Healing for Grief and Loss

Healing for Grief and Loss The H.E.A.L.I.N.G. program works with individuals, groups, schools, agencies and organizations to validate, normalize and educate their process through grief.

02/26/2026

Grief is often described as a journey, but that framing can feel misleading. Journeys have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Grief does not end.

It changes and evolves.

Grief is better understood as a process. Something that unfolds over time and continues to shape us.

Grief leaves a hole, and it can also expand who we are. Both can be true.

We can struggle and still grow. We can carry loss and still live a full life.

Grief does not close us down forever.

Sometimes it quietly widens the path beneath our feet.

Grief doesn’t move in a straight line. Even after years of feeling steady, it can rise again in new seasons of life, and...
02/24/2026

Grief doesn’t move in a straight line.
Even after years of feeling steady, it can rise again in new seasons of life, and that doesn’t mean you’re going backward.

You can read more on the blog at healingforgriefandloss.com

Most people think grief only happens when someone dies, but grief exists anywhere attachment is altered or severed.When ...
02/19/2026

Most people think grief only happens when someone dies, but grief exists anywhere attachment is altered or severed.
When something matters and then changes, there is often grief underneath what we feel.
If you cannot explain your emotions, your reactions, or your exhaustion, it may not be random or for no reason.
It may be grief asking to be noticed.

02/17/2026

After loss, the future can feel fragile and hard to trust because you’ve learned how much can be lost.
Grief doesn’t ask you to be hopeful right away, it simply asks you to move at your own pace and rebuild trust one small step at a time.
Instead of pushing yourself to feel better, let yourself go slow by choosing small, steady steps that help you open up to trusting again..

02/12/2026

Losses resurface during life transitions. Weddings, graduations, becoming a parent, aging.. Experiencing grief again doesn’t mean you’re moving backward.
It means your grief is meeting a new version of you. As we move through new seasons, we’re asked to accept (again) what it means to live without our person here.
Acceptance isn’t “moving on”, it’s learning how to live alongside what’s missing.

The group is open to adults ages 22 to 35 and welcomes all forms of loss,including non death losses and life transitions...
02/10/2026

The group is open to adults ages 22 to 35 and welcomes all forms of loss,
including non death losses and life transitions.
The group is facilitated by Ken Barringer,
who has worked in the field of grief since 1996.
To learn more or confirm interest,
please email KBarringer@healingforgriefandloss.com.
You do not have to carry this alone.

Grief doesn’t come with instructions.And support doesn’t require the right words.If you or someone you know is looking f...
02/06/2026

Grief doesn’t come with instructions.
And support doesn’t require the right words.
If you or someone you know is looking for a space to be supported in grief, more information about an upcoming grief support group for young adults is available.
To learn more or confirm interest, please email
KBarringer@healingforgriefandloss.com

Would you or someone you know benefit from a grief support group for young adults in Newton, MA?A new grief group is sta...
02/03/2026

Would you or someone you know benefit from a grief support group for young adults in Newton, MA?

A new grief group is starting soon.

The group will begin mid to late February and be held once per month, on Mondays, from 6:30-7:45pm.

This group is best suited for young adults ages 22-35 who have experienced loss ranging from parent, partner, sibling, friends, and pets.

No loss is too big or too small.

No loss is too recent or too far in the past.

All ranges of experiences with loss are welcome.

Groups like this are a helpful way to receive validation, support, camaraderie, and normalization of one’s experience.

This group is run by me, Ken Barringer, LMHC. I have been working in the field of grief since 1996 conducting groups ranging from adolescents, young adults and the elderly, to caregivers, community groups, and corporations.

If you or someone you know would like to participate, please confirm interest by emailing me at KBarringer@healingforgriefandloss.com

Would you reach out to a friend for coffee? Or call your sister just to talk? Maybe pick up an old hobby again, or look ...
01/29/2026

Would you reach out to a friend for coffee?

Or call your sister just to talk?

Maybe pick up an old hobby again, or look into a grief support group?

There are so many ways support can show up.

The hardest part is often giving yourself permission to need it.

Even in loss, you don’t have to walk alone.

Would you or someone you know benefit from a grief support group for young adults in Newton, MA?A new grief group is sta...
01/29/2026

Would you or someone you know benefit from a grief support group for young adults in Newton, MA?

A new grief group is starting soon.

The group will begin mid to late February and be held once per month, on Mondays, from 6:30-7:45pm.

This group is best suited for young adults ages 22-35 who have experienced loss ranging from parent, partner, sibling, friends, and pets.

No loss is too big or too small.

No loss is too recent or too far in the past.

All ranges of experiences with loss are welcome.

Groups like this are a helpful way to receive validation, support, camaraderie, and normalization of one’s experience.

This group is run by me, Ken Barringer, LMHC. I have been working in the field of grief since 1996 conducting groups ranging from adolescents, young adults and the elderly, to caregivers, community groups, and corporations.

If you or someone you know would like to participate, please confirm interest by emailing me at KBarringer@healingforgriefandloss.com

01/27/2026

There is nothing wrong with feeling okay while grieving.

Grief can soften and shift without losing its depth or meaning.

Both joy and sadness can exist at the same time. Permission to not need to feel or present a certain way.

01/22/2026

As a grief therapist, I hear how much pressure people feel to say the right thing.

But grief doesn’t need fixing or matching stories.

Presence often communicates more care than words ever could.

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425 Watertown Street Suite 202
Newton, MA
02458

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Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm

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