Holistic Counseling Academy
GriefWork®
Compassionate, practical, and grief-informed education and support for individuals, helping professionals, workplaces, and organizations navigating loss.
A grief-informed approach
Grief does not need to be rushed, fixed, or forgotten.
Grief can affect emotions, identity, relationships, concentration, physical well-being, and the ability to move through everyday responsibilities. Support should make room for the reality of the loss while offering practical guidance for what comes next.
GriefWork® provides accessible education, guided resources, professional training, and organizational support grounded in compassion, cultural responsiveness, and real-world application.
Grief support is not about helping someone return to who they were before the loss. It is about helping them navigate who they are becoming after it.
Who GriefWork® serves
Support across personal, professional, and organizational settings
Individuals Navigating Loss
People seeking understandable grief education, supportive reflection, practical coping tools, and resources for life after loss.
Mental Health and Helping Professionals
Counselors, social workers, educators, support staff, facilitators, and grief educators strengthening their grief-informed practice.
Workplaces and Organizations
Employers, workplace leaders, HR teams, schools, universities, and community organizations responding to grief and loss.
Choose your pathway
How GriefWork® can support you
Start with the pathway that best matches what you need right now.
Individual Grief Support
Self-paced learning, guided resources, workbooks, journals, reflection exercises, and grief education for individuals navigating loss.
- Self-paced grief modules
- Grief education and coping tools
- Guided workbooks and journals
- Resources for different types of loss
Workplace Grief Support
Practical support that helps organizations respond to bereaved employees with informed leadership and compassionate workplace practices.
- Employee grief support groups
- Leadership and manager consultation
- Critical incident and loss response
- Workplace grief education
Professional Training
Grief-informed education for professionals who want to strengthen their ability to support grieving individuals, families, and communities.
- Clinical and professional training
- Workshops and customized programs
- Support-group facilitation education
- Practical professional resources
Begin at no cost
Join the Grief Self-Care Learning Library
Get free access to short, self-paced grief support modules created for real moments—not a course you have to finish in one sitting.
No pressure and no schedule. Sign up with your email and use the tools when you need them.
Get Free Access- Self-paced grief support modules
- Short, practical practices for difficult moments
- No cost and no required schedule
- New modules added as the library grows
For workplaces
Grief-informed support for managers and organizations
Grief does not stay outside the workplace. Organizations may need support following an employee loss, a death affecting a team, a critical incident, or another significant disruption.
GriefWork® offers education, consultation, and customized support that helps leaders respond with compassion while navigating their workplace responsibilities.
Available workplace support may include:
- Employee grief support groups
- Leadership and manager consultation
- Critical incident and organizational loss response
- Workplace grief education and workshops
- Customized short-term or ongoing programming
Professional training topics may include:
- Grief-informed clinical practice
- Companioning instead of fixing
- Disenfranchised and non-death losses
- Culturally responsive grief support
- Facilitating grief support groups
- Clinician self-awareness and grief history
For helping professionals
Practical education for grief-informed practice
GriefWork® provides education for mental health professionals, educators, support staff, facilitators, and other helping professionals seeking greater confidence in supporting grieving people.
Training can be developed as a single workshop, a multi-part learning experience, or customized programming for a professional community or organization.
Frequently asked questions
Finding the right GriefWork® support
Is the Grief Self-Care Learning Library free?
Yes. The library provides free access to short, self-paced grief support modules, with additional modules added as the collection grows.
Does GriefWork® only address grief after a death?
No. GriefWork® recognizes both death-related grief and non-death losses. Available education and resources address different forms of loss and the ways grief may affect everyday life.
Can an organization request customized support?
Yes. Workplace support, professional training, workshops, and educational programming can be customized around the organization’s needs, audience, and goals.
Do you offer training for mental health professionals?
Yes. Professional education may address grief-informed clinical practice, companioning, disenfranchised and non-death losses, culturally responsive support, group facilitation, and clinician self-awareness.
Is GriefWork® a replacement for therapy?
No. The self-paced modules, educational resources, and organizational programs are educational and supportive. They do not replace individualized mental health assessment, treatment, crisis services, or medical care.
How do I decide where to begin?
Individuals can begin with the free Learning Library or GriefWork® resources. Professionals and organizations can use the contact page to discuss training, workplace support, or customized programming.
Begin with the support that fits your needs.
Access free self-paced learning, explore individual resources, or bring GriefWork® to your organization.
GriefWork® educational resources and programs do not replace individualized mental health treatment, crisis services, medical care, or legal guidance.