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Grief, Loss and Bereavement Support Groups

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      new window Adult Sibling Grief.com Description: 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. (adultsiblinggrief.com)
new window Adult-Parents Support Group Description: Grief support for people who have lost parents, or whose parents are in the process of dying. (fortunecity.com)
new window Always Loved - Never Forgotten Description: Newsletter and support group for those who have lost a child. (home.insightbb.com)
new window Angel Hugs for Bereaved Parents Description: Practical ideas and help for grieving parents. Holiday, birthday and anniversary help, message board and photo albums. (angelfire.com)
new window Angel on My Shoulder Description: 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. (angel-on-my-shoulder.com)
new window Angels Taken Early Description: Find friendship, compassion, and support with others that understand the pain of losing a child. (groups.msn.com)
new window Angels with Wings of Gold Description: For grieving parents that have lost a child. Memorial list, birthday reminders and Yahoo support group. (iam.homewithgod.com)
new window Arms of Love: A Fellowship for Grieving Moms Description: 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. (angelfire.com)
new window Ask Laura Description: Bulletin board where Dr. Laura Hutchins answers questions dealing with grieving and loss. (laurah.com)
new window Baby Steps Description: A safe place for bereaved parents to share stories with others, find resources on the internet, and make contributions to children's charities. (babysteps.com)
new window Babyangels South Africa Description: Support group for infant loss in South Africa. Poems, personal experiences, and advice. (babyangels.co.za)
new window Beginning Experiences Description: A non-profit, peer to peer ministry to those who have recently gone through the loss of a loved one through separation, divorce, or death. Oklahoma City chapter. (BeOfOkc.com)
new window Bereaved Jewish Families of Ontario Description: Mutual self-help organization provides support to Jewish families who have lost a child through death. Bereaved parents helping the newly bereaved. (bereavedjewishfamilies.on.ca)
new window Bereaved Parent Group Description: Support group for bereaved parents founded in 1995. (bereavedparentgroup.yoll.net)
new window Bereaved Parents Description: Support and resources for bereaved parents. Forum and chat room. (bereavedparents.com)
new window Bereaved Parents of the USA Description: A nationwide organization dedicated to helping parents and families who have lost children in life. (bereavedparentsusa.org)
new window Bereavement UK Description: 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. (bereavementuk.co.uk)
new window Bereavement and Hospice Support Netline Description: Maintains a directory of support groups. (ubalt.edu)
new window Bereavement Resource Council of Elgin Description: To encourage healthy grieving by providing information, support and education for those in Elgin County who have experienced a loss by death. (elgin.net)
new window Bereavement Support Ministry Description: Inspiration and renewal for those grieving a loss. Spiritual support through prayer and a monthly bereavement support group. (home.earthlink.net)
new window Butterlies and Angels Description: A forum offering support and compassion to those who have suffered the loss of someone they love. (pub55.ezboard.com)
new window Camp Hope for Grieving Children and Teenagers Description: 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. (camphopeforkids.org)
new window Center for Bereavement and Healing Description: Support and help for those who have experienced the tragic loss of a child. (bereavementandhealing.org)
new window Center for Grief, Loss and Transition Description: 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. (griefloss.org)
new window Circle of Daughters Description: Offers support and counseling to women and girls who have experienced the loss of their mother at any point in their life. (circleofdaughters.com)
new window Circle of Hope - MS and TN Description: Provides emotional support to family members who are working through the devastating loss of a loved one to murder in Mississippi and Tennessee. Information about the grieving process. Assist co-victims in restoring a sense of control to their lives. (circleofhope-ms.com)
new window Community of Daughters Description: Designed to bring women and girls together that have endured the loss of a mother or father at an early age. (communityofdaughters.net)
new window Compassionate Friends of Ocean County, NJ Description: Local Ocean County, NJ Chapter of self-help support group for families the have experienced the death of a child. (freewebs.com)
new window Coping with Loss Description: A discussion forum dedicated to helping people cope with any loss that has or will occur in their life. (marciamathews.tripod.com)
new window Counseling For Loss and Life Changes Description: Forum, articles, children's area, inspirational writings, personal accounts, and links to support groups and resources. (counselingforloss.com)
new window Death and Dying Grief Support Description: An upbeat approach to loss offering grief support, and information on end-of-life issues for family, friends, pets, and loved ones. (death-dying.com)
new window Deeper Still Description: Offers support in words and music to help and comfort. Includes an online source of support services to help the brokenhearted and grieving. (grieving.org)
new window Disaster Survivor Support Description: 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. (groups.yahoo.com)
new window Drowning Support Network Description: 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. (groups.yahoo.com)
