Testimonials For Support Groups
I recently finished the program and it helped me understand my feelings and how to complete them. The process was an emotional roller coaster for me. However, I loved my facilitator. She was kind, caring and thoughtful. She made me feel like I had a safe space to deal with my feelings. She defiantly gets 5 stars.
Support Groups12/01/2022Participant in Boardman, Ohio
The program has been helpful in many ways. First to come to terms with the various losses a person can experience in his/her life. The cliches we get stuck in about those losses and especially the way we cope with them. Personally to discover and bring to light emotions and losses I havent shared before. The way the program was conducted - the setting , the participants it was very respectful, caring atmosphere conducive to share , open up relate to each others stories. Outstanding job by our coach - Tammy Fleming
Support Groups12/01/2022Participant in Sofia, Sofia
In depth look at my emotions, review of all the negative events and positive highlights in the relationship was quite intense for me. During the 6th week I felt overwhelmed by emotions but the closing letter put everything into the peaceful end. I see a difference in my emotional makup with my adopted daughter - the relationship I worked on.
Support Groups12/01/2022Participant in Prague (but on zoom), N/A
I realise now that grief recovery is a life skill, both in helping others and my own journey. Some grief is so deep it will always be hard, but much of the difficulty I have had with grief is simply that I did not know how to be around grieving people and how to process it within myself. I also did not realise how much grief had accumulated in me over the years and it was healing just to recognise this. It was helpful to not only complete a relationship in the course, but to learn the tools to complete other relationships as well as I am ready to do so.
Support Groups12/01/2022Participant in London, Essex
It helped me to understand how we function with loss/grief, to get personal and deep, how to complete things, it was great experience to have around a really safe and supportive group and an excellent fascilitator
Support Groups12/01/2022Participant in Zoom, Zoom
It helped me understand what grief or loss is, why I hadn't been successful in the past in dealing with grief/loss and what I can do differently in the future to recover from grief. It has given me the tools I need to address future losses and also to go back and complete recovery of loss in the past. Thank you!
Support Groups12/01/2022Participant in London, London
The timing and facilitator could have not been more perfect. I felt lot of love and support from our group. I definitely continue doing this heart work and continue learnig how to help other grievers.
Support Groups12/01/2022Participant in Saue, Harjumaa, Eesti, Vali maakond
The program was extremely educational concerning grief and the myths and it was interesting to learn since there is a lack of discussion about the topic. In terms of the actual grief recovery, again, the program was extremely helpful and I was able to understand my grief and I could 100% state that the program helped me recover from it. The only gripes I had about the program were the people in the small group I was assigned. I felt awkward around them and I didn’t feel that they supported me nor listened to me while we were discussing such strong and heavy topics.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Placentia, California
The program has helped me deal with my emotions, with knowing that it is okay for me to feel how I’m feeling. My prospective on certain things has changed for the better. I feel that the program help me so much on dealing with my grief and I’m so grateful that I got to have this experience.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Placentia, California
It helped me review issues with different tools.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, Oregon
The program was Outstanding I wouldn’t have asked for a better group and Johanna Parra was amazing at showing us so many different methods on how we can grow as individuals and not be overcome by the obstacles we have had to face in our life. This was an amazing experience and I would recommend this for anyone and everyone who needs the help of an amazing organization such as the program I was so honored to be in.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Placentia, CA
I truly felt lighter as I sorted my grief, honestly considered its impact, and shared my apologies, forgives, and significant emotional statements. This process brought clarity and intentionality in examining my thoughts and feelings. It’s been another piece in the puzzle in evaluating the impact of trauma, PTSD, abuse, loss, anxiety, and depression.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Saskatoon, SK
This program really helped me with my grief process. The atmosphere is very good and I felt like I could speak my mind and not be judged. I was heard and I listened. I very much enjoyed this program.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Placentia, California
The Program worked relatively well in my opinion helped me cope and understand myself a lot more better along with coping my personal losses,It helped me a lot getting through specific things and making me work on myself or work on the things that can help my mental health the group was very good and I recommend it to anyone who have their own struggles regarding from relationship losses to even little things as moving or losing a pet or friend this group would help you a lot in my and others opinion I highly recommend taking it
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Placentia, United State
Great information with skills building to help come to closure with grief from death and various losses.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, OR
Provided a format that was helpful, ie, loss graph and relationship graph. Pairing with a partner who maintained a safe space and did not interrupt my process was helpful. Writing the letter with statements that Marie provided for guidance was very helpful. The book was inadequate in providing this. Also, I think it’s inappropriate to be advised by the authors that to hand over a Kleenex when the partner needs one or being told in the book that wiping away your tears when listening to your partner signals that crying is not ok. That’s silly. I will be recommending this course with Marie as facilitator.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, Or
Grief Recovery Method gives you the right information, tools and emotional support to truly recover from grief. You could say my life was packed with losses. I had little hope that I could ever be a happy person again. However, after completing the loss of the relationship with my mom, I do actually feel recovered. I am confident I can use the tools I learned to recover from other significant losses I’ve experienced.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Saskatoon, SK
As stated above, I gained an awareness of most of my losses, and will use the GRM to eventually work on each of them. However, it was too soon to focus that intensely on the recent death just two months before the group started. Furthermore, only one other member had had a recent loss.
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, OR
Support Groups11/30/2022Participant in Portland, Oregon
The facilitators insight to grief totally awesome
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in Las Vegas, NV
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
By teaching me the different kinds of losses and allowing me to grieve and complete relationships I haven't had a chance to.
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
The graphs help me remember the good memories, not just the bad. It also helped me remember things that were stuffed or long forgotten. The letter at the end made me want to complete one for each relationship I have grieved for.
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in N/A, N/A
Support Groups11/29/2022Participant in Lethbridge, AB