Grief & Spiritual Care
Grief Counsel + Weddings
Memorials/Celebrations of Life
Greetings West Nipissing!
I am now taking names for our next Grief Recovery Sessions in Sturgeon Falls.
Contact me with your questions (use CONTACT button above to right of HOME one).
And consider visting griefrecoverymethod.com
We work with all types of losses, not just deaths of persons
Testimonies by Grads or Alumni of
Grief Recovery Method® Support Group 8 Sessions Format
A TESTIMONY:
We all spend money......
this is an investment in yourself
.....worth every dime and minute.
Thank you to the entire team for the course –
it was an amazing experience!" Michelle Lashbrook
(MORE TESTIMONIALS Below or Click on "Grief Recovery Groups" panel /tab at top)
The Grief Recovery Method®
The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses
Time heals all wounds
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• Gotta be strong for others
Move or Change Location
Replace the loss •
Bury your feelings
Just stay strong
- Grieve alone
Keep busy
- Move On
Myths about Grief:
Myths about Grief:
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:
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.
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.
And...we celebrate weddings too....
Keith Hopkins & Tracy Barry February 14, 2020, North Bay
Keith Hopkins & Tracy Barry February 14, 2020, North Bay
Lesa CHAYER and Andre COUTU... Wedded in Warren Sept 14, 2019
Another joyous event .... and Jayden invited the kiss!
And the prior week at Sturgeon Falls Museum....2019
SF Museum
Lights At Sheltered Ceremony Area
Simple and Lovely Lighted Decorations
Couple's Pics
in Reception Dance area
And over in beautiful Rutherglen.........in 2019
Jessica Dubois Jeff Eric Courville
Happy Couple. Beautiful weather. Porch deck wedding.Car is groom's dad's baby. Rutherglen setting.
And outdoors at Sturgeon Falls pad overlooking lower river near Marina.........
Jessica Dubois & Alcide Shank
Beautiful day at "the Pad" overlooking Marina Sturgeon Falls. Happiness flowed all around
Pad overlooks Sturgeon River
Weddings & Vow Renewals.
Weddings & Vow Renewals.
Your venue. Your way.
Call me 705 493 9784
I would love to celebrate your special day
5 in process at present:
Rutherglen, Warren, Sturgeon Falls, North Bay
Listening to You Deeply Together,
To Make Sense Of Your Experiences,
To Cope And Feel Alive Again
May 26, 2019:
A Letter to the Grief Matters Team........
(Anne, Charlie, Melissa, & Jeff)
A Letter to the Grief Matters Team........
(Anne, Charlie, Melissa, & Jeff)
Full Letter From Michelle Lashbrook
Grief Recovery Method 8 Sessions Course Graduate (January 2019 at Les Compagnons)
"This course showed me a system that works from beginning to end
to deal with the loss in a safe, understanding, and non-judgmental environment.
The course worked its way to bring about real understanding of my loss
and the impact it had on me then and now, acknowledgment of the loss
and my reactions in a different way than I had ever thought of before,
and a way to find real closure with the loss.
I understand now how this system could be applied to so many different situations
that we all find ourselves in at some point or another n our lives
and help to experience real healing on a fundamental level.
I would recommend this course to everyone
as it will only help to develop the skills and implement a system
that helps to get through losses in life and really be able to move on in a healthy way.
Michelle Lashbrook
Click on Grief Recovery Groups panel at the top of page for her complete letter......
Some Survey Responses from January 2019 Group North Bay
Q. How would you describe any beneficial aspects of this Method for you?
- Les preniers pas sont faits. Je peux continuer la guérison en suivant le guide
- It has allowed to go deep inside and feel my pain I guess. Much more beneficial en francaise
- Sharing with Partner, rather than larger group was less intimidating and more encouraging; Developing relationships and friendships with other Group members
- Very beneficial; enough time is given to reflect during the sessions and in between each session
- male: sharing and support from group
- Had started for a different reason, this method did open up new area in my life which had been unexpected
- Explained the incomplete relationship and how we will always grieve it unless fully resolved.
- More Survey Responses to Grief Recovery Method...Q. Do you think you will use the Method you learned for another relationship to a loss?
- Oui définitivement.
