Description:

What is community grief tending?
What is a grief ritual?
How is this different from grief therapy or support groups?
What types of grief are welcome in these spaces?
Why is this work so essential for the times we are in?
What resources are available for me or my friends, family, clients, and larger community?

These are just a few of the questions I regularly get asked about grief work and our community offerings. For those who would like to learn more, let's explore some of these questions together. This will be an opportunity for you to ask questions and deepen your understanding of what community grief work is and why it matters.

About:

Northwest Grief Tending supports individual and collective healing by welcoming grief back into community space. We believe that mending our culture of separation is essential for responding to the converging crises of our times, and that community grief tending offers us one of the most powerful mean for restoring our connection and belonging.

Siena Tenisci (MA, LMHCA) is a therapist, community organizer, and founder of Northwest Grief Tending. She is a descendant of Abruzzese and Celtic peoples - lineages where keening women once held dedicated and respected roles in society as vocal rituals who midwifed collective grief within their communities. Siena has been facilitating grief rituals for over a decade and has been inspired by the work of many teachers and mentors, including Sobonfu & Malidoma Some, Joanna Macy, Therese Charvet, Laurence Cole, Francis Weller, and Vince Horan. She completed her Masters in Counseling at Antioch University in Seattle and is committed to a lifelong practice of dismantling systemic and internalized oppression.