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Tending Sorrow

$280* | 6-week group | Sundays 9:30am | Starting Sunday, 12/15 | No drop-ins

Group facilitated by Kelsey Hoeper

Tending Sorrow will serve as a supportive processing space to approach grief as companion. The group meets for 6-weeks and will be meeting virtually. An intake appointment with Kelsey is required to register for this group.

We will all know grief intimately. It is an ongoing journey that is not meant to be made “right” or fixed. Despite what our society has taught us directly and indirectly, grief need not be pushed to the side or made private or journeyed alone. Our engagement with grief and sorrow during our time together will include writing, embodiment practices, poetry, art-making and music. This group aims to provide you with something outside of the “mainstream” conversation on grief, honoring the work and voices of fellow grief tenders, writers and soul activists. All in-session practices and exercises are always invitational. If art practices and/or grief rituals call for any materials, advanced notice will be given.

By joining the group:

  • You will tend to grief with compassion and reverence, undertaking “grief work” as an apprenticeship with sorrow (coined by Francis Weller, whose work will largely inform the content)
  • You will acquire more skills to navigate the terrain of loss
  • Achieve a felt sense of community
  • Expand the concept of grief and what is/can be grieved (e.g. physical loss, climate change, the love we wanted but did not receive, etc.)

Group forming now and scheduled to begin Sunday, 12/15,  9:30-11am. Cost is $280* for the 6-week group; several reduced fee spots available. This group may be billable to your health insurance, inquire via email.

 

Maximum of 12 participants. Group runs with 5 or more. Group participants musts be 18+. Must reside in Illinois to participate. All sessions planned for 90-minutes each. Group will be facilitated by Kelsey Hoeper, LPC, NCC. If you are interested, please contact Kelsey via email: khoeper@andersonville.com. Andersonville Mindfulness & Psychology is a LGBTQ+ affirming practice and encourages those who identify a part of the queer community to join this supportive processing group.