- Welcome to The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado
We are honored to companion you along your grief journey. We strive to offer a place of safety, comfort and healing opportunities to those who are bereaved. As a non-profit, our mission is to meet the needs of bereaved members of the community regardless of cultural and/or religious beliefs, manner of death, or relationship to the deceased. Our grief specialists hold Master’s Degrees in counseling psychology and have taken advanced certification courses in grief therapy. And they all understand grief.
Our work is based in honoring the lived experience of our clients, and incorporates the following philosophy:
Grief Is:
Since grief is non-pathological, it does not fall under the reimbursable diagnostic criteria of insurance companies. Therefore, our services are self-pay. In order to meet our mission, we utilize a sliding scale based on ability to pay and number of family members accessing our services. You will be asked to fill out a demographics form stating income level if you are requesting a sliding scale adjustment to our regular fees. You will also be asked to sign disclosure forms which include the new no surprises act (effective in 2022), a payment agreement, and a client intake form. These forms will be sent to you via email before your first appointment, and can be accessed on our website at griefcenterswco.org. If you are a prospective client and would like to be sent a copy of our Good Faith Estimate form, please contact us at griefcenterswco.office@gmail.com and give us your name, address, phone and email.
We are honored to companion you along your grief journey. We strive to offer a place of safety, comfort and healing opportunities to those who are bereaved. As a non-profit, our mission is to meet the needs of bereaved members of the community regardless of cultural and/or religious beliefs, manner of death, or relationship to the deceased. Our grief specialists hold Master’s Degrees in counseling psychology and have taken advanced certification courses in grief therapy. And they all understand grief.
Our work is based in honoring the lived experience of our clients, and incorporates the following philosophy:
Grief Is:
- Natural: Loss is a normal, inevitable and universal human experience
- Non-pathological and Complex: Grief is an adaptive, non-pathological response to loss
- Contextual: Grief is not solely an individual experience; grief is interwoven in a sociocultural context, influenced by family, community and other social systems
- Disruptive: Grief challenges our identity, relationships, beliefs and assumptions about the world and our role in it
- Relational: Healthy adaptation to loss is fostered by supportive relationships
- Dynamic: The dynamic nature of grief cannot be captured by stage, phase, or other prescriptive models. There are no universally acceptable or “correct” ways to grieve.
- Nonfinite: Loss is interwoven into our identity; therefore, the act of grieving is not a finite experience. Grief is ongoing.
Since grief is non-pathological, it does not fall under the reimbursable diagnostic criteria of insurance companies. Therefore, our services are self-pay. In order to meet our mission, we utilize a sliding scale based on ability to pay and number of family members accessing our services. You will be asked to fill out a demographics form stating income level if you are requesting a sliding scale adjustment to our regular fees. You will also be asked to sign disclosure forms which include the new no surprises act (effective in 2022), a payment agreement, and a client intake form. These forms will be sent to you via email before your first appointment, and can be accessed on our website at griefcenterswco.org. If you are a prospective client and would like to be sent a copy of our Good Faith Estimate form, please contact us at griefcenterswco.office@gmail.com and give us your name, address, phone and email.
The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado serves residents
of Southwest Colorado by offering the following:
- A network of bereavement specialists in Southwest Colorado (Spanish-speaking therapist available)
- Individual and group therapy for children, teens and adults experiencing a loss in their lives, including traumatic loss, using multi-modal interventions
- Therapeutic support groups for bereaved individuals
- Special programs for bereaved children and their families
Parenting programs
Peer support groups for survivors of suicide and substance-related deaths
- Pre- and neo-natal loss support
- Anticipatory grief services
- Community resources and organizational workshops on grief, loss and trauma-informed care
- On-call intervention response for schools and community organizations
- Assistance with memorial service planning and facilitation
- Resource library with books, films, audio and written materials to share
We are dedicated to providing the highest standard of professional service while remaining respectful, non-judgmental, and empathetic. We provide a warm, caring, and therapeutic environment for our clients.