Letter of Recommendation from LGBT supervisor

From: Kristi Cecil
Senior Manager of Social Services
Senior Services
Los Angeles LGBT Center

January 27, 2023

Grief Haven came to my agency to give a presentation. My team works with older adults, a lot of whom pass away or have friends/family passing away. Grief is a part of our everyday life, and we felt it important to try and equip everyone with tools and understanding of grief.

Susan Whitmore gave a three-hour workshop through a PowerPoint presentation and did an amazing job normalizing grief and talking to us with sincerity and vulnerability. Her willingness to share so freely of herself and her story helped everyone at the presentation engage in the topic and be vulnerable themselves. Susan also gave us a ton of resources that will help all of us personally and in serving our clients.

Susan encouraged us to lean into grief and educate ourselves about it and what our brain is doing during the grieving process. She also helped us see that grief is not just about someone dying. We will be having Grief Haven back to present to our staff and our clients in the future. I have also enthusiastically recommended Grief Haven to other agencies in the area with no reservations. They are doing great work at Grief Haven!!

Kristi Cecil