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.

Group. Finding Your Resilience.

We are excited to offer a course that will help you Flourish as you celebrate your strengths and resilience through the work of positive psychology. Part I: 8-week course, Tuesdays 7-8:15 to begin March 5 - May 7 at Resilient Solutions, Inc, 1355 N. Main, Ste. 1, Bountiful, Utah. $195 for 8-week course. Part II: 6-week follow-up course, Tuesdays June 11 - July 9 at RSI. $150 for 6-week course. For more details: contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883 or email: becky.lpc@gmail.com.

Nurturing your body in grief

Grief can take a toll on our body.  Dr. Alan Wolfelt (www.centerforloss.com) reminds us to "Be kind to your body.  

- The physical problems encountered from grief can include physical and emotional exhaustion, uncontrollable crying, trouble sleeping, heart palpitations, and headaches.  

-These physical effectcs are not inevitable, but in order to nurture your body, you may have to take a step back, slow down, and look at your physical needs.  You may need to take time away from work and focus on clearing your mind.  You must be kind to yourself by supplying your body with the good nutrition, water, rest, and exercise that you need.  

Carpe Diem:  Do one nice thing for your body today.  Consider a walk, a healthy meal, a warm drink, or simply a hot bath."   Thank you, Dr. Wolfelt. His books are referenced often in the grief groups offered in our office at :  Resilient Center for Grieving Families, 1355 N. Main, Ste. 1, Bountiful, Utah 84010.

For more information on upcoming groups, contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883 or Melanie Holt, LAPC at 801.718.9840.  

Teen Group, Mondays 4 - 5:15, $20/group session

Adult Group for those who have had a loved one die from suicide, Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:45, $20/group session.

Upcoming Group:  Mindfully Grieving.  

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 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.

Mindfulness/Self-Compassion Class

You can still join us for our 8-week Mindfulness Class, Tuesday, May 1st - 5-6:15 PM at Resilient Solutions, Inc., 1355 N. Main, Ste. 1, Bountiful, Utah.  Group is $38/group session.  Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, 801.259.3883, email: becky.lpc@gmail.com for further information.

Christopher Germer, Self-Compassion and Mindfulness, states:

Some people worry that self-compassion will close them off from other people by making them selfish and self-centered.  The reverse is actually the case -- the more open hearted we are with ourselves, the closer we feel toward the rest of life.  Self-compassion is the foundation for kindness toward others.  When we're more accepting of our own, we become more accepting of others.  Full acceptance of ourselves, moment to moment makes it easier to adapt and change in the direction we'd like to go.

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 Group Members Share

Grief group members shared some of what others have done that has helped:

"When someone sends me a card in the mail telling me they are still thinking of me and praying for me."

"When someone asks me sincerely how I am doing."

"I have appreciated people that have taken time to share with me their memories and/or good experiences with my son."

"The person that took a picture of the parking lot the day of the funeral so I could remember all who were there for us."

Our Spring/Summer Groups will begin the first week in May. Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT for further details at becky.lpc@gmail.com. Ongoing groups: Mom's Grief Group - Mondays, 11:30 - 1:00; Men's Grief Group - Thursdays 5:30 - 7:00.

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.

Circle the Wagons. Vickie Walker.

Director and President of Circle the Wagon Foundation , Vickie Walker will speak on Wednesday, February 22nd, 7 PM at Resilient Solutions, Inc, 1355 N. Main, Ste. 3, Bountiful, Utah.

Please RSVP to Becky Andrews, LPC, FT at 801.259.3883 or email:  becky.lpc@gmail.com.

Mindfulness and Well-being

Every mindful step we make and every mindful breath we take will establish peace ... If we transform our individual consciousness, we begin the process of changing the collective consciousness.  Thich Nhat Hanh

Our next Mindfulness Courses have started - you still can join in this week by contacting Becky at 801.259.3883 or email:  becky.lpc@gmail.com

Wednesday evening class:  5:15 - 6:30 PM, Thursday class:  1:15 - 2:30 at
1355 N. Main, Ste, 1, Bountiful, Utah - Resilient Solutions, Inc.

Course text:  A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein. 

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. 

Mindfulness. An Eight-Week Plan

Join Becky and Christy for an 8-week Mindfulness class.  Our next courses will begin Wed February 1st, 5:15 - 6:30 or Thursday February 2nd, 1:15 - 2:30.  Space is limited. 

What are some of the benefits of mindfulness meditation?
--Anxiety, depression and irritability all decrease with regular sessions of meditation.  Memory improves, reactions times become faster and mental and physical stamina increase.
--Regular meditators enjoy better and more fulfilling relationships
--Studies worldwide have found that meditation reduces the key indicators of chronic stress, including hypertension.
--Meditation has always been found to be effective in reducing the impact of serious conditions, such as chronic pain and can even help to relieve drug and alcohol dependence.
--Studies have now shown that meditation bolsters the immune system and thus helps to fight off colds, flu and other diseases.  --Mark Williams and Danny Penman, Mindfulness, An eightweek plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World.

Course is $295 for the 8-week course.  Contact Becky Andrews, LPC, FT (801.259.3883) or Christy Cox, LCSW (801.243.4959) for more details.

Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Courses

Our next course will begin Wednesday, January 25th, 4:45 - 6:00 PM at Resilient Solutions, Inc, 1355 N. Main, Ste, 1, Bountiful, Utah.  Christy Cox, LCSW and Becky Andrews, LPC will facilitate this course. 

8-week course, $295 ($38/group).  To register, contact Becky at 801.259.3883 or Christy at 801.243.4959. 

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it ... George Moore

What are some of our topics?  We will follow A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook as well as some other excellent texts.  Some of the topics will include:

The mind-body connection
Practicing Mindfulness meditation
Mindfulness and stress reduction
How does mindfulness help our interpersonal relationships
How mindfulness can contribute to our healthy path of mindful eating, exercise, rest and connection.

Join us on this journey! 

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

Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Course

Emotional suffering comes in all shapes and sizes. We might worry about the future, be angry or sad, feel guilty or ashamed, get upset about physical pain, or just feel bored or stressed. Sometimes it's pretty subtle - we 'don't feel great; or are 'out of sorts'. Other times we can get so taken over by anxiety, depression, addictions, pain, or stress-related symptoms that it's hard to even function. A remarkable amount of the time, being human isn't easy.
Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD The mindfulness solution

Join Becky Andrews, LPC, FT, and Christy Cox, LCSW, for an 8-week course on Mindfulness and Self-Compassion.  Our next course begins Thursday, January 12, 11:45 - 1:00 PM (8-week group course - class size is limited to 8, $295, insurance may be billed).   To register contact Becky at 801.259.3883 or Christy at 801.243.4959.

Workbook included.