Compassionate Renewal
Grief Recovery
In Person Support Groups and Online Services
Healing Broken Hearts
Through Compassion
and Action-Steps that Work
The Grief Recovery Method®
An online program for discovering, facing,
and recovering from the pain of grief and loss.
This 8-week online program is for anyone
who has faced grief or loss.
REGISTRATION
I offer you the action steps you can take
to regain a sense of well-being
and a better emotional life. Recovery from loss is achieved by a series of small informed steps and correct choices. The Grief Recovery Method gives you these tools so you can take these steps for yourself and start living your better life.
The 8-Week Online Program meets weekly
Monday, January 8 – February 26
9:30am - 11:30 am
To sign up call 717-814-9704 Only 8 participants per group.
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8 sessions
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Handbook, materials included
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REGISTER Call 717-814-9704
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Limited to 8 participants
Your place in the group is secured when payment is received.
It is never too late to heal your heart.
When you have a loss and feel grief people may say, “Move on with your life.” But no one tells us how to first heal a broken heart. The emotions from loss and grief move on with us unless we know how recover from them. The Grief Recovery Method® program makes healing possible, by providing a safe space, information, tools, and steps to take toward wholeness and recovery from the pain of loss or grief.
“It is never too late to heal a broken heart!”
Often times, we act on myths we have heard from friends or family:
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Time heals all wounds
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Replace the loss
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Grieve alone
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Be strong for others
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Bury your feelings
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Stay busy
People mean well, but these things do not help us recover from the pain we feel.
Experiences of loss generate feelings which are normal and natural. The problem is that we have been taught to believe that these feelings are abnormal, unnatural or contrary to our faith. Sometimes we think we just “need to be strong,” or we choose to ignore them, thinking our emotions are unimportant and will not affect us.
This is true whether your loss is from:
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End of a relationship with a person, group or an institution
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Loss of a career, or employment change
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Loss of trust, loss of faith
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Loss of safety, loss of certainty
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Change in roles, change in major life-expectations, change in health
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Death, divorce, breakups
What is a Grief Recovery Method® Group?
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A group of up to 15 persons (8 online participants) who have experienced some kind of a loss
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Led by a Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist ®
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You will be part of a supportive, confidential, caring group
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It is a safe place for sharing
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You will receive new information, ideas, and new skills to live a better life,
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You will be shown how to take your own follow up action-steps as part of each session
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The first 4 weeks focus on discovery as we learn about some aspect of grief and loss
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The final 4 weeks focus on recovering from the pain caused by grief and loss
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Weekly sessions last up to 2 hours.
What Topics are Covered in the 8 Sessions?
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Unresolved grief
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Understanding emotional completeness
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Myths about grief and loss
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Unhelpful cliches
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Misinformation
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Personal responsibility
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Short-term relief
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Person history of loss history
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Relationships
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Recovery components
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Taking Steps that heal the heart – Completion.
Who is the Presenter?
The Presenter is David Brinker. He is a Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist® having been trained by the Grief Recovery Institute®. In 2023, he obtained advanced Grief Recovery training. He is active in retirement-- enjoying gardening, travel, grandchildren and hand-tool wood working. He is skilled in grief support, spiritual direction, spiritual care with the aging and those with cognitive impairment, pastoral care, public speaking. David has a Master of Divinity focused in theological studies from Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C. He has served as a United Methodist pastor and retired as a Chaplain, having worked here in York County at Normandie Ridge Retirement Community.
Call 717-814-9704 to register or ask a question.
Please call me to ask a question or to sign up for this group.
Your place in the group is secured when payment is received.
David Brinker is a Certified Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist®.
If you are having thoughts of suicide or plan to harm yourself call 1-800-273-8255. If you are in crisis call 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to the local emergency department now.
Testimonial
On 7/17/23 M.S. completed the online Grief Recovery Method Ⓡ program with me. She gave me permission to share this transcript of a closing conversation we had when the program was finished. I hope you will read it and consider the Grief Recovery Method for yourself.
What made you decide to try the Grief Recovery Method?
I was looking forward to understanding what the Grief Recovery Method was, not only in healing myself with the recent death of a parent, but also considering some of the other losses in my life.
If someone said, “I've heard this name, Grief Recovery, I don't know what it is,” what would you tell them?
The Grief Recovery Method for me was a way to complete my own broken heart. Our sessions were not meant to be counseling sessions, but it was a place where I was able to find healing from a grief experience that I didn't even know existed as deeply as it did.
What would you say to someone who asked you if signing up for the Grief Recovery Method was worth it?
I would say it's definitely worth it because none of us like being stuck in that place of brokenness and pain. I found tools that are helpful to bring recovery and relief, and I think that for me, it was an exciting discovery. I think going through the program offered me some tools for my own benefit, and I'm hoping they will help me to be more sensitive to others who are experiencing grief.
Would you recommend David Brinker as a trained Grief Recovery Method Specialist to present the program to others?
Yes, I absolutely would. I appreciated you being authentic and honest with me. So, it was therefore very easy for me to be the same with you.
Thank you. Some people ask, "Why is it eight weeks long?" What would your answer be to that question?
I think that emotionally it's important to take time in between the sessions to give such deep thought. There is a breadth of the material that's covered. I wouldn't shortchange any of those things and it just really wouldn't have been possible to cover it all in a week or two. I think the timing was really just about right.