Teen Grief Group. Bountiful, Utah.

With permission from a grieving teen, I share his picture of how to describe his grief. At times it is hard to put into words, rather easier to express through creative ways such as this:

If you know a teen who is grieving in our area, contact Melanie Holt, 801.718,9840 who will be leading the next teen grief group. Also, individual counseling is available. Teen Grief Group will be: Mondays 11-12, next group to begin Monday, July 1st at Resilient Solutions, Inc., Suite 1, Bountiful, Utah. Group is $120 for 6-weeks or $20/group session.

Grief Groups in Bountiful, Utah

Our next grief groups will begin, Tuesday, March 26th at Resilient Solutions, Inc, 1355 N. Main, Ste, 1, Bountiful, Utah.

For more information contact Melanie Holt, 801.718.9840 or Becky Andrews, 801.259.3883, licensed professional counselors specializing in grief and loss. (Groups are $150 for 8-week course).

Tuesday evenings:
5:30 - 6:45 PM Group for those who have had a loved one die from Suicide.  Next group - April 9th
7:00 - 8:15 PM Group for those who have had a loved one die. 

Next teen grief group will begin Monday, April 8, 4-5:15 for teens who have had a loved one die.

A loss is a powerful and emotional experience. Gathering relevant information, talking about your loss, and supporting others who have had a similar loss can be helpful in the healing process and are all part of what is gained by joining a grief group led by a professional therapist.

Grief Retreats

Finding our Resilience in Grief.

Come join with others who are grieving a loss in a beautiful setting - St. George, Utah. To be held at the beautiful Coral Springs Resort

2013 scheduled dates:  February 3, 7 pm - February 6, 11 am.
                                    March 6, 7 pm - March 9, 11 am
                                    April 14, 7 pm - April 17, 11 am
                                    May 1, 7 pm - May 4, 11 am (Mother's Retreat)

For more information, contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883 or email:  becky.lpc@gmail.com

Support for Teens who are Grieving

Our next 6-week grief group for teens, 12-17, will begin, Monday, October 22, 4 - 5:15 at Resilient Solutions, Inc, Suite 1, Bountiful, Utah. Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883 or Melanie Holt, LAPC, 801.718.9840 for further details. Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief, by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Teenagers Mourn Too Each year thousands of teenagers experience the death of someone they love. When a parent, sibling, friend or relative dies, teens feel the overwhelming loss of a someone who helped shape their self-identities. And these feelings about the death become a part of their lives forever. Caring adults, whether parents, teachers, counselor or friends, can help teens during this time. If adults are open, honest and loving, experiencing the loss of someone can be a change for young people to learn about both the joy and pain that comes from caring deeply for others.

Grief Support in Bountiful, Utah.

Dr. Alan Wolfelt discusses healing in Ten Touchstones.  Touchstone One:  Open to the presence of your loss.  To heal in grief is to become whole again, to integrate your grief into your self and to learn to continue your changed life with fullness and meaning.  Experiencing a new and changed "wholeness" requires that you engage in the work of mourning.  Healing is a holistic concept that embraces the physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual realms.

To suppress the grief, the pain is to condemn oneself to a living death.  Living fully means feeling fully; it means being completely one with what you are experiencing and not holding it at arm's length.  Philip Kapleau

Our next grief groups will begin in September.  Groups are $15/group session ($95 for 6-week group) and we will be offering groups for adults, teens and children.  Contact Melanie Holt, LAPC, 801.718.9840 or Becky Andrews, LPC, FT, for more information.

Summer Grief Group. Bountiful, Utah

Out of loss can come hope, not from forgetting or letting go of love, but through sharing with others.


Our next two grief groups:

Adult Group for those experiencing the loss of a loved one:
Tuesdays beginning July 17th, 5:30 - 6:45, ($15/group = 8 weeks/$120)

Teen Group for those experiencing the loss of a loved one:
Tuesdays beginning July 31, 5:30 - 6:45 ($15/group = 4 weeks/$60)

To register for a group or more information, contact Melanie Holt, LAPC, at 801.718.9840

Ongoing Group -- Mom's Group, Mondays, 11:30 - 1:00.  Contact Becky at 801.259.3883 for details.

Summer Evening Adult Grief Group

Out of loss can come hope, not from forgetting or letting go of love, but through sharing with others.

Our next 8-week Summer Grief Group will begin Tuesday, July 10th

5:30 - 6:45 PM at Resilient Solutions, Inc., 1355 N. Main, Ste.1, in Bountiful.

