Dr. Theresa Burke created Grief to Grace – Healing the Wounds of AbuseTM in 2005 to provide a psychological and spiritual healing program to help people who have endured physical, emotional, sexual, or spiritual abuse reclaim their dignity. This retreat is also appropriate for anyone who has suffered from the loss of a family, a parent’s addiction, neglect or abandonment experiences, being bullied in childhood, distressing medical problems or mental illness, traumatic death events, violence, divorce, or abuse by an authority figure or member of the clergy, government, or education system.
Abuse often involves shame, keeping secrets, or fear of speaking the truth about terrifying experiences from the past. By going through the program within a supportive group dynamic, participants recognize that they all share many of the same wounds. The group becomes a powerful source of healing as they identify their life patterns that were rooted in abuse and their survivor modes and triggers that continue to hijack their nervous system into states of fight, flight, freeze, and collapse. As they practice new responses and untwist the lies of abuse, a great deal of fear, shame, and blame falls away.
Grief to GraceTM is a powerful psychological and spiritual journey that provides safety and hope in the midst of emotional chaos. This effective and supportive healing process combines Living Scripture meditations, journaling, group discussion, facilitation, and somatic therapy using art, music, and body movement, as well as creative grief work.
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If you or someone you love has suffered from abuse, you can reclaim your dignity and experience hope and healing. Call our hotline for immediate assistance: (610) 203-2002. If you would like to attend a Grief to GraceTM retreat, sponsor a participant, learn more about this program, or bring Grief to Grace to your area, contact us. We keep all your information in complete confidence.
