You Were Called to This Work.
Now Become Credentialed for It.
A globally recognized certification that equips heart-led professionals and aspiring companions to guide others through grief with compassion, ethical skill, and genuine confidence.
Self-paced · Globally recognized · Full support from Terri throughout
Is This You?
This Certification Was Built for People Like You
Heart-led, purpose-driven, and ready to show up with real skill when grief enters the room.
Death Doulas
Walking alongside families at end of life and beyond
Hospice & Palliative Care
Nurses and care teams present in grief every day
Funeral Professionals
Serving grieving families in their most vulnerable moments
Therapists & Counselors
Wanting deeper grief-informed tools for client sessions
Chaplains & Clergy
Supporting congregations and communities through loss
Social Workers
Navigating grief with clients across every life stage
Aspiring Companions
Called to grief work, often through their own loss
Coaches & HR Leaders
Supporting teams and clients through life transitions
If you've ever frozen when grief entered the room, reached for a platitude because you didn't know what else to say, or felt the weight of wanting to help but not knowing how — this program was designed for exactly that moment.
Your Transformation
What Changes When You Complete This Program
From
"I freeze up when grief comes up. I never know what to say."
↓To
Grounded confidence to hold space for grief without fixing, rushing, or causing harm
From
"I want to help, but I'm not sure I have the right tools."
↓To
A practical, ethics-based toolkit for guiding clients through every type of grief
From
"I feel called to this work, but I don't have a credential to show for it."
↓To
A globally recognized certification that gives your practice credibility and your clients confidence
What's Inside
Seven Modules + Bonus. Real-World Tools. Lasting Impact.
A comprehensive curriculum built from lived experience and years of professional practice — covering the full spectrum of grief from foundation to specialized care, building your practice, and applying everything you've learned.
Foundations of Grief Coaching
- Lesson 1: Welcome to Your Journey as a Grief Coach
- Lesson 2: Understanding Grief — The Foundation of Your Coaching Practice
- Lesson 3: Your Role as a Grief Coach, Boundaries, Ethics, and Presence
- Lesson 4: Taking Care of the Coach, Your Personal Development and Well-Being
- Lesson 5: The Philosophy of Companioning, A Sacred Way of Being With
- Lesson 6: Trusting the Process, How to Show Up With Confidence and Ease
- Lesson 7: Nervous System Regulation as a Professional Responsibility
- Module 1: Assessment
Inside the Grief Experience
- Lesson 1: Recognizing Grief in the Room
- Lesson 2: Trauma and Grief
- Lesson 3: Meaning-Making and the Path Toward Healing
- Lesson 4: Obstacles to Healing
- Lesson 5: Enhancing Resilience During Grief
- Module 2: Assessment
The Skills of Grief Coaching
- Lesson 1: Coping Strategies for Clients
- Lesson 2: Communication Skills for Grief Coaching
- Lesson 3: Developing and Maintaining Client Relationships
- Lesson 4: Advanced Grief Coaching Techniques
- Lesson 5: Grounded Closure as an Ethical Skill
- Module 3: Assessment
Grief in Specific Situations
- Lesson 1: Grief Coaching for Major Life Transitions
- Lesson 2: Supporting Children and Adolescents Through Grief
- Lesson 3: Pet Loss Grief Coaching
- Lesson 4: Coaching Through Traumatic Loss
- Lesson 5: Supporting Clients Experiencing Disenfranchised Grief
- Module 4: Assessment
When Grief is Complex
- Lesson 1: Anticipatory Grief
- Lesson 2: Grief and Dementia
- Lesson 3: Complicated and Prolonged Grief
- Lesson 4: Cumulative Grief
- Module 5: Assessment
Building a Sustainable Practice
- Lesson 1: Establishing Your Business
- Lesson 2: Marketing Your Practice
- Lesson 3: Continuous Professional Development
- Lesson 4: Setting Boundaries in Your Practice
- Lesson 5: Recognizing When You Are Not Okay
- Lesson 6: Your Personal Care Plan
Resource Guide
- A Practitioner's Guide to Grief Coaching
Client Scenarios: Applying What You've Learned
- Client Scenario: Supporting a Client After the Loss of Her Son
- Client Scenario: Supporting a Client After the Loss of Her Spouse
- Client Scenario: Disenfranchised Grief – Relationship Loss
The Ethical Grief Support™ Standard Included Free
- The Foundation of The Ethical Grief Support™ Standard
- The 5 Pillars of Ethical Grief Support™
- The 5 Pillars Integration Workbook
- The Ethical Commitment
Global Accreditation
CTAA VIP Premier Accreditation
Recognized for Excellence in Holistic Education and Ethics
When you earn your credential through Healing Hearts, you’re not just getting a certificate — you’re receiving internationally recognized accreditation from the CTAA (Complementary Therapists Accredited Association), one of the world’s leading accrediting bodies for holistic and integrative practitioners.
