8-Week Online Grief Support Group

Weekly adult group for anyone who has experienced the death of someone close to them. Group members will have the opportunity to build community, share and process their grief journey, and learn adaptive coping strategies using the Dual Process Model.

Why Join a Grief Support Group?

• Grief groups can offer the healing power of community during a time when you may feel deeply alone.

• Feel seen in your grief. There’s no minimizing here. Just people who get it, because they are also walking their own grief path.

• Reduce isolation. Grief can make you feel like you are living on another planet than everyone else around you. A group helps bridge that gap with connection, shared experience, and mutual understanding.

• Learn new coping skills. Not only will you hear about what is helping others in the group, but you will get concrete skills from an experienced therapist who has done a TEDx talk and written a book on grief.

• Receive emotional validation and empathy. There’s nothing quite like having a group of people nod and say, “yes, me too,” when you didn't even know how to put your feelings into words.

• Find meaning-making and integration. Through conversation, storytelling, and guided reflection, you will begin to make sense of your loss and reconnect with parts of yourself and your life that felt distant.

• A space to honor your loved one. Speak their name, share memories, share anger, share gratitude, and share love. They matter and so do you.

The Dual Process Model

This group draws from the Dual Process Model, which is a compassionate approach that reflects the natural ebb and flow of grieving. According to this model, healthy grieving involves moving between two experiences:

Loss-Oriented Coping
This is when you’re directly engaging with your grief:
-Crying
-Talking about your loved one
-Feeling the emptiness
-Remembering
-Missing
-Mourning

Restoration-Oriented Coping
This is when you are coming up for air:
-Getting through the day
-Returning to routines
-Trying new things
-Focusing on other relationships
-Managing life tasks
-Experiencing small moments of relief or joy

Why This Model Matters

This model normalizes a back-and-forth experience and helps you understand that there is nothing wrong with that. Some people struggle in their grief because they think they're “supposed to” grieve in a linear way. However, real grief looks like this:
-Good days
-Bad days
-Numb days
-Functioning days
-Crashing days
-Laughing then crying days

Check Out My Blogs On Grief

The Profound Impact of Grief on the Brain

When Grief Brings Guilt