Institute of Professional Grief Coaching (IOPGC)
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New York Life Foundation's State of Grief Report reveals that 68 percent of Americns would welcome more open dialogue around grief. Dora Carpenter says, "It's time to talk about the elephant in the room.
News and Updates
News and Updates
Have you ever questioned the benefits of grief coaching, or just didn’t know the difference between coaching and professional counseling/therapy? Katie Rosseinsky writes in Independent about the HBO series ‘Succession’ and says that “a recent ‘Succession’ death led Jeremy Strong’s Kendal Roy to employ a professional grief coach to help him get through it.” Read the article here.
Applications are now been accepted for enrollment in the Platinum Grief Coach Certification Program. Find out more here.
WORK THROUGH PERSONAL UNRESOLVED GRIEF WHILE LEARNING TO SUPPORT OTHERS WITH AN ICF-ACCREDITED GRIEF COACH CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
PROGRAMS SUITED FOR INDIVIDUALS, COACHES, AND BUSINESSES
LIVE VIA ZOOM PROGRAM | HYBRID PROGRAM | SELF-DIRECTED ONLINE PROGRAM
Learn to coach others through the loss of loved ones using a proven, non-therapeutic, compassion-led methodology. Program is ideal for those with some coaching experience, professional health care providers, death care professionals, educational and religious organizations, and individuals with a compassionate heart and passion to serve and make a difference. The From Grief to Gratitude Coach Certification Program is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
WHY DO WE GRIEVE ANYWAY? WE GRIEVE BECAUSE WE LOVED.
WHY DO WE GRIEVE ANYWAY? WE GRIEVE BECAUSE WE LOVED.
Grieving is not a disease. It is a necessity that follows no linear pattern. Grief coaching, an untapped non-therapeutic paradigm, shifts the perspective that grief is an illness that needs to be treated, fixed, or cured. Instead, it empowers individuals to open themselves up to allow the normal and natural responses to loss … giving themselves permission to grieve. Thereafter, helping them to navigate through and thrive in their own personal sense of new normalcy. Grief coaching does not infer, provide, or replace professional counseling, therapy, or mental health services.
Our mission is to educate on the misunderstood and often avoided sensitive topic of grief; train and certify professional grief coaches to help individuals move from pain to peace, heartbreak to happiness, and grief to gratitude in the shortest time possible; and, to help organizations create compassionate and grief-informed workplace cultures.
"Unlike group therapy, peer-led groups are not managed by a mental health professional. Instead, they’re led by people who have faced challenges the group members are also experiencing.
After her mother died many years ago, Barri Leiner Grant, 56, a certified grief coach in Chicago, played host to a group event for motherless daughters. “I realized that we don’t ‘get over’ grief; we learn to live with the loss,” Grant says. Recognizing the need for more support, Grant was inspired to start “the Memory Circle,” a grief group for anyone coping with loss."
The Washington Post
July 2, 2022
The Washington Post
July 2, 2022
"With therapists in short supply, group counseling offers alternative."
"With therapists in short supply, group counseling offers alternative."
WHY BECOME A FROM GRIEF TO GRATITUDE CERTIFIED COACH?
WHY BECOME A FROM GRIEF TO GRATITUDE CERTIFIED COACH?
Death is an equal opportunity event that will directly or indirectly affect every individual, community, or organization at some point. The more we know about grief, what it is, and why we grieve, the better we are able to deal with the inevitable occasion of loss. As grief coaches, we do not treat, fix, or cure grief. We do educate and support on this sensitive experience that is unique to each of us. Our programs are accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
"Where are the groups for sisters who lost their sister? I'd been searching sincerely. This is how by serendipity, I was fortunate to discover From Grief to Gratitude. I Innately knew that what I'm looking for is looking for me. Only I was a mess. This extraordinary training was my personal miracle! Dora has created grief support mastery, offered with such grace and compassion. Dora provides a space that allows for expressing feelings, invites emotions, while all together provoke new awareness. My overall experience has reinforced my freedom, to manifest my heartbreak back to my happiness. I'm forever grateful for this training, I am reciprocating the knowledge and tools in support of other sister's who lost their sister."
T. Lofton, ACC, Chicago, Ilinois
T. Lofton, ACC, Chicago, Ilinois
This class has really enriched my understanding of the grief process and the powerful work and need for grief coaches and grief coaching! It helped me process the death of my mother and the feeling of regret and guilt for never having the opportunity to hear her last words or say good bye at the moment of her death. This class allowed me to reflect and ponder with a renewed perspective the many moments that did afforded me the opportunity to say good bye and receive her blessings!!!....A huge weight was lifted....thank you Dora!!!
Egbert H. George, Owings Mill, Maryland
Egbert H. George, Owings Mill, Maryland
Dora demonstrated enthusiasm, passion, integrity, vision and COMMITMENT beyond measure. I so looked forward to Tuesday nights to see her and my classmates. I felt a real connection to Dora (and my classmates), like she could feel my heart, which was pretty fragile during this time. She truly valued each one of us and all the gifts we "brought to the table" ourselves. Her passion for grief coaching and helping others is palpable and I loved how she "trained" us to speak in the NOW - it was never, "when I become....." it is "I am ...... " ...... and I am very proud to say I am an RN and a CERTIFIED GRIEF COACH (notice how that's all in caps, too - smile) thanks to the exceptional ICF certified program/education Dora provided. I would highly recommend this program to whomever is serious about becoming a grief coach and really wanting to make a difference in other's lives. There is no greater gift than to serve others. Dora is a beautiful role model of this gift to all of us.
Joan Spencer, RN, Certified Grief Coach, Copake Falls, New York
Joan Spencer, RN, Certified Grief Coach, Copake Falls, New York
My experience with both the From Grief to Gratitude Program and Intern-While-You-Learn Program was and IS still Life Changing!!! Personally in my relationships with my husband (who's grieving the loss of his father from 2 years ago), oldest son (whose 5-month-old son left this life 5 years ago), and my mother-in-love (who is mourning the loss of her husband with whom she had been with for about 60+ years!) I have been able to have conversations that I was not automatically going to have if I didn't have these tools!
Tonya Overton, Alexandria, Virginia
Tonya Overton, Alexandria, Virginia
Whether leading a team of a few colleagues, a department of eight hundred employees, or a small group in school, church, or your community, this training provides the most useful, hands on in layman’s terms, understanding of grief and practical methodologies to moving through and beyond it.
Program Graduate, California
Program Graduate, California
Bits and Pieces of Our Reason Why
Bits and Pieces of Our Reason Why