Testimonials For Support Groups
It helped me realize there’s a lot of people with grief in their lives and have more empathy towards everyone. It helped me come to terms with anger I felt towards people in my life that had hurt me.
Support Groups10/17/2019Participant in Jamesport, Mo
The program helped me understand forgiveness better - that it's about me, not the dying/dead person, and that it is more like looking through the person and dismissing any control they had over my emotions, not condoning the action, and not telling myself that it was okay, just acknowledging it and letting go of the negative emotions it caused me. I very much appreciate that the program is not a support group and that nobody is supposed to judge me.
Support Groups10/17/2019Participant in Blue Ash, Ohio
The loss I experienced was my horse I had her for 14 years. She was closer than some human relationships I have had. It is a great loss in my life. I think the tool that helped the most but which was also the most difficult is the completion letter.
Support Groups10/17/2019Participant in Bixby, Ok
i have participated multiple times. Each session has led to personal enhancement of wellbeing/peace and an improvement in relationship with the the subject of the program for me- a few amazing transitions. i did 12 week 2x for major relationships and graduate 4 times. each time is beneficial even if revisiting same relationship at different stages. this program works if the participant works it! period. it has helped me more than 16 years of psycotherapy..and is complementary to other practices and readings i do for healing and drive for wellbeing
Support Groups10/17/2019Participant in Cincinnati, Ohio
Support Groups10/17/2019Participant in Bixby, OK
I love this program!!! I originally came because my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. I realized I was grieving and that the loss (even though she had not died) was going to be hard to cope with. My sister had just signed up for a workshop with Mike so I called him. Luckily I was able to get into one too. However, before I could go to my first meeting my daughter had me thrown out of her wedding. This is a long story and it broke my heart. So when I arrived at the workshop I was a basket case and I could not stop crying. My first session was 12 weeks to learn the process. To my surprise I didn't work on my mother or my daughter. I worked on my father who had left me when I was seven. When I said good-bye to my father (who is dead) I felt a change in myself. I can't really put my finger on it but somehow I was lighter. Additionally, there was a woman in my group who was so deeply in pain and suffering it was sad to watch her. Yet, over the course of the 12 weeks I saw that woman begin to heal. I saw that the mutual suffering and support from the group worked on us all. As we told our truths and witnessed each others pain Mike led us all through "the dark night". After that I was hooked. I had a lot of work to do so I dug in and held nothing back. I worked hard on my homework digging deep and remembering so much that I had stuffed for so long. Over a period of the next months I worked on my unfinished relationships with my daughter, my mother, my sister, my x-husband. I became brave enough to try to work on a career loss (I just couldn't let go of the resentment) and I also worked on the loss of my favorite dog ( I was unable to stop crying when reference to her came up). Again and again I was rewarded by the effects the process had on me and in my life. The most amazing thing was that after I read my letter to my daughter (who I had no contact or communication with in a year) we began to talk again. She was pregnant and with the birth of the baby a whole new relationship began. I am not supposed to mention the wedding and it doesn't matter to me because I have said what I wanted, apologized and forgiven. I can talk about it without crying or feeling negative or resentful. I came to accept my mother and my sister just as they are. I have said what I need to say, I apologized and I forgave and now I am clear to go day to day with them having no old baggage or pain. I was a little anxious about my x-husband because there were such bad feelings, deceit and abuse history. However, I was so healed from all of this that when I needed to interact with him for the sake of our daughter and granddaughter I did so in a way that I was able to set boundaries, remain calm and self possessed. As far as the career loss is concerned I have let it go. There was never anything I could have done to save it. Sometimes bad things happen to good people and that's what happened to me. Luckily I no longer have any attachment to any of the people or events that caused me so much pain. My dog I can now think of her with love affection and humor. I don't cry any more. I will always miss her. My most recent experience with the program was accepting the loss of my my grandfather. I had to get some of the more glaring losses dealt with before I could see that the loss of my grandfather was so subtle and fundamental to my entire life. The loss of my grandfather was what Mike called a "foundational loss." I haven't experienced any magic moments yet but I have felt a shift in my perception of life. I'm feeling more self confident and grounded. I am not so afraid. I think I was so stuck in the trauma of the events surrounding the loss that I have been looking at life from the perspective of a thirteen year old. I want to say that this program of " Grief Recovery" (with Mike Strick) has saved me, healed me and worked for me in so many ways. I will be eternally grateful!!!!
