Bereavement Professional

  • 1.  Grief Support Group

    Posted 12-21-2022 08:10 AM
    I was recently asked by a local church about resources they could use to start a grief support group. They had actually wanted me to start one in their facility, but I already have one going at our city's sr. center.

    Aside from Grief Share do you know of any other "plug and play" type of curriculums they could look into? I'd love to help them get started by sending some suggestions there way.

    I'm not sure if they are looking at this being an ongoing group or for a defined 8, 10, or 12 weeks. 

    Any ideas are appreciated.

    Thanks!

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    Joel Fletcher
    Bereavement Coordinator, Commonwealth Hospice
    Danville, VA
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  • 2.  RE: Grief Support Group

    Posted 12-22-2022 09:13 AM
    Edited by Kathryn Favaro 12-22-2022 09:14 AM
    Hi Joel, 
     I had a similar situation with a local church and ended up creating my own "training", if you will. It focuses a lot on basic grief education before going into group dynamics. I used a few resources to inform my work including The Understanding Your Grief Support Group Guide by Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., and Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups: A Practical Guide by Dodie Graves. Feel free to email me directly if you would like to see what I used for the training itself.


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    Be well,

    Kate Favaro, CRPA
    (she/her)
    Bereavement Coordinator & Volunteer Manager
    Hospice and Palliative Care of St. Lawrence Valley 

    kfavaro@hospiceslv.org
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  • 3.  RE: Grief Support Group

    Posted 12-22-2022 10:08 AM

    For churches another plug in grief support group is Good Grief, which is a workbook that goes with the Book.

     

     

    Barbara Ingram, D.Min., M.Div., BCC, LMFT

    Bereavement Coordinator and Counselor

    Wellstar Community Hospice

    470.245.9959

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  • 4.  RE: Grief Support Group

    Posted 12-22-2022 10:45 AM
     

    Veronica M. Ibarra, MS, FT, BCC

    Bereavement Counselor

    Presbyterian Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care

    Albuquerque, NM

    Bereavement Services: 505-559-7055

    Cell: 505-377-1601

    Hospice Main: 505-559-1000


    "Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, 

    the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve."

    ~ Earl Grolman



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  • 5.  RE: Grief Support Group

    Posted 12-22-2022 11:07 AM
    People mentioned Wolfelt - he has a journal that is a companion of the Understanding Your Grief Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing that  is good. Also MaryLou Hughes' book Bereavement and Support Gropu Healing in a Group Environment offers weekly outlines, objectives, activities for a curriculum series as well as info on unstructured bereavement support groups.

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    Patti Anewalt, Director
    Pathways Center for Grief & Loss
    Hospice & Community Care
    Mount Joy, PA
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  • 6.  RE: Grief Support Group

    Posted 12-22-2022 11:19 AM
    Joel,

    Dr. Alan Wolfelt has a 12 week "Understanding Your Grief" Support Group.  There is a leaders guide, and books & journals for participants.

    Lisa Watson, MA
    Bereavement Counselor
    Harbor Hospice - Muskegon, MI
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  • 7.  RE: Grief Support Group

    Posted 12-22-2022 01:33 PM

    Hi Joel,
    My entry into grief support groups back in 2008 was by Sr. Mauryeen O'Brien who created the New Day Journal, A journey from grief to healing. It has a worldwide following. (It can be found on Amazon)

    I presented it at my church spring and fall, as a lay person and therapist in training, for 7 years before starting hospice work.  It can be used both in a group setting or self-study.  I trained many facilitator at that time as well under her tutelage.

    It is a closed 10-week program that refers to scriptures and is journal based.  It was always well received.

     



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    Debbie Pausig, LMFT, CT
    Hospice Bereavement Coordinator
    Home Care Plus Community Healthcare & Hospice-Yale New Haven Health
    Guilford, CT 06437
    Deborah.Kornitsky-Pausig@YNHH.ORG
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