ICU For The Soul is specifically for people who are experiencing grief in the wake of the death of a loved one.
It is the magnitude of love rather than a hierarchy of a relationship that determines the severity of the injury to the soul.
Only you know how deeply you love in their presence. Only you know the depth of pain you feel in their absence.
Time to heal has no clock and follows no calendar.
With care, community and practice, grief transforms from disabling pain to resilient love. We call this Grieflove. You do not grieve what you do not love. Grieflove is the deepest form of love you can know.
Our services has two parts
Treatment for grief and associated anxiety and depression.
Disability benefits counseling to help you take time off from work to grieve, rest and heal.
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Your Soul Care Team
Dawn Gross, MD, PhD
Dawn Gross, is a Hospice & Palliative medicine physician and internationally recognized end of life care thought leader. Dr Gross completed her undergraduate education at USC, her medical, graduate and internal medicine training at Tufts University School of Medicine and her fellowship in hematology and bone marrow transplant at Stanford with post-doctoral training at UCSF. She transitioned to the field of hospice after her father died in 2006. She was recruited to become the Chair of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine at City of Hope National Cancer Center. Like many, she left her heart in San Francisco and subsequently chose to return to UCSF as faculty in the Division of Palliative Medicine and medical director of ANX Hospice. An invited speaker, educator and consultant, Dr. Gross explores the topics of life, death and the glue of grief. She is the creator and host of the first-of-its-kind, live, call-in radio program, Dying to Talk. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, JAMA, Science and Annals of Internal Medicine with her first book of non-fiction forth-coming. She is also the Co-founder and CEO of Dyalogues, her public benefit company offers direct guidance for people of all ages navigating the landscapes of serious illness and grief. Gratefully married for over a quarter of a century, she has yet to be awarded her master’s in parenting from her 3 children.
Paul Puccinelli, LMFT, M.S.
Paul Puccinelli, is a psychotherapist and a healing circle facilitator. Paul has a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University of California, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing from San Francisco State University. In addition, Paul holds a certificate from UCSF Medical Center in palliative care for interprofessional practicing clinicians and a certificate from Columbia University to provide complicated grief therapy. Paul is also the Co-founder and COO of Dyalogues, a public benefit company which offers direct guidance for people of all ages navigating the landscapes of serious illness and grief. It is Paul’s hope that we can explore ways of deepening our capacity to connect, advocate for ourselves and each other, take time to heal when needed, and to communicate or discover what matters most to us or the ones we care for.
Andy Chu, Esq.
Andy Chu has been a public interest law attorney since 2003. His legal expertise is in disability income and healthcare benefits. He has represented countless people on their disability and healthcare claims. He regularly trains social and healthcare workers on these subjects. He was the Legal Director of PRC, a San Francisco non-profit for people with disability, for 9 years. He enjoys creating new social services. In 2014, he developed the Equal Access to Healthcare Program to help people use the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In 2018, he collaborated with foundations and governments to launch a mobile legal service for the homeless. His programs have been funded by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tipping Point Foundation, etc. He immigrated to the U.S. from Hong Kong when he was nine. He speaks Cantonese. He graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Hastings College of the Law. He is also the Co-Founder of nimsa, a company that helps people get on disability to prevent a disability crisis.