Testimonials

"The Board and members of the BC Bereavement Helpline would like to recognize Living Through Loss Counselling Society for its valuable service throughout its many years of membership in our organization.

Bereaved individuals who live in the Lower Mainland and call our Helpline are looking for one-on-one support and/or group support. We are very grateful that your agency has continuously offered these services in a professional, caring, effective manner that also respects their privacy and integrity.

Our volunteers feel confident in referring your agency as they know from feedback they have received that your service is reliable and safe.

Again, thank you for your years of service and we look forward to continued good relations and community collaboration to serve the bereaved of the Lower Mainland."

"It is our experience that Living Through Loss is an extremely valuable resource to the community and the province. Loss by bereavement occurs in all our lives; some tragically, some in the course of living, and some at the end of a long life. There are times when we all need support and understanding as we face and cope with the death of a loved one. Living Through Loss provides just that service."

"Having worked in a Psychiatric clinic in the Lower Mainland for the past 24 years, I have come across many patients struggling with issues of loss. Throughout these years, some of these patients were referred to Living Through Loss Counselling. Over and again, they each returned to our office stating the positive results and great support they received from LTLC therapists and groups. Since many were also financially unable to pay for their grief counselling they were very grateful that LTLC provided them with this service free of charge.

When I myself suffered some great losses in a relatively short time, I recalled the great help LTLC therapists had given our patients throughout the years, so I called their office. Their response was immediate, and as shattered as my life had become, I was able to continue working with such the day-to-day compassion and gentle support I received from my counselor."

"I have worked with and received training from the counsellors at Living Through Loss Counselling in the past two years. They offer thorough and professional training as well as providing counselling on all areas of grief and loss. Through the work with this organization I have been able to begin a bereavement group in the Squamish area and feel that we can now offer a service that was needed in our area."

"Living Through Loss Counselling has been very involved with WISH for the past two years, working closely with the Coordinator and participants in the Health and Safety Project for Aboriginal Women Working in the Sex Trade. Not only has LTLC offered six-part workshops to assist this group of women in their healing and their journey, they have taught interested members facilitation skills which they have, in turn, used to support others attending similar group counselling. LTLC has also established a drop-in group in the Downtown Eastside where women can seek counselling and positive interaction that stimulates discussion and healing for them and the group as a whole.

Recently we have been working with LTLC to plan supports for women who are entrenched in survival sex as well as those who provide care and services for those women as we approach the start of the trial of Robert William Pickton. We are all painfully aware that the information that will become public from the trial of this accused serial killer will have a very serious effect on women who continue to work in survival sex which will, in turn, have a serious effect on all of those people who are dedicated to the health and safety of this vulnerable population. LTLC is qualified to provide guidance and support in this area and has spent the last two years building relationships with women in this community, which will become increasingly valuable as many old wounds are opened with the advent of this trial.

LTLC has already made a difference to women in this community and is poised to continue and expand their good work in the Downtown Eastside."

"This is a letter of support for Living Through Loss Counselling. Our organization has worked with LTLC over the past two and a half years to co-sponsor programs in the Downtown Eastside. In addition, we have received training both for our staff and clients in basic and complicated grief and loss.

We believe that LTLC offers a valuable service to our local community."

"Living Through Loss Counselling continues to develop relationships with agencies and organizations in the Lower Mainland and throughout British Columbia. BC Hospice Palliative Care Association has appreciated the opportunities to work on a number of joint projects with LTLC including partnership with the United Way.

LTLC provides professional support to people in grief and loss through individual and group counselling on a reduced fee or no fee basis. In addition, the agency provides education to the wider community through programs such as workshops and debrief sessions.

BC Hospice Palliative Care Association knows that LTLC offers valuable services."

"It gives me great pleasure to write a letter of support for this agency.

BCIT has called upon the services of Living Through Loss Counselling Society on many occasions to provide group and individual counselling sessions after a variety of traumatic events. The expert training and knowledge of their counsellors in grief and loss, coupled with the incredible personal care and support they have shown our staff has been truly amazing and well beyond expectations.

The level of compassion extended in each and every situation has had a rippling effect that has reached far beyond the individuals in crisis and I continue to receive nothing but the greatest accolades for this agency. We would not hesitate to utilize their much needed services at any time and in fact, feel we can rely on them to assist us in any crisis situation. This is an exceptional agency supporting the entire community and we are blessed to have crossed paths!"

~ Connie Lazarowich
Advisor, Human Resources
BCIT