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"Friend of the Center"

You can help us serve low- and no-income families with your tax-deductible contribution.

We keep our administrative and overhead costs to a minimum making your contribution really count in the lives of those trying to heal from traumatic loss and grief. (more)

Volunteers Needed

We are always looking for individuals or groups to help with maintenance and projects around our "charming little house on Grand."

The Center is also adding to its volunteer base through helpers with fundraising events, clerical support, marketing, and fundraising. Please contact us with ways you can help.

Classical Jazz 2005: Home

Welcome

The Center For Grief, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, provides specialized therapy and education in the areas of complicated grief, trauma, and life transition. Our staff includes licensed psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and professional counselors. The Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to offering hope for the difficult times in our lives.

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The Center for Grief is a nonprofit organization that enlists the assistance of the surrounding community through volunteers and contributors.

Please check out our Schedule Of Events page for times, dates, places, and other information about our workshops, therapy groups, training sessions, and community forums.


A New Door Opens

The Center and 250 guests celebrated the Grand Opening of its new home on May 29th.  Highlights included Mayor Coleman's ribbon cutting, an art
showing featuring local potters, painters and jewelers, and lots of wine and cheese.

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Building On Hope

Building On Hope is off to a great start. We've raised enough for a down payment. And, we have a couple of promising corporate and city funding sources lined up for next year. Read Article or View Flyer.


Newsletter Online

Our current newsletter is now online.


A New Door Opens

You’re invited to a grand opening celebration Friday, May 29 from 4-7 p.m.

  • Wine and cheese
  • Art showing
  • Ribbon cutting by Chris Coleman, Mayor of St. Paul

Located at the Center for Grief, Loss and Transition,
1129 Grand Avenue, St. Paul. Please RSVP @ (651) 641-0177. View Flyer


Groceries for Good Causes

Kowalski's Grocery now has a receipt box in the front of each store for the Center for Grief, Loss & Transition. They will be donating to our mission quarterly, based on the number of store receipts placed in our box.

Tell your people so they can help our people. Feel free to e-mail or make copies of this exciting opportunity to help make a difference.


Book Review

The Center is now offering a new book entitled This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss, by Executive Director Tom Ellis.

The book provides new understandings of loss with tools to help transform grief. Tom uses many real-life narratives of loss from his therapy practice to help illustrate various ways of grieving, and shows how you can learn from the experience of loss and make your way towards a place of healing transitions and a renewed sense of life. Order online and read excerpts.

Ticket info - call 800-555-1212

 

The Center is staffed by experienced pros with specialized education and training in the most current methods.
(meet the team)

Tom Ellis, MA
Licensed Marriage and
Family Therapist,
Executive Director, and Clinical Supervisor

Tom is a marriage and family therapist at the Center with a special focus on trauma. He is also a clinical supervisor, consultant, writer, trainer and critical incident de-briefer. (more)

Sarah Logan, MA
Program Director
Grief Therapist

Sarah provides therapy to individuals, families, groups and children. She has worked in school settings and with young mothers, teenagers and children. (more)

Gayle Sherman Crandell, MA, LPC
Development Director
Therapist and Trainer

Gayle Sherman Crandell is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Development Director at the Center for Grief. (more)