TESTIMONIALS

Belle M.

Participating in this grief and loss recovery program has allowed me to look deeper into myself and better understand and process events and situations in my life. I have learned to let go of old grudges and found new and deeper ​love for family members. I know this experience will continue to inform my work as an educator and my interaction with students and friends.  I cannot recommend highly enough.

Lizette D.

I extend my great appreciation for your guidance and understanding, helping me cope through the darkness by reassuring me it was safe to go to that heavy emotional place.  Going through every step, trusting you and the process, brought me finally to that moment of forgiveness and freedom.  My heart is lighter, my outlook brighter, as I have let go of the memory of what once was but will never be again.  I am forever grateful to you for your compassion and commitment to my recovery.  Thank you Susan!

Sari S.

I would like to share my gratitude and heartfelt love to you, Susan, for the work you are doing with your grief and loss recovery program. Before I started the course with you I was so lost in my own grief. It had me frozen in time emotionally, preventing me from finding peace and acceptance. I wasn’t able to see ahead or look back. I felt like I was just surviving through the pain. After completing the course with you I have been able to embrace my life and my relationships and feel closer than ever to my mother again, without intense pain attached to those memories. I cannot speak highly enough about this course and how, by using your innate and genuine skills of truly listening, you helped unleash the emotions and blocks that I have been carrying through my time of loss. You helped me release so many unaddressed issues surrounding my experience of losing my mother and you helped me find my way back. For this I am eternally grateful. I felt so comfortable in your presence and safe in the environment of trust you created. In only a few months I was able to release so much pain, so much heaviness and despair and start reclaiming my life back, as my mother would have wanted for me. You guided me through such complex and, at times, painful terrain like a true friend, but with the utmost professionalism. I hope that people turn to you and go through the grief recovery process, as it really was the turning point for me having a life again.

Jason W.

After attending groups with Susan Dean I was able to begin to let go of the “GRIEF” associated with the loss of my mother. I now understand that letting go of the “GRIEF” does not in any way mean that I am remembering and loving my mother any less.

Alicia W.

In August 2008, my father took his life and needless to say, it was a shock and a horrific tragedy that left me grief stricken, emotionally stagnate and a physical wreck.  Unfortunately, this wasn’t the only loss I suffered.  Prior to and subsequent to my father’s death, I went through a time where I didn’t have an income leaving me financially encumbered.  Additionally, a beloved family pet lost his battle with spleen cancer.  As you can see, loss comes in a variety of forms. During this time, a family friend referred me to a Survivor’s After Suicide non-profit organization which solely focused on the issue of suicide.  Being the proactive person I am, I spent many hours looking for support that would encompass all aspects of the losses I experienced.  It became readily apparent that most forms of support and assistance were limited to a particular subject matter or issue.  Trying to find a forum that would provide support on a broader scale was virtually non-existent. My research eventually uncovered a resource that is in much demand and also proved to be invaluable.  I attended a program conducted by Susan Dean Ph.D. entitled “Loss, Live, Love” which amazingly offered an all-encompassing grief recovery format.  In a setting of comfort and confidentiality, you realize you are not alone and in fact, have much in common with other group members when it comes to emotions and feelings experienced as it relates to grief and loss.  Because of Susan’s tremendous academic qualifications (Ph.D. in Human Behavior) and her own personal experiences, she is able to equip you with the tools necessary to not only embrace your loss and grief, but to move forward with your life in a healthy and productive fashion. The existence of such a group with the expertise of Dr. Susan Dean is limited at best.  One has nothing to lose by participating in this recovery program.  There is only something to be gained!

Nancy L..

So many losses, so little time.  That’s what I thought at the time I received a diagnosis of advanced stage of breast cancer…a huge loss of my good health. I did not know where to turn. We have all heard that when the “student” is ready, the “teacher will come, and then Susan Dean came into my life.  I could not have made the transition from grief to happiness without her guidance.  She provided a very safe environment that prompted me to share my emotional pain, hopes, and dreams that seemed impossible at the time.  I was laughing on the outside and crying inside. She taught me the principles I needed in order to let go of the pain and I follow those guidelines each day. We worked on other old losses also that I had buried long ago which inhibited my ability to enjoy my life.  I thank G-d every day for the Grief Recovery Workshop.