Coping with Loss in Early Adulthood 

A Grief and Loss Group for 18-30 year olds

 Experiencing the death of someone close can be an incredible challenge at any time in one’s life, but the loss of a loved one in early adulthood is an especially unique experience. This 8-week group explores some of the challenges unique to loss as a younger adult and will give a space for connecting with others and sharing your experience. This group will include information about grief/loss, tools for coping, and space for sharing of personal experience.

• Dates - Thursdays, Sept.24 - Nov. 12th, 6:15-7:45PM
• Location - Please contact facilitator for additional information about the location: drmikifire@gmail.com  
• Fee - $280 per person; if you would prefer to pay via check, please contact: doylejjohnson@gmail.com 

About the Facilitator: Michal (Miki) Fire, Psy.D.

For over 10 years Miki has worked with a variety of populations supporting individuals and groups in issues related to grief, loss, death, and dying. Before beginning her graduate degree in Clinical Psychology Miki spent almost a decade working as an educator and professional wilderness guide for therapeutic wilderness programs, wilderness guiding organizations, and as an experiential educator for programs in the US and internationally.  Since 2005, Miki has worked as a therapist in a variety of capacities, including as a therapist with the Institute on Aging in San Francisco, the California Pacific Medical Center, and as a bereavement specialist in several Hospice organizations and in private practice. Miki has specialized in working with young adults around issues of death and dying and has been offering grief groups since 2010. As a Clinical Psychologist Miki maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Boulder, teaches and supervises psychology trainees, and has published on topics related to psychology, wilderness experience, and grief.  With a background in wilderness expeditions, the grieving process, and general clinical practice, Miki brings a profound sensitivity to the dynamics of how psyche and nature are intimately connected, and how experiences of grief and loss can transform our experience of life.