GRIEF CERTIFIED COACH
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
- Diploma: OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation – Interfaith Minister & Spiritual Counsellor
- Diploma: Tune-In-Institute for Time Therapy and its use in Individual and Group Therapy
- Diploma: Institute of Management – Principles and Practices of Supervision
- Diploma: National College for Teaching & Leadership (NNEB); Early Years Childcare & Education Teacher
Further Training and Experience :
Certified Grief Educator
Certified Grief Educators program designed by world-renowned grief expert, David Kessler
Counselling
- Compassionate Inquiry- by Gabor Mate: CI Circle
- Healing The Mother Wound, course by Bethany Webster
- Addiction, Eating Disorders Recovery training – 12 Step Programmes
- The Bridge Retreat: Worthy – Recognising a Woman’s Worth training
- Path of Love: Intensive retreat programme
- Awakening of Love: group facilitator training
- Deepening of Love: self-worth & self-love training
- Working with People: Authentic Leadership parts 1 & 2 training
- NSPCC/ChildLine: Anger Management; Phobias & Anxiety, Disability, Bullying, Muslim Youth, Suicide Intervention
- NSPC/ChildLine: Advance Counselling Skills
- Louise Hay: Living Well: You Can Heal Your Life – Leadership training (Working directly with Louise Hay)
- Religious Science International (Jamaica): First Year Religious Science Practioner Unit One
- Middlesex Polytechnic: Psychology of the Growing Child & Adolescent
Coaching
SPEAKup:
- Accredited Practitioner of Coaching
- Accredited Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Accredited Practitioner of Timelines
- Certified Public Speaker
Mindfulness
- The Mindfulness Network /Bangor University: Teacher Training, Level 1
- Sounds True: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Ethics & Membership:
APC – Association for Professional Couching – Accredited Member; ROSIM – Register of One Spirit Interfaith Ministry ; BAATN -The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network; MNPC: Mindfulness Network for People of Colour; OneSpirit Learning Alliance: New York , USA. Grief .Com– Certified Grief Educator
Services Offered
Hi, I’m Rita, a professional spiritual coach, counsellor, grief educator, mindfulness guide and creator of sacred ceremonies. I have been working in the field of personal and spiritual development for over 35 years
I support and guide people across the bridge from Fear and Grief to Love 💜 In each moment we have really only two choices – the path of fear or the path of love. Simple but not always easy to make that choice especially when we are grieving .
My approach is humanistic and person centred. I offer a non-judgemental, compassionate, safe and confidential space. I endeavour to have a deep respect and understanding of your personal values, beliefs and culture. I am warm and creative . I listen deeply and bring afresh perspective to support positive growth and development in people’s lives supporting them through their grief, bereavement and loss. As David Kessler says ; ‘We need to grieve fully in order to live and love fully’.
Spiritual quite simply means, waking up. Waking up to a loving benevolent power greater than ourselves, that sustains and guides us. As a spiritual counsellor and coach I offer a space in which I guide and accompany you on your journey of self-love and self-care through this rocky terrain of grief and loss. I support you to cross the bridge from fear to love.
My ethnicity is Indian. I grew up in the UK. I have travelled extensively and lived in India and I have lived in the Caribbean for many years. I also had the privilege working with Mother Theresa and the Sisters of Light in Kolkata.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Certified Grief Educator
MSW (cand.)
Services Offered
*Virtual Caregiver and Grief Support
*1:1 support
*Group support
*Email support
Grief Educator, Bereaved Sibling and Daughter, Health and Wellness Coach
Work Greenwich CT 06870 United Stateswork
Work Phone: 203-803-9380work
Work Email: grieftlc@gmail.comINTERNET
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Candidate for a Masters of Science in Health Behavior and Education
Bachelor of Arts (Vassar College)
Health and Wellness Coach (Emory University)
Grief Educator Certification (David Kessler Training)
Trauma Aware Facilitator (The Whole Health Project)
Breath Work Coach and Meditation Teacher in-training (The Whole Health Project)
Meditation Practitioner (Maharishi Foundation USA)
Services Offered
Offering virtual individual and group support; in-person group speaking and leading workshops.
