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.
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
I am a Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) and have worked in drug and alcohol and mental health services, acute hospital and outpatient settings providing compassionate care to people who are struggling or distressed through illness, pain and loss.
I am also a volunteer emergency first responder and founded a not for profit charity, namely the Australian First Responder Foundation. I deliver mental health and wellbeing weekend retreats to first responders to help people cope with struggle and trauma.
I have completed many studies over the years including stress, trauma, health and wellbeing, kindness and compassion, meaning and purpose and clinical supervision.
I am experienced in faciliating group work and also providing individual support – this is done by creating a safe nurturing space.
I adopt the approach that I am not the “Sage on the Stage” (i.e. expert ) but rather “Guide on the Side” (a peer who understands)
Services Offered
I provide compassionate peer to peer support to adults who are experiencing grief and loss associated with life transitions (for example retirement, ill health and illness, employment, relationships, death).
I understand the difficulties and struggles of losing parents and as a Registered Nurse and emergency first responder, I have sat with many people in sadness, distress and pain.
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
- CompassionateBereavement Care Certified Provider
- Kessler Certified Grief Educator
- Peer Parent Coach, Partnership to End Addiction and CMC:Foundation For Change – Invitation to Change (ITC)
- California State Organizer, Recovery Advocacy Project
- Advisor and ITC:CRAFT Facilitator, The Stream
- Facilitator, Grief OSC, Partnership to End Addiction
- Facilitator, Finding Hope After Loss
- Advisory Committee, Addiction Recovery Communities of CA
I’m available for coaching sessions, speaking engagements, and podcasts.
More resources, stories and blogs are here: https://theresilientjourney.net/grief-support
I look forward to walking this journey with you – you don’t need to carry this burden alone.
Services Offered
When I lost my son, Joel, in 2017 to complications due to heroin/meth addiction, I entered a time of deep depression and utter hopelessness. When others tried to offer well-meaning support, they often tried to connect me with “their friend who lost their son in a car accident” or “someone whose child died after a tragic bout with cancer.”
It’s not the same.
There is a stigma associated with deaths of this kind and the judgment that says, “they did this to themselves” or a tendency to blame those who loved them. Those of us who have experienced this kind of loss understand there is no one-size-fits-all to working through grief.
Personalized Grief Support – Scheduled by you, on your timeline.
Some people prefer weekly “touchpoint” sessions, while for others, this is too much, too soon. You schedule your appointment via my personalized calendar. We will meet either by Zoom or, as many prefer, simply by phone.
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
Master’s in Education (M.Ed.)
Grief Educator Certification
Registered Yoga Teachers
Registered Massage Therapist
Level 2 Reiki Practitioner
Specialized Restorative Yoga Training
Mindfulness Meditation Training
Services Offered
Integrative Grief Services (mind, body, and spirit grief practices)
Individual Grief Support
Community Grief Support Groups
Grief-centered Yoga
Nature-based Grief Practices
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Certified Psychic Medium
Certified Oracle & Tarot Card Reader
Life Coach
Services Offered
Psychic Reading
Mediumship Session
Psychic Mediumship Session
Oracle Card Reading
Life Regression
Akashic Records Reading and/or Healing Session
Becoming An Empowered Empath Online Education
Psychic and/or Mediumship Online Education
Professional Certifications and Licenses
B.A. in Communication
Death Doula certificate through Going with Grace
Grief Educator certificate through David Kessler’s program
Services Offered
Whether your loss is related to a human death, a pet death, a divorce, or other trauma I am ready to help you integrate grief with the rest of your life.
I offer peer-to-peer grief support services in person, over the phone, and via Zoom.
I am available for workshops, teaching events, retreats, and groups.
I also offer end-of-life planning services, Swedish Death Cleaning, vigil sitting, legacy project planning, and caregiver support.
Subscribe to my email list here for free resources, death education, and life inspiration.
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Training & Certificates:
Grief Educator – David Kessler
End-of-life Doula – Larner College of Medicine UVM
Coaching – New York University and the Wellbeing Institute
Life-Cycle Celebrant – Celebrant Foundation & Institute
Chaplaincy – 1 unit CPE ~ Baystate Medical Center
BA in Mediation & Conflict Resolution – UMass
Services Offered
I offer:
~ one on one grief support
~ crafting personal and community rituals
~ workshops on creativity and grieving
~ climate grief support
~ other…
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Services Offered
-Grief education and support for individuals and groups (4-18 yrs)
-Specializing in child and family trauma
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Certified Grief Educator (ID 105510):
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.
Certified End-of-Life Specialist (Teaching Transitions)
Certified Death Doula and End of Life Planner (Going with Grace)
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) proficient
Services Offered
One-on-One Grief Support
Grief Workshops & Education
Circle for Pregnancy Loss
Circle for Grief Release
Consultation
Rituals
Celebrant
Swedish Death Cleaning
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
I am a Certified Grief Educator. In addition, in September 2021, I completed a one-day training on Grief of Overdose Addiction through the University of Utah’s School of Nursing Caring Connections program.
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.
Services Offered
I teach Writing Through Grief, an expressive writing workshop. Since 2016, I’ve taught Writing Through Grief at various organizations including: The University of Utah’s Lifelong Learning and Osher Programs, Jewish Family Service of Utah, The Transplant Games of America, and Art Access. Currently, all classes are held via Zoom.
Writing can help guide us toward a deeper understanding of the pain and suffering of loss. Whatever the reason for grieving–death of a loved one, the pandemic, divorce, illness, job loss–this workshop is designed to provide a supportive environment for participants to explore and honor all feelings of grief. Writing prompts and short readings will offer new ways to express thoughts. Putting pen to paper gives us the opportunity to change perspective and transform suffering into healing. One optional goal of the class is to write a personal essay. All writing levels are welcome and no writing experience is necessary. Please keep in mind this is not group therapy.
I invite you to take a look at my website for upcoming classes: debbieleaman.com
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Master of Social Work
Certified Grief Educator
Services Offered
Peer to Peer
Coaching
Group work
DISCLAIMER
Grief.com does not pre-screen clients or grief support providers. Each person is encouraged to do their own information gathering on therapists and/or grief educators to make sure they are a good fit. Each grief support provider must also screen each potential client to make sure they will also be a good fit. A Certified Grief Educator means that they have completed the Grief Educator program, but does not verify their competence. Grief.com in no way is responsible for the actions of clients or providers. This Directory is designed for informational purposes only.
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