Grief Support Groups
Survivor of Suicide Loss Support Group
We are a group of survivors, together to offer support, comfort, and understanding. Our group provides an atmosphere of acceptance for exploring feelings that are often not understood by others. It offers a chance to share helpful resources, and to provide and receive support through the long grief process. The groups are facilitated by a peer trained through the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Survivor of Suicide Loss facilitator training.
Meetings are on the 1ST and 3RD Thursday of each month.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.
Please check our calendar for details.
Long Term Survivor of Suicide Loss Support Group
The “long term” survivors have moved forward in their grief journey but still seek support and understanding from fellow survivors. This is a chapter in their journey where they begin to search for meaning and purpose in their life and at the same time hold space and time for their grief.
Meetings are on the last Thursday of each month.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.
Please check our calendar for details.
Loss of Spouse or Partner Support Group
The loss of a spouse or partner is often one of the hardest losses we will encounter. Our lives turn upside down. You ask yourself, “How will I survive and feel all alone?” You are not alone. The Brian Dagle Foundation is offering two safe and private support groups for the loss of a spouse or partner with others who understand this loss. The groups are peer to peer support with a trained peer facilitator.
Meetings are on the 1ST and 3RD Wednesday of each month from 6:30-8 pm, and the 2ND and 4TH Wednesday from 10-11:30 am.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.
Please check our calendar for details.
Loss to Partner/Spouse to Suicide Grief Support Group
The death of a partner or spouse to suicide presents unique challenges to those who grieve. Confusion, guilt, and the ever present “why” are common responses to this type of loss on top of the isolation that many experience due to social stigma. This peer support group will provide a safe space where members can explore their grief and share their stories with those who ‘get it’. In addition, we will hold fast to hope – the expectation of good that is yet to be.
Group will meets once month on a Wednesday from 6:30-8:00pm.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.
Bereaved Parents USA (for parents, grandparents, and siblings)
The loss of a child is a loss like no other. Isolation, guilt, fear, and anger are just some of the emotions parents experience. This free support group allows for the feelings to be validated and understood by others experiencing the loss of a child. Parents and Grandparents are invited to join us. Click here to learn more.
This group meets on the 2ND Tuesday of each month from 6:00-7:30 pm in Niantic.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.
Please check our calendar for details.
Understanding Your Grief
This program is open to anyone grieving the loss of someone in their life. It offers a compassionate guide to understand the multitude of feelings as we explore our own uniqueness with grief, often using Dr. Wolfelt’s Understanding Your Grief book and journal. It is our hope that you will begin to find healing after your loss.
This group meets quarterly for an 8 week session. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.
Please check our calendar for details.
Men’s Grief Support Group
We’re pleased to offer a men-only, monthly grief support group at Brian’s Healing Hearts. We hope that his unique group will give any male the permission to openly talk about the reality of grief and loss they are experiencing.
For many reasons, men often will hold back from the honest feelings surrounding the grief and loss of a loved one. Telling your story, sharing your pain, is part of healing. It is our hope that this group will give men permission to say whatever they need, in a safe space, with others who understand.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.
Please check our calendar for details.
Family and Friends Grief Support Group
This virtual group supports anyone grieving the loss of a family member or friend. This group meets twice monthly to share and discuss the the challenges of the death of someone close to us such as a parent, grandparent, sibling or friends. The group will often use the writings such as Understanding Your Grief by Dr. Alan Wolfelt.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or visit BriansHealingHearts.org/GriefAndSpirituality
Private Grief Counseling Sessions
Brian’s Healing Hearts is honored to be a place to offer shelter for those in the storm of grief. We offer the model of Companioning the Griever by grief expert Dr. Alan Wolfelt and understand that grief is not an illness and should not be treated as one. We cannot fix the griever however we can companion them.
With that in mind, we listen to the individual who is grieving the loss of a loved one and validates their feelings of confusion, isolation, guilt, anger, or fear as she often tells them they are not going crazy but they are grieving. When appropriate, we share our experience of loss and hope towards healing a broken heart.
For more information and to register, please email [email protected] or call 860-451-8354.