Testimonials For Support Groups
The reading was meaningful and I made numerous notes in the margins and underlined specifics to review. Homework was hard during the last half but by taking intentional action to complete it created discoveries, better understanding of behaviors, and completion. The group experience developed bonds of validation and empathetic support. It works; I have not cried in six days which is the longest time without tears since my husband died on 10/06/2021.
Support Groups07/06/2023Participant in Gardnerville, NV
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Edmonton, AB
My husband, died suddenly of heart attack, Nov 30. 2020 four months before he was to retire. I attended two prior Bereavement programs, one 11 week with Pilgrims (Edmonton) , Jan 2021 with my daughter living in Thailand, me in Edmonton. Due to covid she was unable to come home. During this shocked phase of grief this program was a Godsend. The second was 8 week (Pilgrims) with widow/widowers only, May 2021. Trying to even recognize myself has been a slow, halting, bit by bit experience. and I am fully a year past that program. My sister was killed in a car crash March 2023 ... triggering a new even heavier more varied layers of pain, paralysis, sadness and sense of being very lost in this realm. She and I one another's "touchstones" Then I saw The Grief Recovery Method in Central Lions program schedule. I was thinking that my state needs improvement but is precipitated by losses in the recent couple years. The Grief History Graph is such an eye opener. ..and a hopeful one! Resolution and Completeness regarding events from about my age 10-25 that separated me from my early support network, ..what an amazing revelation In August I will see my five siblings, all grieving for our sister .. The GRM has given me insight into how to keep things more comfortable during these family visits. It is like I can begin to see with clarity in certain respects for the first time since I was 10 years old. What a gift to enter the final decade or so ...even if just 5 years, less crippled and in relative daylight. Gratefully yours, Andrea
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Edmonton, Alberta
The facilitator was well aware of our small group of people, and was able to direct us as needed.
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Silverton, Oregon
Я дуже їм вдячна, вони допомогли мені, і, взагалі, вони - супер! Професіоналізм, повага, ввічливість, емпатія, чутливість - і це тільки деякі з рис, які їм притаманні. Я змінилась. відпустив біль, стало легше жити, а головне я отримала інструмент для роботи над собою, який змінить моє життя на краще.
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Kyiv,
Дуже вдячна ведучим, що вони заохочували та підтримували рухатися далі, коли виникали сумніви. Я зрозуміла для себе,наскільки важливий аналіз почуттів і відносин та самоаналіз.
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Kyiv,
Я дуже їм вдячна, вони допомогли мені, і, взагалі, вони - супер! Професіоналізм, повага, ввічливість, емпатія, чутливість - і це тільки деякі з рис, які їм притаманні. Я змінилась. відпустив біль, стало легше жити, а головне я отримала інструмент для роботи над собою, який змінить моє життя на краще.
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Kyiv,
Дуже вдячна ведучим, що вони заохочували та підтримували рухатися далі, коли виникали сумніви. Я зрозуміла для себе,наскільки важливий аналіз почуттів і відносин та самоаналіз.
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Kyiv,
The GRM was excellent. It helped to identify some causes of grief & to develop some personal coping skills to come to term with my emotional pain of loss of my beloved. I feel a bit stronger to attempt to move on with my life & perhaps Try something new. Maybe I have gained a bit of maturity of understanding myself & my small bit of healing. I know I should also be patient with myself & reach out to those who care, although that is difficult for me, & perhaps can work on that.
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Edmonton, Alberta
I have quit focusing on the grief I have experienced with my birth mother and feel that I can now move on without her. There are other aspects of my life which I think will benefit from working through the process and I know I have already bought an extra book to give a friend plus one of the resources for children as my brother has brought a family over from Ukraine and the young boy appears to be having some difficulty knowing that his father and grandfather who remain in Ukraine are facing so much danger. My grandson's maternal grandmother is a residential school survivor and I am hoping this program may help her as she continues to deal with difficult emotions as a result of what happened to her - one of her other daughters is a social worker and I am hoping that she will be interested in getting the program run for some of her clients.
Support Groups07/05/2023Participant in Edmonton, AB
Helped me to finally say goodbye to the grief I have been carrying. Allows me to remember the good and to love the person
Support Groups07/03/2023Participant in Goose Bay, NL
Support Groups07/02/2023Participant in Glastonbury, Somerset
very methodical and also sensitively based
Support Groups06/30/2023Participant in Peterborough, ON
Support Groups06/30/2023Participant in Peterborough, ON
Relationship graph and letter helpful.
Support Groups06/30/2023Participant in Peterborough, Ontario
Before the program, I suffered 17 months of not being able to move forward from deep anger, hurt & resentment as well as grief following the death of my husband of 55 years. I now have truly let go of those negative feelings & have even been able to forgive & to so say good-bye with love ..... a huge step. I know that there will always be periods of grief & remembrance but I think the tools I now have will help me to focus on the happy memories.
Support Groups06/30/2023Participant in Peterborough, ON, ON
This program gave me some good tools. The book was great to have so that I could go back and re read sections. It helped validate a lot of the emotions and feelings I have been and still do experience. It has given me tools to try to help my family as well.
Support Groups06/30/2023Participant in Peterborough, ON
I am able to feel my feelings, and also express them better, knowing that I can recognize where they come from and why. I feel more comfortable listening to others who are sharing their own feelings, and I know how to be present without saying anything. I look at my life with my departed family member and am able to focus on all the beautiful parts of it, having forgiven, and apologized for instances I used to dwell negatively on. I have already begun to look at other relationships in my life with the same "format" and I am hopeful I will have success with those losses when I do the program again and again. Thank you
Support Groups06/30/2023Participant in Cavan, Ontario
It was so powerful and I can’t stress enough how much I wished I had done it sooner.
Support Groups06/29/2023Participant in Stow, OHIO
Maureen was compassionate and was able to set boundaries for group members who were not allowing the flow of grief to come out. She was there when we needed her and often gave us encouragement through messaging throughout the week. Some of the homework assignments were emotionally draining but she assured us that we would be better for it in the end. She was right!
Support Groups06/28/2023Participant in Danvers, MA
Support Groups06/28/2023Participant in Danvers, Ma
The facilitator was exceptional in teaching and guiding the class throughout the course. She was very confident in the grief work successful results it would bring. She was an authentic example for the class and helped us to continue to make progress each week. She explained the process in great detail and also gave examples to help in the understanding of it. She had incredible wisdom to share. She was encouraging made herself available every step of the way. She was passionately invested in teaching the Grief Recovery Method. She had personally found great success in the Grief Recovery Method and sincerely wanted us all in the class to experience Grief Recovery.
Support Groups06/28/2023Participant in Danvers, Ma
it's early days, as I have only recently completed the program. So I anticipate much more closure/completion as I get farther away from the process, and as I work on other losses. I expect I will get more skilled at identifying and processing the completion of losses as I work through them. My experience was good; I just can't call it Excellent because of my own emotions.
Support Groups06/28/2023Participant in Mandeville, LA
Support Groups06/27/2023Participant in Over Zoom, Colorado