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.

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.

Grief doesn’t just take someone or something from your life. It asks you to meet yourself again, differently.If you feel...
01/20/2026

Grief doesn’t just take someone or something from your life.

It asks you to meet yourself again, differently.

If you feel unfamiliar to yourself right now, you’re not broken.

You’re in transition.

Be gentle with who you are becoming.

01/15/2026

Some people need to talk, and others need quiet.

Some need space, and some need company.

If your grief doesn’t look like someone else’s, that doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.

It means you’re doing it your way.

And that matters.

01/13/2026

We’re often taught that grief should follow a sequence.

That it should move forward, reach an endpoint, or lead to “closure.”

But grief doesn’t work that way.

It isn’t linear or time-bound, and it isn’t a problem to solve.

When we stop trying to fix grief, we create space to understand it, and ourselves, with more compassion.

Not everything that hurts needs an answer.

Some things need room.

There’s nothing wrong with how your grief shows up. It’s simply following the depth of the relationship, not the calenda...
01/08/2026

There’s nothing wrong with how your grief shows up.
It’s simply following the depth of the relationship, not the calendar.

Grief doesn’t always announce itself. Sometimes it shows up as frustration, comparison, or self-doubt. Especially when ...
01/06/2026

Grief doesn’t always announce itself.

Sometimes it shows up as frustration, comparison, or self-doubt.

Especially when the loss wasn’t obvious or acknowledged.

As a grief therapist, I see this often.

Not because something is wrong with someone, but because something meaningful was lost.

Naming it as grief doesn’t make it disappear.

It simply gives us a way to meet it with more understanding and less judgment.

12/30/2025

Grief drains you in ways most people will never understand.
Your body feels it. Your mind feels it. Your spirit feels it.
Rest isn’t weakness, it’s repair.
It’s the quiet work your heart does to keep going.
If you’re tired, there’s a reason.
And you’re allowed to stop for a minute.

As someone who does talk therapy for a living, I’ll be the first to say: not everyone processes grief by talking. And no...
12/25/2025

As someone who does talk therapy for a living, I’ll be the first to say: not everyone processes grief by talking.
And not everyone heals the same way.
Relief can come from so many places:
massage, meditation, journaling, yoga, expressive art, energy tapping, music, acupuncture, even a support animal.
There isn’t a single “correct” method.
What helps you now might shift later, and that’s normal.
Your grief is unique.
Your tools will be too.

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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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