Guiding You ThroughGrief to Healing
As a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist with the Grief Recovery Method, Will provides compassionate support to help you navigate loss and find your path toward healing and hope.
About Will Platnick
A journey through profound loss transformed into a calling to guide others toward healing
Based in Saratoga Springs, just north of Albany in New York's Capital Region, Will Platnick brings a uniquely personal understanding to his work as a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist. By age 40, Will had experienced profound losses that would reshape his life's purpose-the deaths of both parents, his son, and numerous friends, while also navigating the complex grief that accompanies chronic illness in the family.
In working through his own grief, Will authored "Sitting in Grief: A Journey Towards Standing Again," a deeply personal reading plan for the YouVersion Bible App. What began as his own healing process became a lifeline for tens of thousands. Through a simple contact form, readers from around the world began reaching out-sharing how Will's words had captured the essence of their pain and, more importantly, made them feel truly seen for the first time by someone who understood the weight of loss.
These thousands of heartfelt messages revealed a profound truth: people desperately needed someone who could walk alongside them through grief-not just with sympathy, but with genuine understanding born from experience. This calling led Will to become certified through the Grief Recovery Method®, combining his lived experience with evidence-based techniques to help others find their path toward healing.
"Grief taught me that healing isn't about 'moving on'-it's about moving forward with love, memories, and newfound purpose. Let me help you discover that same transformation."
"Thousands have found comfort through Will's journey-now let him guide yours."
Personal Understanding
Having walked through multiple profound losses, Will brings genuine empathy and lived experience to every session.
Proven Method
Certified in the evidence-based Grief Recovery Method® with documented success helping millions worldwide.
Faith Integration
Optional faith-based support drawing from Will's experience as a devotional author reaching thousands globally.
Author of "Sitting in Grief"
Will's YouVersion Bible App reading plan has touched thousands of lives worldwide, offering daily comfort and understanding to those navigating loss.
Read the Devotional PlanVoices of Healing
Thousands have found comfort through "Sitting in Grief: A Journey Towards Standing Again"
"This was the most real and relevant teaching ever. I felt like the writer was actually speaking to me. Thank you so much for speaking direct. I'm really struggling every day. But this reading made me feel like someone understands...and actually gets it."
- Fay
Reading Plan User
"The personal experiences expressed matched exactly how I feel! I lost my Mom in January and I am lost without her! Reading this has helped me so much! Thank you!"
- Shannon
Reading Plan User
"Your transparency helped me feel less alone. There's just a real sense of heart and soul in your writing and guidance that I connected with. The verses you've chosen were wonderfully matched."
- Cheryl
Reading Plan User
Over 10,000 readers have found comfort through Will's devotional plan
Scientifically Proven Results
The Grief Recovery Method® isn't just another approach-it's backed by peer-reviewed research published in the American Journal of Health Education, showing exceptional effectiveness that far exceeds typical community programs.
Participants showed improved attitudes toward grief and healing
Increased understanding of grief recovery principles
Adopted healthier behaviors for processing grief
Shifted limiting beliefs about grief and loss
Exceptional Effectiveness
Most community-based programs achieve only 20-50% effectiveness. The Grief Recovery Method® demonstrates up to 91% effectiveness-nearly double the industry standard.
Not Random Chance
Statistically significant results prove the program creates real change
Peer-Reviewed Research
Published in the American Journal of Health Education
Measurable Outcomes
Concrete improvements in knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
40+ Years of Success
Over 3 million people helped worldwide since the 1980s
"These statistically significant effect sizes establish that the change in grief recovery variables wasn't by random chance-it was exposure to the Grief Recovery Method® that produced the measurable improvements."
- Dr. Rachael Nolan, PhD, MPH, CPH, Lead Researcher
How Will Can Help
Structured grief recovery programs tailored to your unique needs and circumstances.
- Personalized program guidance
- Safe, confidential environment
- Evidence-based curriculum
- Flexible scheduling options
100% Money-Back Guarantee
If you attend all sessions and don't feel the time was well spent, receive a full refund.
- Shared healing experience
- Evidence-based curriculum
- Peer support network
- Smaller group setting
- Pet-specific grief support
- Understanding companions
- Honoring your pet's memory
- Judgment-free environment
- For parents, teachers & caregivers
- Learn to help children express grief
- Based on "When Children Grieve" book
- Evidence-based action program
Need-Based Scholarships Available
Financial hardship shouldn't prevent healing. Thanks to generous support from the New Breath Spirituality Center, need-based scholarships are available for those who qualify.
Healing Resources
Tools and resources to support your grief recovery journey.
Transform Your Grief Into Growth
This comprehensive guide reveals the proven, evidence-based method that has transformed countless lives. Unlike traditional approaches, the Grief Recovery Method® provides actionable steps to complete your relationship with pain and rediscover joy.
Inside This Life-Changing eBook:
- ✓Why "time heals all wounds" is a myth-and what actually works
- ✓The 6 hidden myths about grief that keep you stuck in pain
- ✓A step-by-step action plan to move beyond loss-not just cope with it
- ✓How to handle the "emotional incompleteness" that follows any loss
- ✓Real stories of transformation from grievers just like you
Join Over 3 Million People Who've Found Freedom From Grief
The Grief Recovery Method® has been helping people for over 40 years
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Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?
Take the first step toward healing. Will is here to support you every step of the way.