INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GRIEF COACHING (IOPGC) [GOLD PROGRAM]
Self-Directed Online Grief Coach Certification Program
The original From Grief to Gratitude Coach Certification Program facilitated live via Zoom is now available online. Work through personal unresolved grief, learn to support others, and become a Certified Grief Coach from the comfort of your home or office and on your own schedule. The online program is facilitated by Dora Carpenter, Founder of the Institute of Professional Grief Coaching. For additional coaching support, attend weekly office hours with one of our trainers. Program is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Death is an equal opportunity event that will directly or indirectly affect every individual, community, or organization at some point. The more we know about grief, what it is, and why we grieve, the better we are able to deal with the inevitable occasion of loss. We don’t treat, fix, or cure grief. We do educate and support on this sensitive experience that is unique to each of us.
As a From Grief to Gratitude Certified Coach, you will have the knowledge, skills, resources, and confidence to coach clients through the transformative process of handling the painful emotions of losing a loved one, getting on top of their grief, and moving forward in life with meaning and purpose in the shortest time possible.
This is the self-directed online version of the original From Grief to Gratitude Coach Certification Program facilitated live via Zoom. This online program is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for 14 Continuing Coach Education (CCE) hours. Program includes video, text, and audio content and downloadable workbook and resources/tool kit. There is no specified time to complete the 7 modules and 31 lessons. Join your private online community to share and network with other students. For certification, you must complete the pre-certification assessment with a passing score of at least 80%.
Who is the From Grief to Gratitude Coach Certification Program for?
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Anyone desiring to learn more about the misunderstood and often avoided topics of death, loss, and grief. This is a subject that is misunderstood and often avoided. The subject that no one wants to talk about, but everyone needs to hear. It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room and you can make a difference.
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Individuals desiring to work through any personal unresolved grief while learning to support others. Working through the exercises and tools, students often find hidden skeletons or grief-related blocks.
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Entrepreneurs desiring to fulfill a purpose or passion of helping others and making a difference. Wake up knowing that you are helping someone move from pain to peace, heartbreak to happiness, and grief to gratitude.
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Coaches desiring to add to their current service offerings. Don’t have your clients take a break, or even lose them, when a death occurs. Learn to continue the coaching relationship as you coach them through their grief.
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Small businesses, non-profits, churches, and more desiring to sponsor an employee or team. Having an inhouse certified grief coach on staff can ensure sensitivity and compassion for the whole team when loss crosses the threshold of your office.
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Organizations desiring to create a grief-informed and grief-sensitive workplace culture. Do you know how grief affects morale, retention, and the financial costs to your bottom line? Learn the benefits of exhibiting compassion and concern at every level of your organization.
Meet Our Official Trainers
As you work through your online program, your trainer is available for group coaching support during weekly office hours. Ask questions, share wins and challenges, and meet other program participants. Although encouraged, attending office hours is not required for certification. Select your trainer and begin your program today.
Once enrolled, you will receive a separate email from your trainer within 7-10 days with details of your weekly group office hours.
Rhonda Cornwall
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Rhonda is a Certified From Grief to Gratitude Grief Coach and Grief Recovery Method Specialist who holds a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. Rhonda was drawn to grief coaching after the loss of her father. Her greatest joy is derived from supporting others who are hurting.
Weekly Office Hours
Thursdays 5pm-6pm
Bogata & EST
Christina Stiverson
Aurora, Colorado
Christina is a mother to three beautiful girls, a wife, and a 20+ year military veteran. She is passionate about helping others improve physical and mental wellness. Christina became a certified grief coach after her oldest daughter passed away in 2016 from a rare pediatric liver cancer.
Weekly Office Hours
Tuesdays 11am-12pm
Mountain Time
Module 1
Orientation: Foundations of Coaching Clients Through Grief
You will have an increased understanding and awareness of the emotional effects of grief to better understand and support clients through the grief process and beyond.
Module 2
Giving Clients Permission to Grieve
You will have the knowledge, skills and resources to coach clients through the grieving process and provide guidance and support to help them understand and acknowledge their emotions.
Module 3
Supporting Clients to Remember to Honor the Life and Legacy
You will have the knowledge, skills and resources to coach clients through accepting the death and getting on top of their grief by remembering and honoring the life.
Module 4
Guiding Clients to Incorporate New Traditions into Old Traditions
You will have the knowledge, skills and resources to coach clients through creating renewed attitudes, behaviors, and perspectives resulting in transformation awareness and actions.
Module 5
Encouraging Clients to Find Meaning and Purpose Going Forward
You will have the knowledge, skills and resources to coach clients through embracing the perspective that their life matters and encouraging them to renew purpose, meaning, and happiness.
Module 6
Championing Clients to Find Gratitude in the Gift of Now
You will have the knowledge, skills and resources to coach clients through developing the blueprint for a successful journey to a place of peace, love, and gratitude.
Module 7
Creating a Grief-Sensitive and Grief-Informed Workplace Culture
You will understand how the normal, although challenging, impacts of grief affect the workplace. Become aware of how the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual grief-related emotions affect job performance, morale, and loss of grief-related company revenue.
Select Your Trainer and Begin Your Program
Rhonda Cornwall
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Rhonda is a Certified From Grief to Gratitude Grief Coach and Grief Recovery Method Specialist who holds a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. Rhonda was drawn to grief coaching after the loss of her father. Her greatest joy is derived from supporting others who are hurting.
Weekly Office Hours
Thursdays 5pm - 6pm
Bogata & EST
Christina Stiverson
Aurora, Colorado
Christina is a mother to three beautiful girls, a wife, and a 20+ year military veteran. She is passionate about helping others improve physical and mental wellness. Christina became a certified grief coach after her oldest daughter passed away in 2016 from a rare pediatric liver cancer.
Weekly Office Hours
Tuesdays 11am-12pm
Mountain Time
Your Online Course Facilitator
Dora Carpenter, Certified Professional Coach and Founder of the Institute of Professional Grief Coaching (IOPGC) says, "We must do more to educate and support the bereaved. Your services as a certified grief coach will never go unappreciated."
Disclaimer: Our programs are not based on a conceptual, intellectual, or theological perspective. The program, its instructor(s), and coaches provide education and support; do not imply, infer, or attempt to fix, heal, or cure grief; and do not imply or provide professional counseling or therapy. If you are experiencing serious suicidal thoughts that you cannot control, please call or text 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to http://988lifeline.org.
What our graduate coaches have said . . .
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The From Grief to Gratitude Coach Certification Program was an answer to my prayers. I was looking for a way to learn how best to help others navigate their grief and this program was the perfect fit for me. Because it does not follow any religious doctrine I am able to use the tools I've learned with any client I come across. This program offers the perfect combination of structure and freedom in recognition of the fact that everyone goes through grief in their own unique way.
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Dora Carpenter and her “from grief to gratitude” program offers a methodology for approaching grief in a way that both gives one both permission to grieve and permission to move forward to a life without the loved one. The training is also beneficial to a coach trainee who has experienced loss as Dora and all the trainees, as part of the educational process, provide space for co-trainees to express/process their grief and to create a legacy out of their pain.
