Testimonials For David Brinker
Directions were given well, he shared examples from his life, and was knowledgeable of the materials
Support Groups02/26/2024Participant in N/A, PA
David was always listening, reflective, sensitive, and patient with each one of us. He was also transparent about his own struggles, which I appreciated. His feed back and insights were well received and welcome. I believe David is in the right role in helping all of us who have big hearts for furry friends. I will be continuing to reflect and process the systems and hope to find more peace of mind and completion of my work in the future. The group process is most helpful in that we get to pour out our hearts to others who can truly identify with our loss. GRS is one very good place to find the help we need. Thank you.
Pet Loss Support Groups01/08/2024Participant in n/a, n/a
Support Groups11/15/2023Participant in Shrewsbury, PA
Discussion and Power Point presentation was used accompanied by handouts which reflected the reading and written homework assignments in the book. This was all able to be taken home and used as reinforcement to aid the learning process of the method. Can be easily used again for future grieving problems.
Support Groups11/15/2023Participant in Stewartstown, PA
David is a very caring and gentle person. His approach is very non-threatening (unlike many men I've dealt with) and he makes a concerted effort to ensure that everyone feels welcome and safe.
Support Groups11/14/2023Participant in York, PA
David made it very clear that no matter how big or small, grief loss is still 100% real. It affects everyone individually different.
Support Groups11/14/2023Participant in York, Pennsylvania
David's enthusiasm for the program was very evident each week. I am thankful for his continual encouragement and patience as we navigated through the GRM journey.
Support Groups11/14/2023Participant in York, Pennsylvania
David demonstrates the value of the GRM in his own life. Excellent coaching experience.
Support Groups09/27/2023Participant in Stewartstown, Pa
It was so helpful for me to stop feeling like the victim of loss and to begin to take responsibility for what was still incomplete. I felt I was pretty good at the “Academy Award Recovery” by putting on that happy face. After being encouraged to dig deeply at the feeling level and to complete a letter to a significant other, I appreciated organizing my thoughts into the recovery components and then having them heard by a compassionate other. The teaching on forgiveness was especially powerful. I believe the process will be helpful for me as I consider other losses that produced a broken heart. I also appreciated learning about the myths and harmful cliches associated with grief so that I too may be a more helpful “heart with ears” confidante for others who are grieving.
One-on-One Online Support07/13/2023Participant in Enola, PA
The program has given me a method for addressing grief in the future of my life where I find I am stuck. The Grief Share approach for me has worked well in dealing with the death of my wife and led me to becoming a member of a Grief Share team. This 13 week approach works best for me because it is faith based and covers many of the areas needing to be address that leads a person from significant grief to joy. The groups consist of persons with like losses which helps in the process.
Support Groups03/24/2023Participant in Stewartstown, PA
I view this program as another 'tool' in my toolkit for recovering from losses, big and small, in my life, and I intend to use the skills I learned to complete other relationships where I have undelivered emotional statements.
Support Groups03/24/2023Participant in Stewartstown, PA
Helped me to understand and accept the emotions relating to my change of residence (private home to continuing care retirement community). Also good materials and counsel on other losses.
Support Groups07/13/2021
Although I came for training as a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, I found the personal work so important to my own healing of areas of long standing grief. There are so many relationships in my life that I wish could have been different, more or better. I know have the tools to not stay trapped in my disappointments or losses. Thanks for a proven powerful approach to getting clear and complete with my unexpressed feelings. My life is different and I am grateful.
12/09/2019Participant in King of Prussia, PA