The Grace of Grief: A 3-Day Workshop and Ritual for Those Living with Grief and Loss
Dates: November 14th to 16th, 2025
Location: Netel Grange 90525 Logan Rd, Astoria, OR 97103
Facilitators: Katelyn Staecker, LCSW & Noah Rubinstein, LMHC
Schedule: Friday 5:00pm to 8:00pm, Saturday 10:00am to 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am to 6:00pm.
Includes: Coffee, water, and snacks available all days.
What to Bring: Please bring a packed lunch for both Saturday and Sunday, along with a journal or notebook and a pen/pencil.
Capacity: Limited to 18 participants
Tuition: $375 (includes meals)
Workshop Description
Grief is not a problem to be solved—it is a sacred human experience that calls for presence, care, and community. In today’s culture, grief is often hidden, privatized, or rushed through, leaving many of us isolated in our pain. Yet grief is far more than sorrow over the death of a loved one. We grieve relationships, health, lost dreams, the state of our world, the unmet needs of childhood, and even the unspoken weight of ancestral wounds.
The Grace of Grief invites you into a compassionate and communal space to tend to these many forms of loss. Drawing inspiration from the work of Francis Weller, we will explore the “Five Gates of Grief”: the inevitability of losing what we love, the places within that have not known love, the sorrows of the world, what we expected but did not receive, and the grief carried in our ancestral lineages. We will also honor the “Sixth Stage of Grief” described by David Kessler—finding meaning—as we discover how grief can transform us, deepening our capacity for love and connection.
Throughout the weekend, you will be guided in ritual, sharing, and embodied practices designed to help you:
Honor the full spectrum of grief—not just death, but all forms of loss.
Be witnessed in your sorrow by a supportive community.
Release isolation and rediscover the power of grieving together.
Find new ways to live with loss that foster compassion, authenticity, and resilience.
Open to renewal—the possibility of meaning, joy, and deeper connection on the other side of sorrow.
This gathering is rooted in the understanding that grief is not linear, not something to “get over,” and not a sign of weakness. Instead, grief is a profound teacher and a gateway to our shared humanity. Together, we will create a safe and sacred container where your pain is honored, your story is welcomed, and your heart is held with tenderness.
Why This Workshop Is Unique
Small group intimacy: Limited to 18 participants for depth, safety, and connection.
Ritual & community: Guided ceremonies and shared practices to move grief from isolation into belonging.
Experienced facilitators: Therapists Katelyn Staecker, LCSW, and Noah Rubinstein, LMHC, bring decades of experience in mental health, personal healing, and group facilitation.
Transformation: An opportunity to meet your grief not as an enemy, but as a companion that, when tended, can open the way toward love, meaning, and renewal.
🙏Come as you are, with whatever grief you carry. Together, we will discover the grace that waits within our shared sorrow. 🙏
Katelyn Staecker, LCSW, is a Certified Practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy, as well as a psychotherapist, teacher, workshop leader, and IFS assistant trainer. For more than 30 years, she has maintained a private practice on the North Oregon Coast and facilitates workshops and retreats on Personal Growth, Spirituality, Vital Aging, and Somatic Healing.
For the past decade, Katelyn has studied with Grief Mentor Francis Weller, preparing to create and convene communities for those who wish to explore and experience the healing and transformation available through a direct relationship with grief and loss. She is blessed and excited to be joined now by her beloved friend and colleague, Noah Rubinstein.
Noah Rubinstein, LMHC
I’ve spent most of my adult life working in social services and mental health. Over the years, I’ve held counseling and consultation roles in emergency shelters, the Los Angeles Unified School District, hospice care, home-based therapy programs, residential treatment centers, mental health clinics, and private practice.
I hold degrees in philosophy and counseling psychology. I was formerly licensed in Alaska as a marriage and family therapist, and since 2001 I’ve been licensed in Washington as a mental health counselor. In 2002, I began training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) with its developer, Richard Schwartz, PhD, eventually assisting in trainings, hosting IFS Institute workshops, and providing clinical supervision to other therapists.
In 2006, I founded GoodTherapy . org with the mission of reducing harm in the field by promoting collaborative, non-pathologizing approaches to therapy and encouraging clinicians to do their own inner work. I stepped down from my role in 2018 when my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Since then, I’ve devoted myself to raising my kids, writing, songwriting, and performing to audiences throughout the PNW.
I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining my dear friend Katelyn in offering the Grace of Grief to the community.