Testimonials For Support Groups
The program has given me tools to manage and become more aware of how I process grief.
Support Groups12/08/2018Participant in Chicago , Illinois
Support Groups12/04/2018Participant in Newport, Rhode Island
I don't really know HOW it did it, but somehow, when I'd done all the steps, the GOOD & LOVE of the (lost) relationship - which had been submerged under the pain & shock of ending - was able to flow again.
Support Groups12/04/2018Participant in Newport, RI
Support Groups12/04/2018Participant in Newport, Rhode Island
Support Groups12/04/2018Participant in Newport, Rhode Island
Learned new tool to keep as resource.
Support Groups12/03/2018Participant in Frankfort , KY
Support Groups12/03/2018Participant in Schwenksville , PA
The program left me with a greater clarity on dealing with other losses/griefs I have experienced. I finished the program having a new-found peace in all aspects of my life. I feel like I'm a different, more wholesome person with a whole new outlook of life thanks to this program!
Support Groups12/03/2018Participant in frankfort, ky
I made a serious commitment to completing the course materials. The program walked me step by step into an understanding of the difficulties of family and death of a loved one. The conclusion of the course asked that I close the book on difficulties of the relationship in focus. I did that, and since then I have not been tempted to allow nagging guilt back into my frame of thought. It’’s only been a couple week since the course concluded. So, I hope my new found peace of mind lasts.
Support Groups12/03/2018Participant in Cleveland, Oh
In a word, I feel safe in my own skin in a way I had not before engaging with the GRP. GRP is now an acquired life tool and I use it. Everyone has a story of things that are incomplete, and they are the only ones who can tell how that feels. I am that way. For years and years, it had not been safe to express how I felt ... so I didn't ... not the whole story of my feelings. It's clear now that listening is quite fundamentally important both for me as the listener and for the one being listened to. This is fundamental on how the GRP works for me. As I see it now, LISTENING without judgement or analysis is the "paying it forward" in my life, to receive the benefits of being able to express my own self when it is my turn or need to speak my feelings out loud and clearly. I become what I give. The GRP via Mike Strick gave me an opening to unlock a life of incomplete feelings, eventually dig them all out, see things differently and clearly, and have a method/tool to continue that work for myself if I choose. I am a better partner now that I have engaged with the GRP. I will say this also about the GRP. If a person is motivated and willing to do the personal deep homework, it is a powerful and effective tool. No one does the work for you. The others as listeners really help ... they taught me to trust people, even ones I had barely met. Thanks to you all for this program.
Support Groups12/03/2018Participant in Cincinnati, Ohio
Very helpful. Thank you.
Support Groups12/02/2018Participant in Reno, NV
Good program. Need to apply daily
Support Groups12/02/2018Participant in Reno, NV
This program has been such a Blessing in my life. It came at a time in my life when I really needed it and didn't realize it at first. Patrise saw the need and ask me to join the group. I am so thankful that she saw this need in me and wanted to help. I learned so much in this group about how loss and grief were really affecting my life in ways that I didn't realize until I joined this group. Patrise had a way of bringing out in each of us in the group what we needed to hear and how to apply what we needed to move forward. My family and friends could tell a difference in me (not all knew that I was taking this class) that I had changed for the better. I am so thankful for the opportunity to have taken this program and to have enriched my life by doing so. Thank you for making this possible!
Support Groups12/02/2018Participant in Blytheville, AR
The program has helped me process and finalize not only past hurts but has also opened my eyes as to how to respond compassionately and intentionally to others that may be struggling with grief/loss experiences.
Support Groups12/02/2018Participant in Reno, NV
I did not realize how much I held on too and the stress carried with it. The method helped me to recognize my emotions and how to talk through them. And most of all how to help myself. it's ok to feel and have closure to the pain. When I said good bye, it was good..
Support Groups12/02/2018Participant in Blytheville , Arkansas
It helped me in terms of managing my grief - making me realize a lot of things and also the techniques and skills that will help me manage my emotions. It also made me realize that this will be a constant learning process.
Support Groups12/02/2018Participant in Reno, Nevada
It was good to talk about and to experience better ways of handing grief.
Support Groups12/02/2018Participant in Reno, NV
Support Groups12/01/2018Participant in Grand Falls-WIndsor, NL
Really helped me to let go of some pain that I’ve been carrying around for years.
Support Groups11/30/2018Participant in Findlay , Ohio
I first went through the program 3 years ago, and although very difficult emotionally, words can not even express how helpful it has been in relieving emotional pain. Since the first experience, I have completed the program with two other losses. Every time.. the process is just so hard. BUT, the benefit far outweighs the pain of the process. I personally have a lot of severe trauma in my childhood and this program is helping me heal from the pain associated with less than loved ones. This program combined with my individual therapy in EMDR is changing my life. For the first time, I have hope that I am going to be okay.
Support Groups11/30/2018Participant in Findlay, Ohio
Support Groups11/30/2018Participant in Findlay, OH
Support Groups11/30/2018Participant in Findlay, Ohio
The program has helped me to learn and adopt a proven process to moving past the grief I feel about various events and losses in my life. I believe I understand the way it works now and will go back to it periodically, whenever I feel I might benefit from going through the process again. I am glad that I have something to share with others who are grieving, too.
Support Groups11/30/2018Participant in Plano, TX
I have known that in many areas of my loss I have tucked my feelings inside and only allowed myself to grieve at certain times of the year. My husband and I attended therapy together after our daughter died and I feel this is what kept our marriage together and my getting out of bed each and every day. However, it has been easy to go on keeping the feelings I felt myself separate and tucked away. I have been afraid for many years that at some point my grief and unresolved areas would rear up and I would be in trouble. I come from a family with strong addiction spanning across multiple generations. Obtaining the tools in this process has given me a chance to work on myself and these feelings I have tucked away. Out of fear I have not looked at many of these feelings until now. Having suffered the loss of my father and another child after the child I chose to work on I knew I was stacking unhealthy coping skills up to only show up again in my life. I now feel I can be more successful with working through grief and losses when I am faced with them again. I have spoken to many friends and family members about my experience with taking the Grief Recovery course and each time I feel so empowered to keep working on myself and using tools I gained in this process.
Support Groups11/30/2018Participant in Findlay, Ohio