September 2025 Grief GuiDE TRAINING
Join Our 12-Week Journey to Become a Grievery Certified Grief Guide
Are you ready? This training prepares you to become a compassionate and skilled grief guide, ready to hold space and support others through life’s most profound transitions. Our course offers a unique blend of theory, self-reflection, and practical skills.
Sessions meet weekly, alternating between educational content and hands-on practice sessions, beginning this September.
TRAINING DETAILS
This 12-week immersive training equips participants with practical tools and personal insights to support individuals through grief. By integrating somatic practices, rituals, and compassionate listening, you will gain the confidence and skills needed to guide others through the complexities of loss. Whether you're pursuing professional grief work or seeking personal growth, this transformative journey offers mentorship, community, and experiential learning rooted in care and understanding.
Click here to view a full outline of the training. [PDF]
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Comprehensive Skill Development: Learn techniques for holding space for grief, both in groups and one-on-one, drawn from insights gained through supporting over 300 grieving and dying individuals.
- Experiential Learning: Apply concepts in real-time with practice sessions, feedback, and guided exercises, deepening your ability to provide compassionate support.
- Capstone Project: Develop and present a personal project that reflects your unique gifts and integrates elements from the training.
- Mentorship & Coaching: Receive guidance and coaching from experienced grief practitioners and death doulas throughout the program.
- Holistic Approach: Gain a deeper understanding of grief beyond death and develop language to compassionately support the grieving. Explore the influence of mortality, spirituality, and personal reflections on your role as a grief guide.
- Practical Tools & Techniques:
- Somatic and Mindfulness Practices: Learn breathwork and movement techniques to process and release grief.
- Self-Care & Boundaries: Create personalized self-care plans, develop resource maps, and practice boundary-setting to prevent burnout.
- Rituals and Ceremonies: Design meaningful grief rituals and ceremonies to honor loss and transition.
- Peer Support: Connect with like-minded peers, fostering a supportive and enriching environment while sharing reflections on grief and mortality.
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
- Work with The Grievery: Qualify to become a grief guide with The Grievery
- Supportive Community: Connect with a network of like-minded professionals throughout and beyond the training
- Certificate of Completion: Formally recognizing you as a Grievery Trained Grief Guide
Application Details
- Start Date: September 7, 2025
- Cadence: Weekly live sessions from 2:00 - 4:00PM eastern
- Application deadline: September 1, 2025
- Format: Virtual sessions via Zoom (Links provided closer to the start date)
- Investment: Core training is valued at $995
- 1:1 Mentorship: Included in the Core+ Package only.
YOUR TRAINING INVESTMENT
Core @ $995
Core+ @ $1,495
Core+ @ $1,495
Includes:
- Full 12-week program
- Live sessions + recordings
- Including practice sessions
- Training manual
- Capstone project
- Supportive community
Core+ @ $1,495
Core+ @ $1,495
Core+ @ $1,495
Includes Everything in Core, Plus:
- 4 x 1:1 course mentorship sessions w/ Rebecca
- Unlimited grief gathering drop-ins during the training
Apply for The Training
Your Facilitators
Rebecca Churt (she/her)
Luna Liebling (they/them)
Luna Liebling (they/them)
Rebecca is an end-of-life Doula and Founder of The Grievery. Her approach is guided by an understanding that grief does not need to be fixed or solved but instead must be tended to with compassion, presence, and community.
Luna Liebling (they/them)
Luna Liebling (they/them)
Luna Liebling (they/them)
Luna believes that grief is a necessary practice in this current world and is an act of resistance to business as usual. Their work centers on the belief that the more we can feel our grief, the more we are able to access our joy.
More ABOUT US
We bring an experienced perspective as grief guides and death doulas, known for our compassion and innovative approach. Our non-clinical grief support focuses on community building and the art of holding space. Whether working one-on-one or with groups, our offerings are designed for educational and ritual-based gatherings, fostering connection and healing.
Group Commitments:
Our time together will be grounded in principles of deep listening, humility, and bearing witness. We will practice being present without trying to fix or advise, and we will treat all shared experiences with confidentiality and care.
Who Should Attend:
- Therapists, counselors, and social workers.
- Death doulas and end-of-life care practitioners.
- Coaches and holistic practitioners, including those working with psychedelics and other therapeutic modalities.
- Community leaders serving marginalized groups.
- Individuals with lived grief experiences seeking to support others.
If you are experiencing a very recent loss, however, you may wish to pause and consider whether this is the right time for this deeper work. Trust your intuition about what feels most supportive for your healing right now.
Looking for more guidance?
You can always contact us if you want help discerning timing or have questions about the training.
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