I help grievers find completion to the pain connected to their loss so they can get more out of life!
06/24/2025
Thank you Aimee Joy Taylor with The Institute for Grief Massage Inc. and Krystal Marie Lmt with Willow Roots Holistic Healing for putting this amazing podcast about grief and bodywork out into the world and including me and my class in your conversation. My heart expands with gratitude!!
If you'd like to start your week out feeling inspired and nourished, I recommend listening to Krystal Marie Capizzo's interview on my Grief Massage Mindset podcast.
Seriously. She's such a lovely person doing great work in our field and her open heart really will change the world.
My own "Caring for Grievers with Confidence" (in person or live webinar) is 3 CE's and comes with a class outline, research articles & links to studies, as well as practice building materials. https://griefreliefwithjennica.solutions/class-registration
01/26/2025
Did you know that the "Stages of Grief" are an outdated, misinterpreted set of terms that were never meant to be applied to grief?
Despite evolving strategies, from 2001 through 2021 su***de rates increased most years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
08/02/2024
Join us for an exclusive series of one-hour webinars featuring six distinguished evidence-based presenters. Tailored specifically for massage therapists, each session is designed to be easily integrated into your practice, offering practical and relevant insights that will increase your knowledge an...
07/09/2024
Look for my class, "Caring for Grievers During a Massage Session" on Friday, September 13th at 10:00 am. The session is currently half full, don't miss out!
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Hello! My name is Jennica Klemann. My first significant loss was my grandfather’s death in 1997. It was an extremely emotional and devastating time, and not something I could just “get over”. His loss was life-changing for me and laid a foundation that would eventually lead me to choosing grief work.
I became a professionally licensed Massage Therapist in 1998, and in 2004 I introduced a grief-specific massage treatment to my clients who had lost their spouses, parents, children, and pets. It wasn’t something that was being addressed at the time and it felt like an important & meaningful direction toward educating clients about the mind-body disturbance of holding onto their grief. I could identify with the emotional and physical pain because I was experiencing it myself.
In 2014 I was introduced to the Grief Recovery Method. I went through the 8-week group workshop, and it was THEN that I was finally able to let go of the pain associated with my grandfather’s loss. I had been living with a broken heart for over seventeen years!! My myth was that “time heals”. I believed that if my heart still ached for him, then I was keeping his memory alive with me. This wasn’t true! Love does not equal pain, and you can still love and miss someone without the attachment of deep emotional pain.
The transformation that GRM gave me was such a gift. Now, I want to share that gift with others because I know what a relief it is to move forward and past the pain. Now, I am able to use the tools that I have gained from the program to process recent deaths and the overwhelming stress caused by world conditions.
I became a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist in 2019 and recently received my Advanced Specialist Certification. Everyone has a grief story, everyone experiences grief, but not everyone has to allow it to inhibit the happiness life still has to offer. And that’s my mission and passion in life, to ease the pain of broken hearts.
I am able to offer in-person private sessions in Tucson, AZ, and I can also provide “video chat” one-on-one sessions from anywhere in the Country. I will also be offering pet loss groups when it is safe to do so. I welcome your contact, please reach out to me to get started on your own transformational journey!
There are over 40 different losses a person can experience in a lifetime. Grief is the normal and natural reaction to loss of any kind. Grief is the conflicting feelings caused by the end of or change in a familiar pattern of behavior. Grief is about a broken heart, not a broken brain.
I can facilitate your grief process through an evidence-based program called the Grief Recovery Method. We will work together to assess your relationship with your loss and come to completion. The Grief Recovery Method will provide long term tools that will comfort you through future grief experiences as well.
"The Grief Recovery Method is an Evidence-Based Program... We, at the Grief Recovery Institute, are proud to say that research conducted by Kent State University has shown that The Grief Recovery Method approach to helping grievers deal with the pain of emotional loss in any relationship is “Evidence-Based” and effective. We are also proud to say that our program is the only Grief Support Program to have received this distinction of being evidence-based!" - https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/