Extensive background in grief experience related to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, trauma, infertility, and brain injury issues.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
B.S. – Elementary Education
M.Ed. – Education Leadership
Certificate – Positive Leadership
Certificate – Leadership Coaching for Organizational Well-Being
ICF-Certified Leadership/Executive Coach – ACC
Certified Grief Educator trained by David Kessler
Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator trained by Dr. Brené Brown
Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Certified Practitioner of the EQ-i 2.0 + EQ 360 emotional intelligence assessment tools
Completed PQ Coaching Grant Program – Positive Intelligence
Completed Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Services Offered
Nicole McDermott is a leader, educator, coach, facilitator, and consultant with 20+ years of experience. Nicole’s approach is grounded in mutual trust, integrity, the importance of continuous growth and improvement, and the idea that we can hold two – or more! – truths at once. Together with her clients, she co-creates brave spaces to encourage professional and personal growth through coaching, listening, grief support, consulting, facilitating, and training on a variety of topics. 1-on-1, group, in-person, and virtual options available.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Bachelor of Science: Psychology
Associates Degree: Paralegal Certification
Grief Educator Certification by David Kessler
Services Offered
Life Coach
Employee Assistance Coordinator (EAP)
Grief Educator
Grief Trauma & Resilience Life Coach, Grief Educator, Somatic Embodiment Practitioner
Work Kirkland WA 98033 United Stateswork
Work Phone: (206) 696-6142work
Work Email: amy@mckamey.comINTERNET
Website: amymckamey.com/grief
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Services Offered
You don’t need to be alone on your grief journey. I will listen to your heartache, your stories and your challenges. I will meet you where you are, and not try to fix you. Instead I am here to support, guide and encourage you.
After my son died unexpectedly almost 10 years ago, I spent several years heart broken, overwhelmed and disoriented by daily life. I struggled to navigate all of the new challenges that come after losing a loved one. Things began to change for me when I got the right support, guidance and tools.
Because of how difficult and confusing my own personal experience was with navigating grief and finding support, I have made it my life’s work to help encourage, support and guide others who’ve experienced loss.
You don’t need to be alone on your grief journey! You do not have to figure this out on your own. Contact me to book a free 30 minute Discovery Call to find out how I can help.
Grief Educator / Grief Yoga / Somatic Experiencing
Work Alexandria VA 22312 United StatesworkWork Toronto ON M4T1N6 Canadawork
Work Phone: 571-337-5797work
Work Phone: 647-707-1477work
Work Email: katia.miniovich@gmail.comINTERNET
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Grief Educator
Grief Yoga Practitioner
IFS Practitioner
Grief Movement
Grief and Trauma Coach
Services Offered
Grief Educator
Grief Movement and Yoga Practitioner
IFS and Somatic Experiencing
Trauma Informed Coach
Work 25210 Farmbrook Rd 29755 Red Leaf Dr Southfield MI 48034 United Stateswork
Cell Phone: 3139033742cell
Work Email: elomax524@gmail.comINTERNET
Services Offered
Online and in person coaching
Motivational Speaking
Group Coaching
Corporate Training
Professional Certifications and Licenses
2022 Grief Coaching Certification
2022 Yoga Instructor (not to teach classes but for my own deepened embodiment)
2021 Plants as Medicine (year long certification on the intersection between Ayurveda, western herbology, allopathic medicine, Tibetan medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine)
2021 Women’s Pelvic Health Coach
2019 Vita Certified Men’s Relationship Coach
2018 Vita Certified Intimacy & Relationship Coach
Services Offered
I offer the following services: grief coaching, relationship and intimacy coaching, trauma resolution, embodiment coaching and post-traumatic growth. I work with clients 1-on-1 all over the world, including my local area. I hold all sessions online so clients can participate in sessions from the safety, privacy and familiarity of home.
Although other coaches or therapists might have certifications in grief, I have personal experience. In 2020, I lost my husband of over thirty years and my beloved youngest son, half of my little four-person family, just six short months apart. The loss of my husband was one thing; the loss of my child was devastating on every single level of my being. I have walked all the way through this loss to the other side and know the terrain of grief like the back of my hand. I know the pitfalls of grief; I know how easy and natural it is to get stuck or lost. Additionally, I have lived through many other losses, eleven in all: including death of a parent by suicide, an uncle by suicide, sudden death, death caused by refusal of medical treatment and others. I am the author of 49 Tributes to My Beloved Son: A Mothers Journey Through Loss to Love & Communion.
As a coach, I offer my compassion, presence and capacity to feel the more challenging feelings of grief to help clients move through loss while connecting with their hearts, deepening embodiment, restoring emotional resilience and fluidity and a sense of vibrancy and aliveness.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
NY State Licensed Registered Nurse
National Board Certification-Health and Wellness Coach
Author
Certified Grief Educator
Interactive Guided Imagery Certification
Soul Collage Facilitator
Services Offered
“We shall be saved in an ocean of tears.” Unknown
Grief is one of life’s most challenging experiences, yet one of its most profound. Grief breaks us wide open, not to be fixed, but to unexpectedly heal and transform us in body, mind, and spirit.
As a griever, coach, nurse, and educator, I offer a variety of healing services to support your journey through:
*One-on-One Sessions (virtual and in-person)
*Group Sessions
*Education
*Speaking Engagements
*Creative expression
*Classroom Visits

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