professional grief care for near north ontarians

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Losing anything can disconnect us from our "normal". One's heart hurts and spirit is broken. We feel alone, lost, or overwhelmed.
Little makes sense anymore.
Mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual pain erupt. Grief feels bigger than we are. You are not crazy. You are grieving. Guided listening helps.
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My name is Jeff Archambeault.

I am providing care in the communities now after serving the North as chaplain and care coordinator for 13 years at our Psychiatric hospitals & their Community programs. I feel passionate to offer grief counselling, memorial, and wedding services to the publlic, through private Services, based out of Sturgeon Falls.
Where will grief groups occur?

We provide Services from Sturgeon Falls to West Nipissing, East Sudbury, North Bay areas and beyond. My services are portable and adaptable.
Every loss in life has pain.

Often mind bending and soul wrenching, with attention, support, and guidance, a level of stability can be reached. Although things have been forever changed, this profound inner work can bring growth, healing, and perspective.
Grievers are often isolated.

You do not have to do it alone. A group workshop or individual counselling can reduce isolation.
The pain of loss leads one deeply inward.

Navigating deep pain can become a journey to a deeper sense of self. Though difficult, there is hope for healing, coping, and adjustment.
Contact me

I provide memorial care, group sessions,
and individual counselling, alone, or in
collaboration with area agencies, services, and institutions, area funeral homes and their funeral directors. Call me, or ask them to.
Change is a constant in our cycles of life.

Every hello... includes a goodby. The challenge of coping and adjusting to any change occurs repeatedly. The intensity of the loss experience varies according to the unique nature of the relationship individuality of the persons involved.
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Contact me to be notified about events.

TUESDAYS in West Nipissing .....

DECEMBER 2018 ONWARD:

Weekly Grief Support Drop-In

For West Nipissing

Offered by and For Anyone with Loss

Open Weekly Facilitated Meetings. Informal Presentations.

Tuesdays 2:30 p.m.

West Nipissing Community Health Centre / Ethel St. Entrance

Bilingual support available. Lite Refreshments

Information:

Jeff Archambeault, facilitator, community chaplain 705 493-9784

Marie-Claire Vignola, co-facilitator (bilingual) 705 495 7460

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Rencontres porte ouverte hebdomadaires

Par et pour les gens qui ont subi des pertes de tout genre

Réflexions et partages guidés. Présentations informelles.

Tous les mardis à 14 h 30

Centre de santé communautaire de Nipissing Ouest, rue Ethel

Soutien bilingue. Léger goûter.

Information :

Jeff Archambeault, animateur, aumônier communautaire 705 493 9784

Marie-Claire Vignola, co-animatrice bilingue 705-495-7460

8 WEDNESDAYS through Jan. 2

Grief Recovery Sessions North Bay In process and now closed
Contact me to register for 2019 sessions 705 493 9784

Weddings & Vow Rnewals.

Call me 705 493 9784

Your venue. Your way.

I re-established my Ontario Marriage Officiant role

resuming an Ontario based Service I loved from 1988 through 2001.

I can form a group for you:

4 sessions using Grief Recovery's WHEN CHILDREN GRIEVE now known as:

Helping Children With Loss

for adults to help children.....

Visit www.griefrecoverymethod.com for additional information

Call or Text: 705 493 9784

Email: Jef[email protected]

Memorial Events

Funerals / Celebration of Life Wakes / Anniversaries Graveside / Release Rituals

Create & facilitate your gathering to remember, whether private or public, at any site you choose, to will reflect your values & beliefs.

Grief Group Sessions

Grief Recovery Method® Support Groups For Near North Ontario Communities and Beyond.

Isolation is lessened. Support evolves. Professional facilitation is available. Formats can include guided pairs of persons.

Grief Counselling

Listening to You Deeply Together, As You Seek To Make Sense Of Your Experiences, Cope, and Heal.

Individual sessions of professional grief counselling with Jeff. Sturgeon, North Bay, Callander, and surrounding area.

Grief Recovery Method

8 Sessions Group Format

8 WEDNESDAYS through Jan. 2, 2019

Current Sessions North Bay now full and closed
Contact me to register for 2019 sessions 705 493 9784

T e s t i m o n i a l s ....... (from 2nd of 3 prior 8 Sessions Grief Groups) :

"very compassionate and supportive forum....felt comfortable speaking openly.... positive feedback" (female participant).

