Healing Concepts, LLC

07/24/2025

Peter's Place: A Center for Grieving Children and Families making a difference for grieving families every single day!

07/21/2025

Excellent wisdom about navigating News that activates your grief!
Thank you Soaring Spirits International

07/19/2025

Run or walk for a GREAT cause!

📣 Big News! 📣
The UFK 5K Run, Walk, Kids Dash, and Family Tailgate will be Saturday, October 18, 2025!
📲Click the link in our bio to sign up to receive the latest race updates!

07/15/2025

If you have had a loved one die by su***de and are looking for some group support this may fit your needs! Help is near!

Have you lost someone to su***de? You are not alone.

If you’ve lost someone to su***de, we understand that this kind of grief can feel different — complex, heavy, filled with questions and feelings of guilt, shame, anger, confusion, and deep sadness. You don’t have to carry this alone.

Join us Wednesday, July 23rd from 6:30–8:00pm for our monthly Su***de Loss Survivor Grief Support Group — a welcoming space where you can find connection, understanding, and hope alongside others who truly get it.

We meet at the NAMI Chester County PA office in Exton — thank you, NAMI Chester County PA, for being such a valued partner in this work.

Learn more:
https://chestercountysu***deprevention.com/index.php/resources/su***de-loss-survivor-grief-support-group/

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07/10/2025

I can’t wait to facilitate this grief retreat!

We’re thrilled to share that our very own Lara Krawchuk has been invited to present at ’s upcoming retreat: Grief Relief — Meaningful Connection for Broken-Hearted Parts.

This is a deeply supportive space for healing, connection, and community, led by some of the most renowned and compassionate humans in the IFS world.

From Lara —
“This retreat is all about meaningful connection for the broken-hearted parts of us — the ones carrying grief, longing, and love. It’s sacred work, and I’m deeply honored to be leading a session. I can’t wait to be in community with those who feel called to this kind of healing.”

We hope you’ll consider joining us.

🗓️ October 6-10, 2025 | The Guesthouse in Chester, Connecticut.
🌀 Link in bio to learn more & register— spots are limited!

07/08/2025

FOUNDATIONS: Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Curious about Internal Family Systems? Ready to bring this powerful, evidence-based model into your clinical work — but not sure where to start?

Join Certified IFS Therapist, Consultant, and MSW Professor Lara Krawchuk for Foundations of IFS, a dynamic, beginner-friendly CEU workshop designed to help you safely and confidently begin using IFS with your clients.

📅 Oct 24 & Nov 7, 2025
🕤 9:30 AM–3:30 PM ET
💻 Live on Zoom
🎓 10 CEU credits available via NASW-PA

Tap into the healing power of SELF and learn how to work with Parts through rich discussion, demos, case studies, and experiential practice.

📌 For more info, visit our website at www.yourhealingperspectives.com

07/08/2025

Talking to kids about tragedy can be really hard. Here are some tips from one of the world’s experts.
Our hearts go out to all the families in this brokenhearted world who are supporting grieving children!

As families grapple with the heartbreak and devastation from the floods this past weekend, we know there are parents and caregivers across the country trying to find the words to talk with their children about safety, loss, and fear. While there are no magic words, we wanted to share a series of resources that might help with finding ones that feel relevant and supportive.
Find our Support After a Mass Tragedy Toolkit and other grief support resources at dougy.org/tragicevents

Here is an excerpt from a piece by our Senior Director of Advocacy and Education, Dr. Donna Schuurman:
"While we can’t guarantee to our children that nothing bad will ever happen to them, we can provide assurance that these events are relatively rare, and that we will do everything we can to keep them safe. Children may have many questions about the events, particularly about natural disasters. Answer their questions with language that fits their developmental stage. It’s okay if you don’t know the answer to a question. If it’s a question that might have an answer, offer to look up more information. You can also ask children what they think the answer is as they often have thoughts and ideas they want to share with you. In the case of natural disasters, if your child is fearful of something like that happening in your community, talk with them about the safety plan that you have in place for your family and home. You can also look into what community safety measures are in place and whatever elements are relevant with your children. Many children will be reassured knowing that there are specific, tangible things they and your family can do if something occurs. Some examples include, picking a meeting place, keeping flashlights in every bedroom, talking about where you will keep emergency water and food."