new window Ellen's Angels Foundation Description: Provides education, support, and encouragement to friends and family of the terminally ill. (ellensangels.com)
new window Empty Arms, Heavy Heart Description: Grief and support site for those that have lost children. Memorials designed free of charge. (childloss.com)
new window Ethans House for Bereaved Parents Description: A home to bereaved parents and their families to share common emotions, experiences, and a place to share their children. (geocities.com)
new window European Twins Support Group Description: Group for twins who have lost their twin. For support, healing and friendship. (groups.yahoo.com)
new window Forever Sleeping Angels Description: Share a personal angel. Memorials, chat boards, photos, candles, and special dates remembered. (groups.msn.com)
new window Gone Too Soon Angels Description: A non-profit support site, emailing group, and chat room support for bereaved parents. (angelfire.com)
new window Good Intentions Online Description: A nonprofit, volunteer based organization committed to providing support to families after the death of their child. (goodintentionsonline.org)
new window Grief Recovery Online Description: A members helping members support group offering chat rooms, message boards, library and resources for those having suffered the loss of a loved one. (groww.com)
new window Grief Services Division - MAJA Creations Inc. Description: Offers online chat, interactive games, bi-monthly newsletter, virtual bookstore, and seminars to aid the grieving and those persons attempting to care for the bereaved. (majacreations.com)
new window Grief Steps Description: A 24/7 bereavement support site, offering free help and resources to anyone traveling the journey through grief. Articles, books, and online classes. (griefsteps.com)
new window Grief Works Description: 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. (griefworks.com)
new window GriefNet Description: Providing online support for those who are dealing with grief and loss issues on either a professional or personal basis. Separate site for grieving kids, over 30 email support groups, resource referral, library of texts relating to grief and loss, and memorial web pages. (rivendell.org)
new window GriefShare: Grief Recovery Support Groups Description: GriefShare 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 GriefShare support groups. (griefshare.org)
new window Healing After Loss Description: Grief recovery chat rooms and message boards. (healingafterloss.org)
new window Hearts of Survivors Description: Explains and introduces a moderated mailing list for young widows and widowers. (geocities.com)
new window Hearts That Heal Bereavement and Loss Ministry Description: Christian informational and support group oriented ministry. (heartsthatheal.net)
new window Helping All Loved Ones Survive, Inc Description: HALOS is a nonprofit organization that provides information, emotional support, and referrals to surviving friends and family members of homicide victims. (halos.org)
new window In Memory Of Description: 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. (pub47.bravenet.com)
new window In Memory Of Monthly Tributes Description: Helps people remember the ones they've lost through the principle of sharing memories. (efuneral.bz)
new window Keeping the Light On Description: The Zachary Michael Cole Bernhardt support group for parents of missing or abducted children. (keepingthelighton.org)
new window Last Chapters Description: Online community for sharing experiences with life-threatening illness, death, and grief. Offers stories, discussion, resources and ideas for individual action to improve end-of-life care. (lastchapters.org)
new window Light Aircraft Crash Bereavement Support Description: Established to provide emotional help and comfort, for those that have lost loved ones in Light Aircraft Accidents. UK based. (lacbs.i12.com)
new window LOLAM (Loved Ones Left After Murder) Description: Support group for families of murder victims. (beehive.thisisessex.co.uk)
new window Loss Of A Child - Hope For Grieving Parents Description: This is a grief support site for parents grieving over the death of a child. There is also information to help other family members deal with their grief. (freewebs.com)
new window Loss Of a Child Support Group Description: Free support group of Encino, CA helps parents cope with their childs death by sharing their experiences with others who have lost children. Suggestion on how to participate in the healing process. (lossofachild.8k.com)
new window M.I.S.S. - Mothers In Sympathy and Support Description: Allows a safe haven for parents to share their grief after the death of a child. (misschildren.org)
new window Memories Of Love and Hope Description: Deicated to those who have lost a loved one. Poetry, memorials, and message board. (angelfire.com)
new window MISS Foundation Description: An online support group for families facing the death of a child and for those grieving a child's death to heal. A place for grieving children, parents, grandparents, and others. (missfoundation.org)
new window Mixed Emotions Grief Support Description: 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. (members.tripod.com)
new window Mom's Halo Description: Support for the motherloss. Includes a forum board, grief support articles, suggested reading, online newsletter, memorials, and poetry. (momshalo.org)
new window Motherless Daughters of New England Description: Introduction to the support groups and events offered to women who have experienced early motherloss in the New England Area. (motherlessdaughtersofnewengland.intranets.com)
new window Mothers of Murdered Sons/Daughters Description: A site where Moms can share their grief, for mutual support, containing a photo memory board, and message board. (moms.memorial-of-love.net)
