Grief Recovery Center
alvarado arts and sciences bldg.
6310 alvarado court
san diego, ca 92120 (714) 286-1010
A team approach to grief recovery counseling (death, separation, divorce, transitions), and to the psychological management of chronic illness and life-threatening disease.
the need
Research indicates that there is a link t=between unresolved grief and chronic depression, physical and psychological illness, behavior problems, and suicide. yet, grief is one of the least understood stressors in our society today. Layers of unresolved grief can accumulate year after year and go unrecognized by the grieve, the family, friends, and even the professionals involved.
Grief can result from such causes as:
Death Of A loved One
Separation And Divorce
Chronic Illness Or Life-Threatening Disease
Loss Of Body Part Or Function
Miscarriage, Abortion, Or Rape
Giving Up An Addictive Habit
Occupation Change Or Retirement
Financial Losses
Change Of Environment
Life Transitions
the team approach
The specialist of the GRIEF RECOVERY CENTER have developed a unique educational and treatment program using a team approach which supports the individual and the family in resolving the stages of grief, . . . and in the psychological management of chronic illness and life-threatening disease.
Our program serves as a specialized supportive resource for Physicians, Nurses, mental Health Professionals, Attorneys, Clergy, Agencies, and Industry.
the benefits
A supportive Group With Which to Share Mutual Concerns
Stress Reduction
Enhanced Self Esteem
A Wider Range Of Self Expression
Getting in Touch With Inner Resources For Self Healing
New Found Strength In Moving Through The Grief and Emerging Even Stronger Than Before The Loss
More Inner Clarity For Achieving new Goals
Psychological tools And Techniques Enabling Improved mental And Physical Health.
the services
Counseling and psychotherapy
For children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. We sometimes use two therapists as a team, (cotherapy), or we put several families with similar concerns together into a group, (multiple family therapy).
We specialize in the following kinds of support groups:
- separation and divorce
- widowed and death related
- life threatening disease and chronic illness
- sell esteem
Additional services include:
Psychodiagnostic evaluation
Professional training (BRN Credit)
Lectures
Counseling
Books and tapes
the fees
Our fees are standard and are commensurate with quality service. We take Champus and other insurance which covers the services of licensed psychotherapists.
the staff
lynn schwartz, ph.d., mfcc, Founder and Director of the Grief Recovery Center is a psychotherapist, college instructor, and speaker. she specializes in individual, relationship, and group counseling of persons in grief and in transition. she has been a supervisor of counseling interns and does professional training. she has developed the “Saying Goodbye and Letting Go” workshop which is a breakthrough n the field of grief counseling. Research over the past five years on the effectiveness of the workshop shows a statistically significant improvement experienced by participants. Dr. Schwartz is an appointed member of the San Diego Certification Review Board for the National Forum on Death Education and Counseling.
Robert price, ph.d., mfcc, specializes in individual and family counseling of persons with chronic illness or life-threatening disease. He has been working with patients with serious physical disease for over 10 years. Dr. Price is psychotherapeutic techniques are designed in part to assist the patient’s response to medical therapy by enlisting the patient as an active rather than a passive agent in his own treatment. He was trained by Carl Simonton, .D., in the Simonton approach to disease remission. Dr. Price has developed his own techniques and expertise by working as a clinician and researcher at a cancer clinic and hospital.
mary thielbahr, m.a., psychologist, has specialized in working with families, children, and adolescents for over 16 years. She has worked in both psychiatric and geriatric hospitals in California and Illinois and has been a psychological consultant and trainer in the public school system.
helen antoniak, m.s.w., ph.d., a.c.s.w., a widowhood consultant, founded in Widowed-to-Widowed Program. She is co-author of Alone: Emotional, Legal and Financial Help for the Widowed Woman, and has designed a series of cassettes for people adjusting to the end of a marriage. the “Creative Widowhood Adjustment” and the “Creative Divorce Adustmanet” cassettes are used all over the United States. Dr. Antoniak is an author, speaker, and college teacher.
ann bennet sturgis, ph.d., is an international consultant/specialist in stress reduction, stress management, transpersonal development, and performance optimization. her audio cassettes on relaxation, stress reduction, time management, healing, and pain control have been used extensively by health professionals and recommended by them for wide application.