Join with others who are experiencing the loss of a loved one.

(8-weeks, $120)

To register for this group or to meet with a therapist specializing in grief/loss, contact Melanie Holt, LAPC, 801.718.9840.

Summer Grief Groups. Bountiful, Utah

Out of loss can come hope, not from forgetting or letting go of love, but through sharing with others.


Summer Grief Groups

Day Grief Group.  Join with others who are experiencing the death of a loved one.  Tuesdays, 11:30 - 1:00 beginning June 19th (12 sessions/$195 - $15/group)

Evening Grief Group.  Join with others who are experiencing the death of a love one.  Tuesdays,  6:30 - 7:45 beginning June 12th (12 sessions/$195 - $15/group)

Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT, at 801.259.3883 or Melanie Holt, LAPC, at 801.718.9840 for questions and to register for one of our groups.

All groups are held at Resilient Solutions, Inc, 1355 N. Main, Ste. 1, Bountiful, Utah 84010, www.resilientsolutionsinc.com.

Support for Women who have had their mother's die

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 5:30 - 7:00 PM at Resilient Solutions, Inc, 1355 N. Main, Ste. 3, Bountiful, Utah

Join us for an evening of peaceful remembering, delicious nourishment from understanding women, wondrous companionship and serene encouragement, love, smiles, and understanding.

Faciliated by Becky Andrews, LPC, FT. To register contact becky at becky.lpc@gmail.com. Dinner/group = $25.

Mother's Day Support

Lunch and support for mother's who have had a child die:

Mom's Grief Group, Monday, May 7, 11:30 - 1:00 at Resilient Solutions, Inc.

What to expect: A peaceful remembering time in a location of serenity, wondrous companionship and serene encouragement, delicious nourishment from understanding women, take home treasures, and love, smiles, and understanding.

Faciliated by: Becky Andrews, LPC, FT
Licensed Professional Counselor and Fellow of Thanatology.

To register: Contact Becky at becky.lpc@gmail.com. ($25 for lunch and support group).

Grief Support

Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! thine own has reached the shore. --Hindu Proverb

You can join our Men's Grief Group by contacting Mark de St Aubin, LCSW, FT, at 581-8901. They meet Thursday evenings, 8-weeks.

Our Spring Grief Groups will begin the week of March 19th. Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT, at 801.259.3883 for details.

Grief Gathering for Valentine's Day

Resilient Center for Grieving Families invites you to our annual Valentine's Day Support for those grieving the loss of a loved one.

You are not alone.

Saturday, February 11th, 2012
10:30 - 11:30 AM at
Resilient Solutions, Inc
1355 N. Main, Ste. 1 & 3
Bountiful, Utah

RSVP to Becky at 801.259.3883 or email:  becky.lpc@gmail.com by Wednesday, February 8th. 

Resource for our Grief Groups.

Our next upcoming grief groups will begin the week of January 16th.  Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT for details at 801.259.3883 or email: becky.lpc@gmail.com.

One of the books we will be using is a daily meditation of working through grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman,  Healing after Loss. 

First affirmation is:  May I honor - and trust - the process of grief ande of healing, knowing that in time, a new day will come. 

Mom's Grief Group

Why a group when one is grieving?  A group can be helpful in gathering relevant information, talking and sharing about your loss, and supporting others who have had a similar loss.  I have watched a beautiful group of moms who have had a child die, lift each other in their deep time of grief.  We have two groups specifically for moms who have had a child die.  Daytime group meets Mondays: 11:30 - 1:00 and the evening group is meeting Wednesdays 6:15 - 7:45 pm.   Please contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883 or email: becky.lpc@gmail.com for the specific schedule.  Next Monday group will begin Monday, January 9th.  (12-week group is $175).

Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT, for details.  Becky can be reached at 801.259.3883 or email at:  becky.lpc@gmail.com

Resilient Center for Grieving Families. Winter Groups

Out of loss can come hope, not from forgetting or letting go of love, but through sharing with others. 

Winter Grief Groups:

Mother's Group.  Join with other mothers who have experienced the death of a child.  Every other Monday beginning January 9th, 11:30 - 1:00.  12-weeks, $175.  Evening group is also available.

Day Grief Group.  Join with others who have experienced a loss of a loved one.  Tuesdays beginning January 17th, 11:45 - 1:00.  12-weeks, $175.

Evening Grief Group.  Beginning January 17th, 6:30 - 7:45.  12-weeks, $175.