That means your credential is verified, respected, and professionally meaningful — whether you’re working with individual clients, healthcare organizations, hospices, faith communities, or building your own practice from the ground up.
Verified
Your training meets globally recognized professional standards
Integrity
You are held to a clear code of ethics in your practice
Professionalism
You carry a credential that reflects the seriousness of this work
Your Instructor
Terri Chaplin
Terri Chaplin is an accredited grief companion and educator who has gently walked alongside hundreds of people in their deepest grief. Her calling was shaped by her own profound losses — including the deaths of her first husband and her son — which revealed to her how much grief care needs more humanity, presence, and heart.
Terri doesn't teach from a textbook. She teaches from the room where grief lives. Her methods are grounded in deep listening, ethical care, and simple tools that meet people exactly where they are. She is accessible, warm, and present with every student throughout the program.
Graduate Stories
What Professionals Are Saying
Heart-led people who came uncertain and left equipped, credentialed, and confident.
This grief certification program exceeded all my expectations. The content was rich, evidence-based, and thoughtfully designed to deepen both personal understanding and professional competence. I feel fully equipped with practical tools, confidence, and a renewed commitment to supporting others through grief with sensitivity and skill. Whether you're a coach, counselor, or caregiver, this program is sure to enhance the experience you already have!
I'm so grateful I took the plunge. Terri's class gave me powerful insights and practical tools that will stay with me for a lifetime. Despite earning a degree, I truly didn't feel ready to fully support clients in their grief until I took her course. Now, I feel confident, equipped, and inspired. I highly recommend this program to anyone looking to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
As a Death Doula I wanted to become a certified grief coach to support my clients and their families. I found this program incredibly insightful and felt like I learned a lot about how to support those experiencing all different types of grief and how to meet people where they are in their process.
I had been feeling called to include grief coaching to my end of life work for some time. The timing, the support from Terri, and the content was exactly what I needed to step into this role as a Master Grief Coach. I feel confident in my abilities to hold space for grief and create a non-judgmental environment for healing. The ongoing support I've felt after completing my certification has been an added gift!
Just what I was looking for! As an End of Life Doula this course was perfect to add to my training and education. The course was self-paced — great for those with busy lives — yet Terri was always accessible to answer questions. While I have worked with widows in my community for years, having my Master Grief Coaching certification just adds to the way I can help and coach others along their path.
As a funeral service professional and someone who has a deep calling for helping others heal, this course came into my life at the most divine time. This was a very impactful resource for my path, career, and own journey. Terri is a breath of fresh air and has set up an amazing course full of success. I am grateful to have become a Master Grief Coach!
Extensive knowledge and useful real-world tools for helping others in grief spaces. Very comprehensive and easy to navigate, full of priceless knowledge and resources, and an amazing heartfelt approach to helping others navigate grief in both professional and spiritual ways. Thank you so much Terri for creating this space to help others help other grievers. Highly recommended!
Terri's Healing Hearts Master Grief Coach Certification program was very helpful in my journey as a Grief Coach. Having this certification gave me more credibility in my business and the information covered was very helpful and easy to apply. Terri was always available for questions or to discuss course content. I highly recommend this program for anyone interested in pursuing a career as a Grief Coach.
