Bereavement  & Grief Resources

Grief Speaks Newsletter Helping a grieving friend during the holidays

It's that time of year again when the days grow shorter and the holidays are quickly approaching. Holiday time can be festive and fun for many but also stressful, lonely and painful for some, particularly for those in the midst of grief. Often friends and family feel uncertain as to how to help those experiencing grief at this time of year.

9 Helpful Tips to Support Someone Grieving During the Holidays



Grief Speaks

http://www.griefspeaks.com/

Grief Speaks: Giving every child, teenager and adult permission to grieve and providing grief with a voice by means of presentations and workshops that provide education, strategies, resources and support for children, teens and adults who are coping with grief due to all different types of loss.           Teen Grief


Good Grief- Helping Children Cope With Loss

http://www.good-grief.org/

To normalize grief in our society and create resilient communities where children coping with loss grow up emotionally healthy and able to lead meaningful and productive lives.  This is done through our year-round peer grief support center and educational workshops.   


Grief Support After the Death of a Child

www.compassionatefriends.org

The Compassionate Friends is about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. It takes people out of the isolation society imposes on the bereaved and lets them express their grief naturally. With the shedding of tears, healing comes. And the newly bereaved get to see people who have survived and are learning to live and love again.”

—Simon Stephens, founder of The Compassionate Friends


Unconventional Grief: Grieving someone who is still alive                 

Unconventional Grief

the bereavement academy


Traumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth

Rutgers University Behavioral Health 

Suicide Awareness