DRAGONFLY HEART

This is the program developed by the Grief Recovery Institute in Sherman Oaks, California, for those experiencing a death, divorce, loss of employment, income, their home or even addiction recovery. The program is suitable and appropriate for all belief systems. We offer it to those whose hearts are hurting, whether you believe in a hereafter or that this life is all there is.  Even people who believe in after-death communication - including mediums and psychics - go through the grieving process.  No human escapes it. Basically, the Grief Recovery program is a great place to start your healing no matter what you believe.

 

It differs from grief counseling or therapy in that it is educational rather than clinical.  The group programs are not "support" groups, nor are they "self-help" groups. They are facilitated groups which use The Grief Recovery Handbook as the basic text, along with a format written by the founders of the Grief Recovery Institute.  Individual sessions follow a similar format. The children's program also includes material from the book When Children Grieve.  The groups are facilitated only by certified Grief Recovery Specialists. The programs are designed specifically to assist all who wish to help those with broken hearts retake a productive place in the mainstream of their lives.

 

The uniqueness of the program lies in the essential idea that grief is the normal and natural emotional reaction to loss. Even though that is an accurate statement, the majority of guidance for grieving people tends to move them toward their intellects to deal with their broken hearts. Thus the comment - "Grievers don't wind up at our door with broken heads, they arrive with broken hearts."

 

While our ideas are neither new nor revolutionary, they are almost exclusively focused on helping people deal with what remains emotionally incomplete at the time of a death, a divorce, or other losses, or as reminders of a loss occur over time. We have known people to wait decades for "time to heal" them, their lives limited and restricted, only because no one has been able to help them with recovery actions. It is our job to address the presenting issues of grief and recovery, not the intellectual ideas that distract them from the task at hand.

 

The 12-week group program for adults is $250/person which includes The Grief Recovery Handbook  at no extra charge. (This is the only time we do not use our own journals.) The 12-week group program for children is $175/person with a sibling discount* and includes a copy of When Children Grieve for parents.  For more information, we invite you to visit our official Grief Recovery page.
 
* Siblings are placed in separate groups for maximum effectiveness.

 

 

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