The Grief Recovery Series©
Victoria Hoobyar, MS, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
(650) 363-0249/vikki@vikkihoobyar.com
Background:
As a professionally trained psychotherapist (Masters Degree in Counseling from California State University, Hayward), and NLP (brief therapy) practitioner, Vikki has combined the two to create a theoretical and technical model for helping the bereaved through the process of recovery.
Vikki (Probst) Hoobyar personally experienced spousal suicide in 1989 and understands the issues that traumatic death survivors face after such a sudden and shocking loss. For her graduate thesis project Vikki authored "A New Model of Group Therapy for Suicide Survivors©" and "The Grief Resolution Guidebook for Adults Recovering from the Suicide or Traumatic Death of a Loved One©," in which she combined extensive research with personal experience and the brief therapy techniques of NLP. Vikki’s publications are the outgrowth of study and personal experience.
As a counselor, Vikki has the added benefit of maturity and personal experience. Having raised two sons alone as a widowed, working mother and student, she understands the challenges many people face.
Services:
Vikki is a Marriage and Family Therapist at Sequoia Counseling Services, where she holds office hours for individuals, couples and groups, and for people suffering from normal, complicated or traumatic bereavement.
Sequoia Counseling Services has been providing mental health services to the community for the last 20 years and consists of several private practitioners as well as a wide selection of group therapy/support offerings,
Publications Available:
The Grief Recovery Series©
"The Grief Resolution Guidebook For Adults Recovering from
The Suicide or Traumatic Death Of a Loved One©"
Self-Guided Steps
Group Therapy /Support Edition
"The Post Abortion Recovery Guidebook©"
Self-Guided Steps
Group Therapy /Support Edition
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Issues Focus:
• Screening for Complicated Grief
• The Onset of your Loss
• The History of your Loss
• Working through Emotional Reactions
• Forgiveness
• The Effects of Loss on the Family and Relationships
• The Role of Social Support
• The Role of Spiritual Beliefs
• The Relationship Review
• A New Purpose in Life
• Continued Grieving
• Victors vs. Survivors
• The Grief Resolution
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