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.
Summer Special — 20% OFF All Tiers (NOW avail until August 31!)
TRAINING DETAILS
A 12-week immersive training in guiding grief with ritual, care, and community. 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.
See the full 12-week curriculum + session breakdown. [PDF]
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Comprehensive Skill Building: Learn how to hold space for grief—both one-on-one and in groups—drawing from insights gathered through work with over 300 grieving and dying individuals.
- Experiential, Practice-Based Learning: Engage in real-time practice sessions, guided exercises, and peer feedback to deepen your ability to offer grounded, compassionate support.
- Personalized Capstone Project: Create and share a culminating project that reflects your unique approach and integrates key learnings from the training.
- Community & Coaching: Receive steady guidance from experienced grief practitioners from all walks of life throughout the 12 weeks.
- A Holistic Framework for Grief: Explore grief beyond death—including invisible and cultural losses—and develop language to meet sorrow with care. We integrate reflection on mortality, spirituality, and personal story into your practice as a grief guide.
PRACTICAL TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
- Somatic & Mindfulness Practices: Use breathwork and movement to process and move grief through the body.
- Self-Care & Boundaries: Build a personalized care plan, resource map, and practice healthy boundaries to sustain this work.
- Rituals & Ceremony: Learn to design meaningful grief rituals and ceremonies to mark transition, honor loss, and reconnect to lineage.
- Peer Connection: Share insights and reflections within a supportive cohort of fellow learners.
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
- Opportunities with The Grievery: Qualify to offer 1:1 sessions or lead community gatherings through our platform.
- A Supportive Network: Stay connected with like-hearted peers during and after the training.
- Certificate of Completion: Recognizing you as a Grievery Trained Grief Guide
Application Details
- Start Date: September 7, 2025
- Cadence: Weekly live trainings + recordings
- Time: 2:00 - 4:00PM US eastern time, every Sunday
- Format: Virtual sessions via Zoom (Links provided closer to the start date)
- Included: Certificate of Completion
- Seats are limited—apply by September 1 to secure your spot!
Summer Special — 20% OFF Training
Core @ $795 (reg $995)
Core+ @ $1,195 (reg $1,495)
Core+ @ $1,195 (reg $1,495)
Includes:
- Full 12-week program
- Live sessions + recordings
- Including peer practice sessions
- Training manual
- Capstone project
Core+ @ $1,195 (reg $1,495)
Core+ @ $1,195 (reg $1,495)
Core+ @ $1,195 (reg $1,495)
Includes Everything in Core, Plus:
- 4 x 1:1 course mentorship sessions w/ Rebecca
- Unlimited grief gathering drop-ins during the training
Offer available until August 31. All discounts automatically applied—no code needed!
Apply to reserve your spot
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 information?
You can always contact us if you want help discerning timing or have questions about the training.
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