Grief Recovery
The Grief Recovery Institute was the unintended by-product of the death of a child of John W. James. Reeling from that death, John sought help from therapists, clergy, funeral directors, and others who he thought would know how to help. He haunted book stores looking for a book that would help him deal with the emotions that were making his life unbearable. The books he found were mainly first-person laments of deaths that had affected the authors. James already knew how much pain he was in. He needed to know how to overcome the pain and regain the will to live. Friends, seeing positive changes in James, began referring others who’d had a child die to him. Although he was not trained as a counselor, he passed along the things he’d done that had helped him. At that time, James was a contractor, building passive solar homes. Eventually, people were coming to see James who were dealing with deaths of spouses, parents, and others, not just the death of children. In short order, so much of his time was spent helping others that there was no longer time for building houses.
Grief Recovery
Grief Recovery
Grief Recovery
Grief Recovery
Grief Recovery
Grief Recovery
Grief Recovery
Grief Recovery
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