GRIEF CERTIFIED PEER-TO-PEER
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.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Certified Grief Educator
Certified Dementia Practitioner
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
Certified Grief/Loss/PTSD/trauma counselor
Services Offered
Individual and Couple Therapy for age 15 & above
Maryland, Washington, DC., Virginia
Telehealth and In-person
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
Grief Educator Certificate ID#: 7409349f-9421-4d5a-8506-c049b958
Services Offered
Online and In person:
Group facilitation
One to one sessions
Workshops and retreats
RYT 200 hour Yoga instructor
Advanced Yoga Nidra meditation facilitator
Advanced Grief Movement Guide, trained by Paul Denniston
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Professional Certificate in Aging & Mental Health, U.C. Berkeley Extension
David Kessler Grief Educator Training
Services Offered
Peer to Peer support for parents who have lost a child to substance use disorder.
Virtual sessions both 1:1 and in small groups.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Certified Grief Educator, by David Kessler, grief.com
Services Offered
Individual sessions in grief education
Small group sessions
Hospice services in grief education
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Minster with Universal Life Church
Grief Educator certified by David Kessler Training
A Bachelor Degree in Sociology from University of Maryland Baltimore County
Services Offered
I provide support for patients and their families in a hospital. I also offer support to those who have experienced grief from the loss of a child, to those with an incurable disease, to caregivers and also to Law Enforcement families. I offer virtual opportunities for support and at times will offer in-person group sessions. I will also assist with a grief support program at the local hospital where I volunteer.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Master of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, 2008
BKin in Athletic Therapy, University of Calgary, 2002
Services Offered
Laura Werner (they/them)
Registered Physiotherapist
I acknowledge with respect the Coast and Straits Salish Peoples on whose traditional territory we gather. Specifically, I recognize and thank the Xwsepsum (Esquimalt), Lekwungen (Songhees), Sc’ianew (Beecher Bay), and the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples for their stewardship, care, and leadership on these lands.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Certified Grief Educator, APLB Pet Loss Grief Specialist
Services Offered
Pet Loss Support Groups, Peer-to-peer Individual Pet Loss Support
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Services Offered
I am a Certified Grief Educator, and I lead the Boston chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a support group for individuals who have experienced the death of a child, grandchild, or sibling.
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 have 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.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
I am a grief educator, end-of-life and birth doula, pediatric OT, somatic dance therapist, and parenting consultant.
Services Offered
I offer online one-on-one peer grief support and pregnancy & early infant loss support groups.
I am also a parenting educator and help parents to navigate their children’s emotional journey.

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