The Healing Hearts Master Grief Coach Certification Program was amazing! I learned a lot not only about the things in the program but also about myself. During the program, Terri was always there to answer questions, no matter how big or small. I really enjoyed how in each module there were activities to do — a way to see if you learned what the module was about and put it down on paper. I recommend the program to those who want to go a step further in their grief care practices.
I highly recommend anyone that has experienced loss and wants to help others navigate through the stages of grief to take this course. Terri's comprehensive course material helped me see the many facets of grief from a broader and knowledgeable perspective. The course gave me the tools and confidence to truly help others through their Grief to Healing journey.
I recently completed the Healing Hearts Master Grief Coaching Certification Program, and I cannot speak highly enough of the experience. The course materials were rich, relevant, and easy to absorb. A special thank you to Terri, whose deep knowledge and authentic empathy truly set this program apart. I feel more confident and prepared to walk alongside those navigating grief, and I'm deeply grateful for this transformative journey.
I recently completed Healing Hearts Master Grief Coaching Program and it exceeded my expectations. The course was well detailed and thoughtfully organized, offering valuable information and real-life examples that made the content easy to understand and apply. I walked away with the confidence and clarity needed to begin my journey as a grief coach. I'm truly grateful for this experience.
The course was easy to navigate, and as a busy mom and business owner, I appreciated the flexibility of the go-at-your-own-pace approach. The content was insightful, relevant, and practical, providing valuable tools that not only deepened my understanding of grief but also helped me process my own after the recent passing of my father. I look forward to applying this knowledge with greater depth and compassion.
As a grieving mother for nearly 12 years, Terri's Master Certified Grief Coach course opened my eyes to a completely different aspect of grief — the other side of it that I hadn't fully understood before. The course was incredibly helpful, providing a clear and thoughtful roadmap for navigating grief. I'm truly blessed to have Terri as both a mentor and a friend.
This has been an amazing opportunity for me to learn about my own journey with grief and also gave me the tools to help others with theirs. This course had all the information for me to build a foundation on which I can grow and build my own career of coaching and helping others. Becoming a Master Grief Coach has given me the confidence to embark on this new chapter in my life.
I highly recommend the grief coaching certificate. Terri has put a tremendous amount of work in the course to thoroughly explain all concepts. She is truly dedicated to this work and it is evident by the instruction putting into the lessons.
I recently completed the Healing Hearts Master Grief Coach Certification with Terri Chaplin, and I highly recommend this program to anyone seeking a comprehensive, heart-centered grief coaching certification. As an end-of-life practitioner, I found this training to be a powerful complement to my work. The course offers a rich set of practical grief support tools — including active listening, grounding techniques, meaning-making, and ethical coaching practices. This program strengthened my confidence, expanded my skill set, and provided a clear foundation for working with grief in a compassionate and professional way.
Terri is absolutely amazing! This thoroughly and carefully researched course can help provide aspiring grief coaches with the tools they need to help support those who are grieving. Terri was super supportive along the way and I thank her for that. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to start their grief coaching journey to help others!
My experience working with Terri is transformational and remarkable. The Healing Hearts grief coaching certification course is well packaged with all that is needed to launch a grief coaching program. I had an enriching and a satisfying experience.
I am so glad I found Terri and her grief coaching certification. As a death doula, I wanted to have more confidence in the modalities and services I can provide to families after a death, loss or life or health transition. I learned a lot and really enjoyed my assessment and the chance to speak with Terri and learn how aligned we are. If you need grief support for yourself or want to learn how to better provide grief support to people you love and serve, you won't regret reaching out to her.
Terri gave me such solid and thoughtful groundwork for creating my own coaching business. Her curriculum covers all the bases. She made sure I knew she was rooting for me during the course and I really loved that. She is a true advocate for the bereavement process and I am so grateful to have met her and to call her a friend. Highly recommend this course if you are considering becoming an ally for those who are grieving.
