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​​Grief, Loss, & Transition Circles offer a supportive space to process all forms of loss:​

• Secondary and vicarious grief, trauma, and loss

• Ongoing grief caused by systemic violence, injustice,and disconnection

• The death of a loved one

• Illness and health-related transitions

• Life changes and disrupted dreams

 

​Grief, loss, and healing are universal. These Circles are open to everyone regardless of identity, background, or profession. While the experience can feel therapeutic, the Circle itself is not therapy. It is a structured process for a team to acknowledge
shared challenges, honor what has been lost, and collectively find a path forward. 

There is no substitute for healthy human connection in addressing grief, isolation, and disconnection. 
We repair the social fabric torn by unresolved grief and institutional silence.
Collective Voices creates supportive spaces where people can talk, listen, grieve, celebrate, and be together.

 

How it Works: 
Circles' duration ranges from 2 hours to 3 days, depending on your group’s needs. It starts with a phone or Zoom consultation where we:

• Learn about your group

• Identify goals and needs

• Discuss rates

• Schedule your Circle

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We create a process that fits your context whether it’s a workplace team, a family, a community group, or something else.

 

Testimonial: A youth recovery coach (name and agency withheld) shares her experience with Collective Voices':

“I’ve worked with Jessie both professionally and personally. Her facilitation of the Grief/Loss Circles - first with my work team, then with my family - was interactive, powerful, and healing. At work, our Circle helped us realize how much grief we were all carrying. It opened the door for honest conversations and brought us closer together. I saw my coworkers in a completely new light. At home, my family was hesitant at first, but the Circle helped us talk through the pain we had been holding in silence. For weeks after, we kept saying how helpful and healing it was. We no longer felt so alone. I’m so thankful our paths crossed with Collective Voices.”

 

Additional Services 
In addition to Grief & Loss Circles (also listed on the Training & Consulting page)
Collective Voices offers:

• Conflict and harm repair facilitation and support

• Support during transitions and celebrations

• Individual grief support

• Training, consulting, & implementation support in:

- Restorative practices & peacemaking programming (see our Restorative Implementation Framework description)

- Burnout and compassion fatigue

- De-escalation techniques

- Organizational development

- Leadership and trust-building

- Conflict response and community healing (this page and the Conflict Facilitation page.)

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We collaborate with a wide range of partners to assess your needs and tailor support accordingly.

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Specifics Audiences for the Grief & Loss Circles

 

1. For Organizations & Workplaces: "Addressing Institutional and Professional Grief":

 

The Need: Organizations experience grief that is rarely named: the loss of a beloved leader, the end of a major project, layoffs, a shift in company culture, vicarious grief and trauma, moral injury from organizational decisions, and the collective burnout (which is a form of grief for one's passion and energy.)

 

The Offering: Frame this as a "Professional Resilience and Reconnection Circle."

While the experience can feel therapeutic, these Circle itself is not therapy. It is a structured process for a team to acknowledge shared challenges, honor what has been lost, and collectively find a path forward. 

 

2. For Schools & Youth-Serving Organizations: "Circles of Support for Educators":

  

The Need: Teachers and school staff are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, compassion fatigue, and a sense of being undervalued. They are grieving the "normal" school experience and carrying the secondary trauma of their students.

 

The Offering: A "Educator Wellness and Sustainability Circle." This is a proactive measure to combat burnout, build staff cohesion, and remind educators why they entered the profession. A supported staff is the prerequisite for a restorative school culture.

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3. For Communities in Transition: "Navigating Change and Loss":

 

The Need: Towns experiencing economic shifts, neighborhoods facing gentrification, and communities after a local tragedy.

 

The Offering: A "Community Visioning and Healing Circle." This process allows people to name their fears and losses about the change while also beginning to imagine a collective future. Being together in this way is a powerful way to build social cohesion before conflict and/or isolation becomes entrenched.