For more information about these groups, contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883.

Men's Grief Group (Thursday 5:30 - 6:45).  8-weeks, $120.
Men handle grief differently. This 8-week group addresses the unique ways that men travel the journey of their healing from loss, whether it's from the loss of a spouse, a child, a sibling or even a close friend.

Group meetings will be a blend of workshop learning and experiential activities led by Mark de St. Aubin, LCSW, CT from the University of Utah.
For interest in enrollment or for more information, contact Mark de St. Aubin at 801-581-8901.

Mindful Grieving

Mindful grieving informs us to allow ourselves to feel what is there, without judgment.  For me, there was sadness there and I needed to nonjudgmentally acknowledge it, feel it, and let it be.  It was important in that moment that I didn't resist it or strive to make it any different, but just feel it as it was.  Read the full text here .
Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, Fellow in Thanatology, to learn more about the upcoming groups that can support you to Mindfully Grieve.  Becky can be reached at 801.259.3883 or email:  becky.lpc@gmail.com

Mom's Grief Group

Why a group when one is grieving?  A group can be helpful in gathering relevant information, talking and sharing about your loss, and supporting others who have had a similar loss.  I have watched a beautiful group of moms who have had a child die, lift each other in their deep time of grief.  We have two groups specifically for moms who have had a child die.  Daytime group meets Mondays: 11:30 - 1:00 and the evening group is meeting Wednesdays 6:15 - 7:45 pm.   Please contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883 or email: becky.lpc@gmail.com for the specific schedule.

A group member shares:
A mother who has buried her child can't breathe at times, can't see at times, can't hear at times, can't focus hardly anytime.  The group Becky has for us is a place we can breathe again, see other grieving moms, hear familiar sounding problems and pain and allows us to focus where we really want to focus, on our child and how to cope with his/her leaving us.  We feel free to laugh in group because we all know that we may not be laughing an hour from now.  Group is a place of love, understanding, compassion; it's the place where people GET IT.

Sudden Death & Trauma Loss

Lisa Bradford, LCSW (801.660.8441), Trisha Jensen, LCSW (801.541.4944), Melanie Jackson, LCSW (801.721.1013) and Becky Andrews had the chance to attend Dr. Alan Wolfelt's conference in SLC: Exploring "Complicated" Mourning:  Sudden Death and Trauma Loss. 

His presentation was so validating on the difficult grief journey.  He stated our journey rocks our complete foundation.  We can experience the impact of grief in five realms:  Physically - drained, exhausted.  Emotionally - intense, overwhelmed, Cognitively - Short-term memory difficulty, Socially - no relationship energy, Spiritually - question meaning & purpose.  We also heal in these five realms.

Grief means we've been able to open our heart and love. 

The grief and loss groups at Resilient Center for Grieving Families incorporate Dr. Wolfelt's book and work in our discussions to create a safe environment.  Dr. Wolfelt states:    When we feel safe, we have the capacity to mourn.   For more information about our upcoming grief and loss groups, contact Becky Andrews at 801.259.3883.  If you'd like a therapist to companion you through your grief journey, one of the therapists in our office.

Fall Grief Groups

Dr. Alan Wolfelt states in his Healing Your Grieving Body, #9: Move toward your grief not away from it.

- our society teaches us that emotional pain is to be avoided, not embraced, yet it is only in moving toward our grief that we can be healed.

Carpe Diem: Today, talk to someone else who cared about your loved one. Share your thoughts and feelings with him openly and encourage him to do the same. Support each other in your grief.

Fall Grief Groups at Resilient Solutions, Inc begin the week of September 12th. 12-week groups, $175.

Mother's Group, Monday, 11:30 - 12:45
Day Grief Group, Tuesday, 11:30 - 12:45
Evening Grief Group, Thursday, 5:30 - 6:45
Teen Grief Group, Thursday, 4:00 - 5:15
Suicide Grief Group, Thursday, 7:00 - 8:15

Contact Becky at 801.259.3883 or email: becky.lpc@gmail.com to register.

Out of loss can come hope, not from forgetting or letting go of love, but through sharing with others.

Suicide Survivors Support Group

Our next group for those who are experiencing the loss from a loved one or friend who died from suicide will begin Thursday, September 15th, 7:00 - 8:15 pm at Resilient Solutions, Inc. This group is 12-weeks ($175) with an optional book/journal.

Watch this moving clip created by Krystal.

To join us or for further questions, contact Becky at 801.259.3883 or email: becky.lpc@gmail.com