**Please complete the appointment request form below to be contacted about this online group**

APPOINTMENT REQUEST

carrying what was lost: finding meaning, connection and self after loss

Online Group Meetings

Mondays 5:30 to 6:45

February 2nd through April 20th, 2007

Grief isn't always about losing someone we love. Sometimes it's about losing a relationship, a sense of identity, our health, a community, or the future we thought we would have.

Carrying What Was Lost is a 12-week therapeutic group for adults navigating grief in its many forms. Whether you're grieving the death of a loved one, a major life transition, or a loss that others may not fully recognize or understand, this group offers a supportive space to explore what has changed and what it means to move forward.

Through guided reflection, creative exercises, practical learning, and supportive discussion, participants will explore how grief affects our emotions, bodies, relationships, and sense of self. Rather than focusing on "getting over" loss, the group emphasizes learning to live alongside it while reconnecting with personal values, meaning, and possibility.

Topics include:

  • Understanding grief and the many forms loss can take

  • Exploring how loss changes our identity and sense of self

  • Recognizing how grief is experienced and carried in the body

  • Navigating guilt, regret, and changes in our beliefs about the world

  • Rebuilding connection, belonging, and relationships

  • Finding meaning, purpose, and a way forward after loss

The group offers opportunities to share experiences, connect with others, and explore new ways of understanding and carrying what has been lost. Participants are encouraged to engage at their own pace, and sharing personal experiences is always a choice.

Format: Twelve online, weekly, 90-minute sessions combining education, experiential exercises, guided reflection, and supportive discussion. The same participants will attend throughout the series.
Schedule: Online via Zoom. Mondays 5:30 to 6:45pm beginning February 2nd through April 2oth.

Joining: For current clients of PSM, a meeting with the group facilitator will help determine whether the group fits your needs and goals. Clients new to Psychology Specialists of Maine will complete an intake before joining.

Fees & insurance? 

The group leader is able to accept in-network benefits with Anthem and UBH/ Optum insurance.

If you are paying out of pocket and are not using in-network insurance benefits, the fee for the 60-minute group therapy intake screening is $350.00 and the fee for each weekly group session is $75.00. Sliding fee rates are available.

Who leads the groups? 

Dr. Laura Ligouri is a post-doctoral resident specialized in grief, trauma, identity, and life transitions.