"good to do grief work in a group...doing and completing the exercises is an important part of this recovery program...freedom and support to be wherever e are at in our grieving" (male participant)

"surprising, helpful, liberating" (male) "positive, affirming, helpful" (female)

"Thank you helping us with my wife's funeral." (husband & daughter)

"People said they enjoyed the way we made a circle outdoors to remember dad. It helped a lot! (daughter)

"The circle of care at the Fireside event in December really helped me at a difficult time. Let me know when the next one is." (woman)

"very compassionate and supportive forum....felt comfortable speaking openly.... positive feedback" (female in group)

"good to do grief work in a group...doing and completing the exercises is an important part of this recovery program... freedom and support to be wherever we are at in our grieving" (male participant in group)

"surprising, helpful, liberating" (male in group) "positive, affirming, helpful" (female in group)

The Grief Recovery Method®
The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses

8 SESSIONS PROGRAMS.
I am taking requests for next sessions in both Sturgeon Falls and North Bay.

See Notes and Testimonies in separate sections further below)

Myths about Grief:

Time heals all wounds Replace the loss • Grieve alone • Gotta be strong for others Bury your feelings Keep busy Move or Change Location Suck it up buttercup Move On

Your feelings are normal and natural. The problem is that we have been socialized to believe that these feelings are abnormal and unnatural.

Whatever your LOSS is from:

Death Divorce or End of a Relationship Loss of a Career
of Trust of Faith of Safety
Loss of Health of A Pet ....or more than 40 other Losses

People say you have to let go and move on in your life, but they don’t tell you what you need to do to accomplish that. The Grief Recovery Method® Outreach Program not only makes that possible, but provides partnerships and guidance to ensure that it happens.

Current West Nipissing Group of 10 Persons Concludes March 13,2018

For further information call: JEFF ARCHAMBEAULT • Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®• 705 493 9784 [email protected]

Copyrights © / Trademarks (TM). ©1993-Present, Grief Recovery Institute®, John W. James, and Russell P. Friedman. All Grief Recovery Institute® related copyrights/trademarks are owned by The Grief Recovery Institute, John W. James, and Russell P. Friedman including but not limited to: The Grief Recovery Institute®, The Grief Recovery Method®, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, Grief❣Recovery®, and AARAM Formula®. All rights reserved.

2018 - 2019

Grief Recovery Method®

8 Sessions Support Group

can be formed in anywhere in Near North Ontario and beyond

Contact Jeff for dates and to Register. 705 493 9784

Jeff

Check out www.griefrecoverymethod.com for further information.

I am pleased to be a

Certified Grief Recovery ® Specialist,

The Grief Recovery Handbook helped me and thousands of other grievers with a variety of loss experiences.

I am eager to share its Method to help fellow Grievers.

New Groups can be formed anytime and in different locales.

You can also contact me to be included in groups or for one to one counsel.

Also, check into The Grief Recovery Institute website:.

www.griefrecoverymethod.com.

NOTES OF APPRECIATION RECEIVED "Dear Jeff:

I would like to thank you for your help and support while making the funeral arrangements

and for the beautiful service that you conducted. It was very meaningful.

We received many wonderful compliments from the people who were there." (funeral)

"Jeff, the most important moments of life are often shared with special people. Thank you for sharing in this time of sorrow. Thank you for the beautiful Celebration of Life you gave for Bruce Rodgers"

Memorials & Funerals .

have had the profound honour of accompanying families

through the planning and conducting of

Funerals, Memorials, and Celebrations of Life events.

Each has been as unique in tone and flavour as the person remembered.

Most occur in a Funeral Home, but others have been in locations special to the persons gathering to remember. Call me, or ask your Funeral Director to request my help. 705 493 9784 (with text).

Ask your Funeral Home Staff to contact me, or contact me directly.

Testimonies from Grief Recovery Method Support Group in North Bay

In response to question 1: What Did You Like Best?

-Teacher is open and easy to communicate with/make the program positive book and program easy to follow

- Hearing others words etc.

- Honest confidentiality Sense of family

- Acceptance by everyone including myself

- The homework assignments were good – allowing inteegraion of knowledge learned

- I enjoyed the material in the book. I like the techniques and agree to the method

- The final letter. It made me take a good look at my life

Question 3: I felt safe when sharing my homework assignments with my partner / small group

was rated with 6 STRONGLY AGREE and 1 AGREE.

Are you stuck in your grief ?

Do you feel isolated?

Individual grief counselling can help.

Call for an appointment

Serving West Nipissing & North Bay Areas & Beyond

Change happens!

How do we cope?

To Host or Sponsor

As an Agency, Community Group, Institution, or Organization: contact me to design & contract at:

www.griefandspiritualcare.ca www.griefrecoverymethod.com [email protected] 705 493 9784

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Sudbury City Hall multifaith display....spiritual and relgious care week 2013
PeaOh Great Spiritit... woho's voice I hear.... Dreamcatcher....
Inside current brochure
Kirsto presented e business info at North Bay Business Centre sponsored event Dec 3
Syrian Refugee welcome and resettlement group here in Sturgeon Falls