GRIEF CERTIFIED COUNSELOR
How to Find the Right Grief Certified Support
We suggest you start with a phone call. Let them know you found them through grief.com.
Ask them about their style.
Tell them briefly about you.
They may or you may ask to start with an initial meeting. In person is the best way to assess if you are a match.
Make sure you discuss fees, before you begin, so there is clarity.
LCSW, EMDR, Certified Grief Educator Psychotherapist
Work 1111 Lincoln Rd Suite 511 Miami Beach FL 33139 United Stateswork
Work Phone: 305-570-0248work
Work Email: azaditherapyllc@gmail.comINTERNET
Website: MyAzadi.com
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Services Offered
The pain is excruciating. Your friends and loved ones love you, but they want the old you back. You feel alone and broken. And you just don’t have the energy to wear a mask. You find yourself isolating more and more. You only want to be with people who are going through the same thing. But grief needs to be witnessed. Here you will find a safe space to feel and heal. Together, we will honor the loss in your life and find a way forward in this new reality.
Liza Samuel (she/her/hers) is a Florida Board of Health Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in guiding people to find freedom from generational, childhood, historical, vicarious, and complex trauma. She is a highly successful EMDR Certified and TIR trained facilitator and a Certified Grief Educator committed to providing the highest level of grief support through education, experience, and insights into grief’s often unacknowledged rocky terrain. Liza trained directly with world-renowned grief expert David Kessler.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Masters in Social Work, MSW
Licensed Social Worker (IL)
Services Offered
Individual and Group Therapy for loss and grief
Professional Certifications and Licenses
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Minnesota Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
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Advanced Certification in Narrative Therapy (in addition to an initial certification in Narrative Therapy)
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Certified Grief Educator trained under the World’s Leading grief expert, David Kessler
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Certified as a Grief Informed Professional
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Certified Oncology Social Worker (OSW-C)
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Licensed MN School Social Worker
Services Offered
Alisa is a licensed mental health professional at Centering Therapy MN. Alisa is committed to providing a safe, non-judgmental space for people. Alisa believes people can benefit from spaces of reflection and support.
Health Care Journeys
An unexpected healthcare experience is difficult for the person directly impacted as well as the caregivers, family and friends. Centering Therapy MN provides supportive counseling as individuals go through unanticipated or overwhelming health care experiences.
Grief Experiences
Grief can be experienced from various forms of loss. Centering Therapy MN holds space and supports people through various forms of grief including changes in hopes for oneself, unexpected health experiences, end of life, and death of a loved one. Centering Therapy MN believes that people need to feel their emotions and provides a space for individuals to feel fully in a supportive environment.
Anxiety or depressed mood
Life can be unexpected. Feelings of anxiety or feelings of sadness can stand in the way of living fully. Centering Therapy MN will help individuals to reflect and position themself differently in response to these concerns.
Mental wellness
Centering Therapy MN believes that all people can benefit from places of reflection and growth. It helps to have an intentional space to think about how to show up in life. Using a strengths-based approach, Centering Therapy MN truly believes people are not the problem; problems are the problems. Centering Therapy MN will help support goals for living well.
Health Care Provider Support
Centering Therapy MN values the medical community and offers a safe space for providers to get emotional care.
Psychotherapist + Grief Educator
Work MA United Stateswork
Cell Phone: 781-621-8040cell
Work Email: barbaradh.lmhc@gmail.comINTERNET
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Mental Health Counselor located in Wakefield, MA
Grief Educator Certificate
Tender Hearts Community Conversations Moderator
Services Offered
Grief Therapy for individuals, couples and families. Online sessions available via Zoom or FaceTime. In person sessions available to folks in the North shore of Massachusetts.
Fee for service $140.00*
*Potential for reimbursement depending on Insurance provider.