- Absolutely
- Yes -I feel I have the basic skills & tools to continue the exercises with other relationships (THIS WAS A SAFE, CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMNET TO SHARE THE MOST INTIMATE GRIEF EMOTIONS, AND GROWTH AND PROGRESS. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS “PLACE” TO BE STRONG IN MY WEAKNESS”)
- I definitely would
- I already have
One person's added comments:
1. Do not to wait at the last minute to “do” the homework…
2. Remind them: some work might be painful but this is part of the healing “process”
5. To invest time, energy, and soul (not only money) if one wants to really heal and recover…in order to move beyond
Survey responses .. to Question 5
Were there any unexpected or surprising discoveries for you?
- Oui, j'ai plusieurs relations à guérir.
- no, just going inside myself was great
- In speaking with friends who have experienced loss, about my growth, has enabled them to share and grow
- yes, I had no idea that the person I ended up grieving would be someone I had never “grieved” or even thought of as a “loss”.
- (male)shared experiences and very supportive atmosphere
- Oh yes
- Yes, it was other than I expected; (I) focussed on two other persons--- one deceased and one living;
- yes. Talking about it really helps.
(Note: now concluded for the summer)
(Note: now concluded for the summer)
Weekly (bilingual) Grief Support Drop-In
Weekly (bilingual) Grief Support Drop-In
Sturgeon Falls, West Nipissing
Sturgeon Falls, West Nipissing
Offered by and For Anyone with Loss
Open Weekly Facilitated Meetings. Informal Presentations.
Tuesdays 2:30 p.m.
Tuesdays 2:30 p.m.
West Nipissing Community Health Centre / Michaud Street at Ethel St.
Bilingual support available. Lite Refreshments
Information:
Jeff Archambeault, facilitator, community chaplain 705 493-9784
Marie-Claire Vignola, co-facilitator (bilingual) 705 495 7460
More Survey responses ..... Question 3:
Did you feel emotional safety in the group?
- Tous les participants et les facilitateurs m'ont mis à l'aise.
- Yes absolutely
- Absolutely – I appreciated the commitment to confidentiality and trust within the group
- yes at all the times that I was with the group
- this is a group of decent folk (male)
Question 4: How was your experience to be in a GROUP
yet paired with ONE other to share outcome of your work?
- J'ai aimé pouvoir partager en français mais maheureusement la personne connaissait ma situation donc je ne me suis pas senti assez à l'aise pour partager librement.
- excellent en francais / It worked
- Sharing with Partner was more conducive to sharing and caring; the Group provided like minded people, to support ideas and discussion
- enjoyed the wisdom and experience in sharing with the group
- It worked
I can form a group for
healthcare professional,
teachers,
daycare workers,
parents,
grandparents,
or any one who is a child caregiver:
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: [email protected]
To Host or Sponsor
As An Agency, Community Group,
Institution, Or Community Organization:
Contact Jeff to design & contract at:
www.griefrecoverymethod.com
705 493 9784
Grief MATTERS Team Offers:
Grief Recovery Method® 8 Two Hour Sessions
Melissa, Charlie, Anne, Marsha, Esther join me
To commit to healing your broken heart by
Making a profound journey into and through your losses.
Discover and then recover from grief’s pain.
Take a chance to heal and complete yourself.
Experience improved well-being and new self-care.
Time alone does not heal. Specific actions do.
Previous Testimonials
from
Grief Recovery Method
Previous Testimonials
from
Grief Recovery Method
8 Sessions Groups
T e s t i m o n i a l s ....... 2018
"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)
I am Jeff Archambeault, and 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.
You can also contact me to be included in groups
or for one to one counsel.
And be sure to check out The Grief Recovery Institute website:.
www.griefrecoverymethod.com.
NOTES OF APPRECIATION RECEIVED
Dear Jeff....thank you for following your heart..."Grief Matters" is a blessing to our communities
(2019 francophone woman from 8 session group
Jeff, So grateful to have you and your Group in my Life. Blessed to be on the Recovery journey with you!
(male participant in 8 sessions)
Memorials & Funerals.
Memorials & Funerals.
I have had the profound honour of accompanying families
through the planning and conducting of Funerals, Memorials, and Celebrations of Life events.
Each was 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 2017
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?
Yvonne and Geordie came, shared, and went! Leaving an imprint on our minds and hearts with her messages for living fully, including showing up for our self and one another, and talking about the things hard to talk about.
Check out her one interview Xavier Diaz on “A Pretty Normal Podcast.”
Grief and Spiritual Care was one of several sponsors
bringing her to North Bay at Scollard Hall and at Nipissing University.
