📖 Overview
Francis Weller is a psychotherapist and grief counselor who focuses on the role of sorrow and loss in human experience. He has spent decades working with individuals and communities around themes of grief, initiation, and emotional healing.
Weller founded Madrona Depth Psychology in California and leads workshops on grief work and soul-centered psychology. His approach combines Western psychotherapy with indigenous wisdom traditions and ritual practices. He emphasizes the importance of community support in processing grief and loss.
His writing examines how modern Western culture has become disconnected from natural cycles of grief and mourning. Weller argues that unprocessed sorrow contributes to individual and collective suffering. He advocates for creating spaces where people can express grief openly and receive community support during times of loss.