new window National Donor Family Council Description: National organization for families whose loved ones have donated organs or tissues upon death. Includes grief resources, message board, pen pals, newsletter. Free membership. (donorfamily.org)
new window New Hope Center for Grief Support Description: 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. (newhopecenter.net)
new window One Bright Star Description: A non-profit organization offering financial and counseling support for families who have experienced the death of a child. Poems, stories and tributes to a child can be posted on the site. (onebrightstar.org)
new window Our Healing Hearts Description: A bulletin board dedicated to sharing the pain and the joy of our loved ones that have gone before us. (pub34.ezboard.com)
new window Parent Support of Puget Sound Description: Puget Sound based parent support for miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn death. (psofpugetsound.org)
new window Passages Description: Provides emotional and spiritual support for people who are dying, grieving, or providing care for a loved one who is dying. (journeyhome.com)
new window Seasons Grief Center, New Orleans Description: 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. (SeasonsGriefCenter.org)
new window Sierra's Bears Organization Description: Support for grieving mothers following the death of a child due to stillbirth or infant death through a support forum, ecard and gift of a teddy bear. (sierrasbears.org)
new window Survivingparents org. Description: For parents dealing with lost ones. A support group that is a non-profit organization. (geocities.com)
new window Sympathy Sharing Description: Offers an interactive open forum for bereaved individuals as well as a place to leave tributes or memorials. (bereavement.com)
new window TAG: Teen Age Grief Description: Focused on bereavement support for teenagers. (smartlink.net)
new window The Andrew R. Niksick Reward Fund Association Description: Organization raises reward money for "cold" case homicides through donations, sponsors and affiliate stores. Offers free memorials, support boards, and chat. (AndrewRNiksickRewardFund.com)
new window The Bereavement Journey Description: A place where anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one can receive support; includes chat, forums, links, after-death experience descriptions. (TheBereavementJourney.com)
new window The Compassionate Friends Description: Grief support for bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings who have experienced the death of a child. Phoenix Area Chapter. Online guestbook and memorials. (tcfphoenix.org)
new window The Compassionate Friends Description: A national self-help support organization, which assists families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child, and provides information to help others be supportive. (compassionatefriends.org)
new window The Compassionate Friends - Northeast Louisiana Chapter Description: The Northeast Lousiana Chapter of this non-profit, self-help support organization offering friendship and understanding to families grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. There is no religious affiliation. (tcfnortheastla.org)
new window The Compassionate Friends Atlanta Chapters Description: Grief support for bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings who have experienced the death of a child. Provides worldwide online grief support, daily newsletter, cyberfriends, memorials, chapter meeting information. (tcfatlanta.org)
new window The Exploration of Grief Dreams Description: Exploration of grief dreams and their meaning and healing effects. Offers message boards, chat rooms, memorials and tributes. (griefdreams.com)
new window The Lighthouse Program For Grieving Children Description: Offers support for children from 3 to 18 years old and their families who are grieving the death of a loved one. (noretech.org)
new window The Littlest Angels Description: Support group for anyone that has ever lost a child. (groups.msn.com)
new window Tickle the Chicken God Description: Personal journal, support groups, chat for grief recovery, managing stress, anxiety, depression and fear in relationships, and health issues. (ticklecg.com)
new window To Heaven With Love - letters to heaven Description: Allows you to send a letter to a special person or pet who has died. (toheavenwithlove.com)
new window Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) Description: 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. (taps.org)
new window Trauma Intervention Programs of San Diego County Description: Organization of trained volunteers who provide immediate emotional and practical support to victims and their families. (tipsandiego.org)
new window Twin and Multiple Birth Loss Description: 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. (mysite.xtra.co.nz)
new window Uniting Families Foundation Description: Assisting families in bereavement. Grief support network, burial assistance, and end-of-life memorialization. (unitingfamilies.org)
new window USMWF - United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities Description: Goal is to raise awareness, give support, and help change labor laws for worplace fatlities. Memorials, mailing list, and stories from survivors. (usmwf.org)
new window Washington, DC MISS Foundation Description: Support group meetings held monthly in Fairfax, Virginia for parents who have experienced the death of an infant or young child. Current and archived newsletters. (dcmissfoundation.org)
new window Widows and Widowers Description: Chat rooms, forum boards, free legal, financial and tax advice, library of articles, memorials, support groups and links to government and private agencies that offer help and support. (widows-and-widowers.com)
new window Widows Too Young Description: A support group for young widows and widowers, to help them start life again. (widowstooyoung.com)
 




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