I truly loved this course. I feel it equips you with a great amount of resources, examples, and teachings to feel equipped to get out and support others. This would be an amazing course for any mental health professionals, energy workers, anyone who works around death and dying, and really any human because we all encounter grief in our day to day. What a gift it is to learn how to show up and be present for others, to allow them to feel and to grow in a healthy and loving environment. Thank you for putting your time and love into this course!
This was an amazing opportunity to give me the skills I needed in order to be there more for my clients. It helped clarify the title "coach" from that of a "therapist." Terri is a mastermind in helping you achieve your goals and understand things that you are struggling with. I would highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to advance themselves in this field.
Terri has developed an extremely thorough program that has all the information you will need to succeed at becoming an accredited master grief coach! I highly recommend her program to anyone wishing to help those grieving, whether personal or professional! Terri's experience and passion shines through every time you speak with her and she genuinely wants to help create more people to do this special kind of work.
Terri has developed an extremely thorough program that has all the information you will need to succeed at becoming an accredited master grief coach! I highly recommend her program to anyone wishing to help those grieving, whether personal or professional! Terri's experience and passion shines through every time you speak with her and she genuinely wants to help create more people to help do this special kind of work. It was a wonderful experience and I highly recommend any of Terri's programs! I am starting the Life Coaching program tomorrow and I know it will be just as information packed and great as this one!
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Choose Your Certification Path
What’s inside every Healing Hearts Certification:
- Complete grief coaching curriculum — 7 modules, 44 professional lessons $1,297
- Downloadable tools, frameworks & client-ready resources $247
- Real-world case studies drawn from grief companion practice $197
- Self-assessments, reflective practices & final certification exam $197
- Certified Master Grief Coach professional designation $497
- Lifetime access to all course materials $197
- Total foundation value $2,632
Every tier includes this. Guided and Legacy add even more — including personal mentorship with Terri.
Build a grief coaching practice that stands apart — globally credentialed and fully supported.
- Complete self-paced coursework on your own schedule
- Earn your Master Grief Coach certification
- Three personal mentorship sessions with a program facilitator
- VIP Accredited Practitioner Credential from CTAA (globally recognized)
- Exclusive Business Toolkit for Coaches
- Ongoing access to our private community of certified coaches
You don’t have to do this alone — complete your certification with personal support and a community that stays with you.
- Complete self-paced coursework on your own schedule
- Earn your Master Grief Coach certification
- Personal mentorship session with a program facilitator upon completion
- Ongoing access to our private community of certified coaches
Everything you need to begin supporting grieving clients with confidence, competence, and care.
- Complete self-paced coursework on your own schedule
- Earn your Master Grief Coach certification
- Comprehensive training in grief tools, skills & ethics
- Downloadable resources, case studies & assessments
- Lifetime access to all course materials
Payment plan options are available for each tier. Click “Explore This Path” to view full details and available payment options. Third-party options at checkout can often extend payments even further.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The Healing Hearts Master Grief Coach Certification is accredited through CTAA (Complementary Therapists Accredited Association) as a VIP Premier Accredited Course Provider. This is an internationally recognized accreditation body, and your credential is respected by employers, clients, and professional organizations worldwide.
The program is fully self-paced, so you move through it on your own schedule. Most students complete the certification within a few months, but there is no deadline. Life happens, and Terri designed this with busy professionals in mind.
No prior coaching experience is required. This program welcomes both complete beginners who feel called to this work and experienced professionals who want to add grief-informed tools to what they already do. The curriculum starts with the foundational principles and builds from there.
Terri is accessible throughout the program to answer questions and connect with students. This isn't a course where you enroll and disappear into a portal alone. Multiple graduates have specifically named Terri's ongoing availability as one of the most valued parts of the program.
Neither. Terri's approach is heart-centered and human — grounded in evidence-based grief frameworks but always delivered with warmth and lived understanding. The program covers both professional and spiritual dimensions of grief work, meeting students wherever they come from.
Yes, payment plan options are available at checkout. If you have questions about payment options before enrolling, you're always welcome to reach out directly.
Your Calling Has Been Waiting Long Enough
Step forward with the training, the tools, and the credential that lets you serve grieving people with confidence, compassion, and care.
Self-paced · Globally recognized · Payment plans available