Open Directory - Health: Mental Health: Grief, Loss and Bereavement: Support Groups
See also: - A support community for those who have suffered the loss of an adult sibling. Sections include memorials and tributes, message boards, and links to other grief information. - A support group for the education of bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are deceased. - Practical ideas and help for grieving parents. Holiday, birthday and anniversary help, message board and photo albums. - For those who are widowed or who have lost their love to death, or for those who are in love with someone who is terminally ill. Message boards, forums. Chat room. - Christian online support group for moms who have suffered the death of a child; offers numerous resources for grief recovery, weekly online chats, password-protected bulletin board. - A safe place for bereaved parents to share stories with others, find resources on the internet, and make contributions to children's charities. - Support site set up following death of a child after a long battle against a brain tumour. Dedicated to all parents finding themselves caring for a dying child. - Support and resources for bereaved parents. Forum and chat room. - A support forum with special sections for like-minded people who are grieving, to share thoughts and give word of comfort, plus practical advice about bereavement. - Inspiration and renewal for those grieving a loss. Spiritual support through prayer and a monthly bereavement support group. - A place in central Wisconsin where children and teenagers from throughout the state gather to work through the grieving process, after a loved one dies. - A non-profit organization offering help and hope for those who have experienced a significant loss in their lives, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA. - Support for families who have suffered the loss of a child to suicide. Resources on depression, suicide, healing and life after death. - Forum, articles, children's area, inspirational writings, personal accounts, and links to support groups and resources. - Message board/forum for spouses left behind by suicide. - Offers religious support in words and music to help and comfort. Includes contact information. - Provides education, support, and encouragement to friends and family of the terminally ill. - A group dedicated to supporting survivors of suicide loss and to educating the community about suicide. - A non-profit Christian organization dedicated to providing support to families who have experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, ectopic or molar pregnancy, and infant death. - Local resources, information, and education about grief and loss in life, as well as numerous links. Located in Montgomery County, Maryland, and serving the Washington, DC, metro area. - Features resources to assist and encourage people grieving the death of a friend or family member, and includes database of more than 1200 listings of support groups. - HALOS is a nonprofit organization that provides information, emotional support, and referrals to surviving friends and family members of homicide victims. - Honor loved ones on this board. Stories, poems, links to memorial sites or sharing feelings about loss. A candle will be lit in memory of the loved one. - Free support group of Encino, CA helps parents cope with their child's death by sharing their experiences with others who have lost children. Suggestion on how to participate in the healing process. - Send a letter to a departed loved one. Multilingual. - A mailing list support group for adult children dealing with the death (or impending death) of a parent from whom they are emotionally estranged, due to emotional or verbal abuse, alcoholism, or other addictions or dysfunctions. - Support for the motherloss. Includes a forum board, grief support articles, suggested reading, online newsletter, memorials, and poetry. - Introduction to the support groups and events offered to women who have experienced early motherloss in the New England Area. - A site where Moms can share their grief, for mutual support, containing a photo memory board, and message board. - National organization for families whose loved ones have donated organs or tissues upon death. Includes grief resources, message board, pen pals, newsletter. Free membership. - A Christian-based bereavement outreach center providing group and individual support and/or direction to other resources that will help grieving individuals. Based in SE Michigan, with ongoing groups for widows and widowers. - Puget Sound based parent support for miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn death. - Support groups and information for suicide grievers in the greater Philadelphia, PA area. - A non-profit organization providing specialized bereavement counseling and educational services on death and dying to children and adults experiencing the pain of the loss of a loved one. - SOBS (Survivors Of Bereavement by Suicide) is a self-help, voluntary organisation. Many of those helping have, themselves, been bereaved by suicide. - Support group in Albuquerque, New Mexico for those who are suffering the loss of a loved one by suicide. - For bereaved parents. Make friends, help others and perhaps help yourself along the endless journey of grief and learning to live again. - A place where anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one can receive support; includes chat, forums, links, after-death experience descriptions. - A national non-profit organization made up of, and providing services to, all those who have lost a loved one on active duty with the Armed Forces. Offers a survivor peer support network. Grief counseling referral and case worker assistance and crisis information. - Organization of trained volunteers who provide immediate emotional and practical support to victims and their families. - A support network of parents in New Zealand who have experienced the death of a baby or babies in a multiple pregnancy, birth, or in childhood. - A support group for twins and other multiples that have experienced the death of their twin. - Goal is to raise awareness, give support, and help change labor laws. Memorials, mailing list, and stories from survivors. - A support group for young widows and widowers, to help them start life again. - For twins who have lost their twin. For support, healing and friendship. - Email support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. - Support group for mothers who have lost a child. Provides information about the group and joining instructions. - Peer support group for survivors of disasters, including floods, firestorms, hurricanes, earthquakes. Including those who have lost loved ones as a result of a natural disaster. - Peer support group for people who have lost loved ones in incidents involving drowning or other aquatic accidents, especially when no physical remains have been recovered, or the recovery process has been lengthy and difficult.