Therapist, Grief Educator, Certified SYMBAS Facilitator
Work 222 HERITAGE PARK DR Ste 101 222 HERITAGE PARK DR Murfreesboro TN 37129-1550 United Stateswork
Work Phone: (856) 690-8878work
Work Email: darladeleon9@gmail.comINTERNET
Website: It’s My Grief
Professional Certifications and Licenses
I have a Master’s in addiction and recovery, Certified Grief Educator, Certified SYMBAS Facilitator, Marriage and Family Therapy, Certified Peer Support Specialist, National Certified Interventionist, and a person with 18 years of recovery from addiction.
Services Offered
My passion is to help other people elevate with both in-person and online therapy services. I facilitate a grief group as well as a recovery group in the region where I live.
I also help families and individuals navigate finding a suitable program for addiction treatment services, transitional services from incarceration, and sober living for those who need it. I provide resources for food, clothing, shelter, and other essential needs for those who find themselves without.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
License and Certifications:
MD License LC8130
NCC Certificate Number 630591
Certified Grief Educator
Member:
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Bereavement Network of Maryland
Services Offered
Grief Counseling for Adults, Adolescents and Families
Community Grief Education and Crisis Support
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Work Santa Ros CA United Stateswork
Work Email: emilyhamp14@gmail.comINTERNET
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #113433 California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler’s grief educator program
Services Offered
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing the following:
- Grief counseling
- Certified Grief Educator through completing a certificate program designed by world-renowned grief expert David Kessler
- Committed to providing the highest level of grief support through education, experience, and insights into the often unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief
- General psychotherapy
- Compassionate, strength-based approach
- Mindfulness
- Cognitive behavioral therapies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Positively focused brain-based therapies
Background:
- Became a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in 2015 after retiring from a 28-year career as an educator, K through university, in the California public schools and CSU system, inspired by the needs of former students with mental health issues.
- Became a certified grief educator after being part of David Kessler’s Tender Hearts group following the loss by suicide of my younger daughter in 2021.
- Experienced serving clients and families with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction.
- In addition to having a private practice I work two days a week providing psychiatric evaluations and therapeutic support for patients in crisis in a Hospital Emergency Room.
Education
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy
University of San Francisco, December, 2009
Master of Arts in Education, Reading and Literacy
Sonoma State University, June, 2001
California Teaching Credential, Multiple Subject
Dominican University, January, 1988
Bachelor of Arts, Art History, Cum Laude
New York University, June, 1974
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Certified Grief Educator by Grief.com and David Kessler
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Texas
Services Offered
Grief and loss
Anxiety
Depression
Notary/Directive Services
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (PA)
Certified Grief Educator (2021)
Services Offered
I offer virtual appointments via a HIPPA compliant telehealth platform.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#133552)
Work 446 S. Marengo Ave. Unit B Pasadena CA 91101 United Stateswork
Work Phone: 626-209-9480work
Work Email: john@johnsloan.comINTERNET
Website: John Sloan Therapy
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#133552)
Education:
Antioch University, MA in Clinical Psychology
Certified Grief Education with David Kessler
Grief Specialist Training, Our House Grief Support Center, Los Angeles
Trauma Resiliency Model, Levels 1 and 2
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Insight LA
PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy)–Level 2 Certified
Services Offered
My approach to grief therapy honors the unique experience of each person and acknowledges there is no timeline for grief. We will begin wherever you are. You deserve a space dedicated to you where you can grieve fully. Grief is a natural response to death and demands care, time, and attention.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#133552) and Certified Grief Educator offering individual therapy and couples therapy in Pasadena, California and online. Other specialties include trauma resilience, psychodynamic therapy, somatic psychology, couples therapy, and mindfulness-based therapy.
What is a Certified Grief Educator?
A Certified Grief Educator is committed to providing the highest level of grief support through education, experience, and insights into the often unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief.
Certified Grief Educators completed a certificate program designed by world-renowned grief expert, David Kessler. They bring his unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help people navigate the challenges of grief.

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