Support Groups10/17/2019Participant in cincinnati, ohio
This program has helped me to appreciate my current marriage and love for my current partner.
Support Groups10/16/2019Participant in Hagatna, GU
This program has given a new outlook on the person I was grieving and a better understanding on our situation. Because of this program, I am now able to appreciate this specific person on a whole new level.
Support Groups10/16/2019Participant in Chalan Pago, Gu
The program truly helped get to the real issue. It enable me to put aside all the clutter that was blocking me from going forward
Support Groups10/14/2019Participant in Belle Meade, NJ
I found the program to be very insightful.
Support Groups10/14/2019Participant in Montgomery, NJ
The program has helped me to identify and connect the events in my childhood that led me to feel tremendous grief when I faced career loss in my mid-50s. Being able to make these emotional associations was extremely enlightening and liberating ... liberation from the weight of the grief. I had been searching for an explanation as to why my career loss was so devastating... and I’m so grateful that this program taught me the answer.
Support Groups10/14/2019Participant in Belle Mead, NJ
Support Groups10/14/2019Participant in Belle Mead, NJ
I came to this group in the hopes of processing trauma after my sons' suicide. I came to learn that before I can truly process that trauma I needed to take a look back. I learned a lot about grief and loss in my life. A lot I didn't even know I had. I saw correlations I'd not recognized before. It was a wonderful experience with amazing people and the knowledge I have gained will carry me for a long time. Coincidentially, this class coincided with me starting EMDR therapy. What I learned in this course helped to prepare me for this therapy and I think I will get more out of the EMDR and other therapies going forward.
Support Groups10/10/2019Participant in Mesa, AZ
Support Groups10/10/2019Participant in MESA, AZ-Arizona
The program allowed me to complete a loss that has been uncompleted for many years. It helped me to release a lot of the pain I’ve been carrying around for years. The program also helped me to look at grief in a different way. I plan to use the tools I learned to complete other losses in my life.
Support Groups10/10/2019Participant in Mesa, AZ
Support Groups10/09/2019Participant in Almond, NY
Support Groups10/08/2019Participant in Red Bank, TN
So many of us are misinformed about grief and how to deal with it. This is the best way to heal from the things you know and don’t know are actual losses in your life.
Support Groups10/04/2019Participant in Studio City, ca
The program helped me understand myself tremendously and others
Support Groups10/04/2019Participant in Studio city, Ca
Support Groups10/04/2019Participant in Studio City, Ca
It has been 3 years since the suicide of my cousin. I have been able to work through my anger and forgive. I would never speak about it and now I am ok to speak of it without the anger and blame. I have a sense of peace and a lighter heart. This program has helped me unlearn bad habits that I was taught. I work daily on making sure to practice what I have recently learned. My biggest goal is to be a heart with ears!
Support Groups10/04/2019Participant in Studio City, Ca
I went in wanting to work on a current loss in a sibling relationship but as I worked through the program, it gave me clarity and revelation of another relationship that I have been grieving and never realized until now. This program has helped me understand my patterns and behavior choices that were detrimental to my own grieving process. It has helped me get to the root of the problems to find more freedom in my life. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND everyone to take this program because we all are grieving someone or something. Thank you for this program!
Support Groups10/04/2019Participant in Studio City, Ca
Support Groups10/04/2019Participant in Studio city, Ca
I was able to close the chapter of that life and deal with all my unresolved issues. I have let go of many harmful habits. The star system is not working. This was an outstanding class.
Support Groups10/04/2019Participant in Studio city, CA