This package will support you if you feel you still have some grief work to complete your healing journey for a deeper sense of completion. If you are back in the mainstream of things and find yourself still needing additional support. There is no set length of time you need to complete your sessions. We will customize a schedule to best fit your needs.
During our time together we will journey through the stages of grief, exploring the grief process and any grief work you may have already completed. You will be in a safe environment where you can freely share your feelings, fears and emotions. We will create strategies for you to live into a new life and build a new future for yourself.
The goal is not to avoid the pain of grieving or work around the emotional turmoil your loss may have brought, but rather to analyze each stage and help you face it with strength and grace. We will address any uncompleted aspects of your relationship with your departed loved one. We will explore your support needs and who is available to add to your support network.
At the end of our journey you will have acknowledged the irreplaceable loss you have incurred. The possibility of a community life and re-building old and new relationships with loved ones will become a new reality, not just a distant dream. You will have an understanding that your loved one will always be with you in thought and spirit and that you too are allowed to continue with your life to find and experience joy, love and laughter.
Healing Spirit Sessions
We will review each stage and together create strategies for you to reclaim your energy, passion for life and return to spirituality.
Stage 1, Shock and Adjustment
During this stage there is a realization that your loved one is gone and you will need to make sense of your new set of circumstances. Facing the reality that life still continues just when you want it to stop. Instead you still have to deal with your everyday responsibilities (funeral arrangements, paying the mortgage and hospital bills, getting back to work and attending to your children’s lives).
Stage 2, Acceptance
During this stage your feelings of loss will become heightened and internally focused. It is not uncommon to question your values and belief system and question why your loved one was taken. You may find yourself questioning what is and is not important to you. It is also a time when you will begin to accept the death of your loved one and think about creating a new future for yourself.
Stage 3, Healing Spirit
During this time your healing process solidifies itself and allows you to create and build a new life and future for yourself. The loss you have experienced will always be a part of you, but it no longer is the forefront of every decision you make. At this time you become more self-reliant while still maintaining your support network. Your desire to live in the present vs. the past is in the forefront. You are also ready to create new friendships and reestablish existing ones. This is your time; you say how your future will be. What role will you take on in your community to suit your well being and happiness? This is the I-am-back stage, new and maybe even better!
Healing Spirit Package
Together we will customize a coaching package that supports your unique needs and goals, an agreed upon time frame, frequency and investment.
Each session consist of one hour (60 minutes) coaching, a 10 minute touch-base phone call, a check-in email and a suggested exercise handout in between sessions.
Sessions are conducted via phone calls or Skype calls. In-person sessions can be held in Bronxville office, or public place in NYC at no extra charge.
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The work in this package is based on Phil Rich Grief Counseling Homework Planner and My Life Experience.