Life Falls Apart

A Psychotherapy Bereavement Group for Parents Coping With A Childs’s Fatal
Fentanyl Poisoning, Accidental Overdose, or Suicide

No matter what the circumstances of a child’s death, parents lives are shattered beyond recognition. A child’s death is traumatic and significantly life-changing. From the moment you received a phone call, knock on your front door, or are confronted with the fatal sight of your child, your once anchored life has capsized. You may experience a violent shock to your body and mind. You may also experience numbness, disbelief, an inability to function, inconsolable pain, and even a sense of hopelessness. In the ensuing days, months, and years, professional and psychological support provides a critical anchor your otherwise felt rudderless existence.

Throughout my years of academic and subjective clinical practice, healing from the death of my son, I know that psychotherapeutic support offers us a meaningful life beyond the traumatic experience of our child’s death.

This group addresses critical signs of resulting Complicated Grief.

*Complicated grief is characterized by feeling of debilitating loss that do not always resolve without professional help. Complicated Grief among parents whose child has died is not uncommon. While entirely understandable, and not pathological, without support, it can be timeless.

These include:

  • Psychological, sociological, and physiological pervasive distress.

  • Disbelief, numbness, and shock.

  • Anger, irritability, guilt, and self-blame.

  • Intrusive reminders of your loss —i.e. individuals, places, situations, images, thoughts, and emotions.

  • Fear of disconnect from your child.

  • Ruminating intrusive cognitions and confusion.

Group objectives:

  • Recognize Post-Traumatic Stress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

  • Manifest Post-Traumatic Spiritual Growth (PTSG).

  • Acquire coping strategies and resources.

  • Experience healthy vulnerability which results in positive outcomes of family relationships.

  • Exlpore and discovery inherent self-healing resources.

  • Connect with other parents from whom you will receive mutual newfound hope.

When: Thursdays April 21st, April 28th (guest speaker), and May 5th (guest speaker, 2022)

4:30pm -6:00pm PST.

Where: Via Zoom webinar. Due to HIPPA compliance this interactive group webinar will not be recorded. Please login five minutes prior to the start of our session.

Zoom Login ID: Received via private email addresses. Please be sure to include on your contact form.

Cost: Couples $875 and $675 for single attendees.


PayPal Link for Couples Registration

PayPal Link for Single Registration