07/05/2025

Join me for this incredible grief retreat. I’m facilitating and the retreat location is simply gorgeous!

07/04/2025

Thanks to Frank Anderson, MD for this powerful reminder. Unpacking grief and trauma is not easy but help is near and healing is always possible!
We have openings….

We live in a world that teaches us to move on quickly. To push through. To stay productive.
To smile, even when we’re hurting.

Maybe you learned early on that there wasn’t room for your pain.That it made others uncomfortable. That it got dismissed, punished, or ignored.

So you adapted.
You shut it down.
You got really good at surviving.

But over time, those survival strategies—numbing, avoiding, over-functioning, pretending—can become prisons.

Maybe overachieving once kept you safe—but now you can’t rest without guilt.

Maybe shutting down helped you survive chaos—but now you feel numb even in moments that should bring joy.

Maybe people-pleasing kept the peace growing up—but now you don’t know what you want or need.

Here’s what I’ve seen again and again: Unattended pain doesn’t disappear.

It burrows deeper—into the body, the nervous system, the way we relate.

It leaks out sideways as anxiety, chronic tension, irritability, disconnection.

It begins to shape how we see ourselves, how we love, and how safe we feel in our own skin—and in the world.

And yet—slowing down to feel can feel terrifying. Especially if no one ever taught you how to feel without judgment or shame.

That’s why curiosity is such a powerful—and radical—act of healing. Curiosity says: “I don’t have to fear this pain. I can learn from it.”

It invites us to sit beside the part of us that’s hurting, rather than trying to silence it.

It might sound like:
✨ “What is this emotion trying to tell me?”
✨ “Where have I felt this before?”
✨ “What part of me is showing up right now?”
✨ “How did this reaction once keep me safe?”

This is the heart of what I guide people through in integrative trauma therapy. Not just symptom relief, but reconnection.

Because when pain finally feels heard, it doesn’t have to build walls. It begins to soften.

And that moment of listening? That’s where healing begins.

It’s not always fast or easy. But it’s honest and real. And it ultimately leads to transformation that lasts.

07/03/2025

Disenfranchised grief hurts a lot and it’s far too common!
Help is near! Never suffer in isolation.

Brenda Casey, midwife specialist at the National Maternity Hospital and a trainee psychotherapist, Liz Gleeson, Grief Specialist and Founder of Shapes of Grief

07/01/2025

It’s bereaved parents month. Such devastating losses. We see you. Help is near ❤️💔❤️

💔 Good morning. It’s July 1st — and most people don’t know what this month means.

It’s bereaved parents month.
And if you didn’t know that… that’s okay.
Most people don’t.

Because we don’t announce it with balloons.
We don’t hang signs on our doors.
We quietly carry the weight of a love so fierce, it outlived its person.

We mark birthdays no one remembers.
We hold invisible hands in busy rooms.
We ache in places words don’t reach.

This isn’t a club anyone wants to join.
It’s one you wake up in when the world tilts and never fully rights itself again.

But here’s the truth about bereaved parents:

We still laugh.
We still find joy in little things.
We still root for our favorite team and hum along to songs in the car.
We are still here.

Every day is a balancing act — between the life we live, and the life we imagined.
Between memories so precious they hurt to hold, and futures we’ll never see.

So this morning — if you know a bereaved parent, say their child’s name.
Not because it’ll make them sad.
But because it reminds them someone else remembers too.

And if you are a bereaved parent — I see you.
I see your courage.
I see your strength.
I see the way you carry your child’s love like an ember you refuse to let burn out.

July is bereaved parents month.
But for us — it’s every month. Every day. Every moment.

A love death could never silence.

May this month be a soft place for your heart.

I.R.

07/01/2025

Spaces still available for my upcoming Souliology Grief Retreat. It promises to be a deeply meaningful week!