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. Services are offered on a sliding scale based on ability to pay.
In 2024, The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado:
- Provided 4000+ individual and group grief counseling sessions
- Contracted twelve grief specialists, including a family therapist
- Trained and supervised nine graduate school interns
- Collaborated with the Southern Ute Education Department to offer grief counseling to Southern Ute students
- Collaborated with La Plata Youth Services providing on-site school counseling for at risk bereaved students
- Offered on-site grief therapy for elders at rehab and senior centers Cottonwood Health and Sunshine Gardens
- Was awarded national funding to work with patients with Parkinson’s and their care partners
- Was awarded national funding to work with organ donors, recipients and their families
- Provided grief support to local businesses and schools after loss
- Facilitated Survivors of Suicide Attempt groups in Durango and Cortez
- Expanded services in Rural La Plata and Montezuma Counties
- Offered in-person Summer Grief Camps for Elementary and Middle School Students
- Offered monthly grief groups for children in La Plata County
- Facilitated GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) monthly meetings
- Facilitated Suicide Loss Survivor monthly support groups
- Was named a Childhood Bereavement Changemaker by the New York Life Foundation and the JAG Institute and contributed to gathering regional data on childhood bereavement as part of this national effort
- Was awarded the Robert Boe Award for supervision to upcoming therapists
- Participated in the La Plata County Suicide Prevention Collaborative, taking a lead role in the Postvention Workgroup