Joe Sweeney

​Certified Grief Recovery Specialist

​​​​​Take the proven action-steps needed to recover from grief--not just cope with it--from a dad who experienced a devastating loss and became a Grief Recovery Specialist.  


VIDEO: Joe discusses the Grief Recovery Method Program at the Congregational Church of Canton, 2017. This 10 min video gives a good overview of the evidence-based Grief Recovery Program. Please note that although this particular course was offered at CCC, the Grief Recovery Program is in no way a faith-based program.

"I would recommend Joe and this program to anyone struggling with grief. I sought help due to the loss of my only child. The readings and process that Joe uses helped me to see the work I needed to do to come to terms/make peace with losing him. I now find it more comforting to look at pictures and smile at the good times."

Kathleen McElman, July 9, 2018​

​​​​636 Washington St., Suite 7, Canton, MA 02021

​(617) 388-5546

​Our free ebook, "The Grief Recovery Method Guide for Loss: 61 Tips on Grief and How to Help People through It,"​ contains important information you can immediately put to use to help yourself or a loved one who is experiencing a significant loss of any kind.

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Is Your Heart Broken?

​Was it caused by a death, divorce, or the breakup of a romantic relationship? Or was it caused by any of the 40 other losses that a person can experience during a lifetime? My goal is to provide the type of effective help we had so much trouble finding when our son died. Although I work especially closely with grieving parents, my work is in no way limited to them.


The primary method I use is the Grief Recovery Method and I am a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist. The evidence-based Grief Recovery Method is not an ongoing support group, but is a structured method to address unresolved grief by taking specific steps, done in either an 8-week group format or 7-week one-on-one format. And it works.In fact, you don't have to wonder if the program will help you, there is now published research proving the program's effectiveness! You can read all about the program on my Grief Recovery Method page here. The program is based on The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Edition, by John James and Russell Friedman, founders of the Grief Recovery Institute, which has been helping people deal with loss for the past 35 years.


We also have a program for adults who want to help their children or grandchildren who are grieving. The "Helping Children Deal with Loss" page here includes tips you can put to immediate use if you have found yourself in this most important role.


Please take the time to view the videos here, read about the myths of grieving that keep people from recovering, and contact me if I can support you. (By the way, have you heard the myth that "time heals" or that you should wait a certain amount of time to begin healing?...)


I am based in Canton, MA., and our programs provide grief support in Canton and the surrounding areas.


Joseph Sweeney

Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, and Dad