsibilities, I facilitated adult bereavement groups for 7 years using the teachings of Dr. Kubler Ross and the traditional grief process. It was not until I recently retired and was facilitating a grief group at my local church when a participant asked if I knew about the Grief Recovery Method. I had not. I immediately purchased the book, and to my surprise, this method was quite different from my previous experience. I was filled with a new passion for “The Grief Recovery Method.”

The Grief Recovery Method is an active, evidence-based method that helps us unlock our emotional experiences of grief, heartache and loss. What does that mean? It means it works!
Please reach out to me so I can work with you to release the heaviness you have been carrying. And, please remember, this proven method deals with ALL types of losses: from Covid, death, relationships, life changes of all kinds. I offer both group and individual classes.
What you will learn:
1. To explore “old, ineffective tools and myths” we’ve been using to manage our grief.
2. To learn proper emotional tools to achieve recovery from unresolved grief.
3. To discover and complete any undelivered emotional communication to your loved ones.

Rev. Diann Davisson has had a distinguished and multifaceted career spanning over several decades. She served as a Clinical Certified Chaplain and Supervisor of the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Program at Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children’s Hospital in California for 12 years, retiring in 2012. Even in retirement, she holds active certifications in Hospital Chaplaincy, Hospice, Palliative Care, and Pastoral Counseling through the College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy (CPSP).
In 2018, Rev. Diann relocated to California's Central Coast with her wife of 47 years, where she became the staff minister at the Center for Spiritual Living (CSL) in Templeton, now known as CSL Atascadero.
Her career took a new direction in 2020 when she became an Advanced Certified Grief Specialist in the "Grief Recovery Method," offering online classes in adult bereavement and pet loss through Cuesta College and various Centers for Spiritual Living. In 2024, she further expanded her expertise by becoming a "Certified Grief Educator" through David Kessler’s 12-week program, allowing her to provide even deeper support to her clients.
Rev. Diann was licensed in 2000 and ordained in 2004 in the Church of Religious Science (now Centers for Spiritual Living). She accepted a “Letter of Call” as the assistant minister at Huntington Beach Center for Spiritual Living from 2000 to 2005 while transitioning into chaplaincy.
Throughout her life, Rev. Diann has been an adventurous traveler, with notable experiences such as hiking to the base camp of Mt. Everest, climbing to the top of the pyramid at sunrise, sitting with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, trekking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, and riding waves over the coral reefs in Fiji. Recently, she spent a week in Assisi, Italy, with Caroline Myss, continuing her journey of spiritual growth and discovery.