​This group is for adults navigating the complex inner world of grief (new or old). Loss can come in many forms. This space is open to those grieving:

• Have you lost someone close to you?

• Are you facing the loss of functioning or vitality due to illness or aging?

• Have you weathered the storms of emergency medicinal or veterinary care, or that of a first responder?

• Are you trying to stay resilient in the wakes of an ambiguous loss?

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We live in a time and place where grief and all the related feelings of sadness, agony, helplessness, and anger are exiled from our consciousness, and conversations by an increasingly fierce social and cultural aversion. Today, we also face the ambiguous losses related to chronic or degenerative illness, and uncertainty about our economy or the world's ecology.  While there is precious value in positive thinking, the unbalanced situation we have found ourselves in leaves these pains in the dark, festering, and making us, and our society ill. Thus, we are deprived of the grace and growth that lay beyond the pain. 

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This group provides a healing, relational space that is inclusive to all people and parts of people surrounding an experience of grief. In a group of 8-12 people we will fully meet each other in person for the first group. Then we will have 6 online group therapy sessions. The eighth and final session will again be in-person, and will culminate in a grief ceremony to fully engage the deepest aspects of our being in grief. 

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Why IFS?

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapeutic model that views the mind as being made up of multiple "parts" and a core "Self." It's highly effective for grief and group therapy because it provides a compassionate, non-judgmental framework for understanding the complex and often conflicting inner experiences that arise after a loss. In a group setting, IFS helps members safely explore their internal worlds, fosters deep empathy, and uses the collective environment to help heal the wounded parts of each individual. See the video below for a description of IFS, or click this link for more info:  What is IFS?