Bereavement

Bereavement

Links to web pages devoted to helping people during the grief process, including specialty bereavement support groups.

	Alive Alone: Founded by Kay Bevington, Alive Alone is an organization for the education and charitable purposes to benefit bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are deceased, by providing a self-help network and publications to promote communication and healing, to assist in resolving their grief, and a means to reinvest their lives for a positive future.
	Alzheimer's Angels and Passage to Paradise: New book by site host, Dorothy Womack, who lost her precious mother to Alzheimer's Disease, with many resources for caregivers, the bereaved, and whoever may 'fear' the ravages of Alzheimer's.  A true oasis for the soul!  Passage to Paradise is a collection of writings by Dorothy inspirfed by her now deceased mother's earthly journey and beyond: "This book is dedicated to my mother, Vivian H. Hanby …..Whose courage in the face of certain death gave me the courage to face an uncertain life……"
	American Association of Suicidology: A national organization offering resources for suicide prevention and the survivors of suicide (SOS). They provide a newsletter, a directory of resources for suicide prevention, conferences, and referrals to local SOS chapters.
	Amputated Parents Page: Provided by Dr. Claudio Pisani, a bereaved father from Italy, in honor of his deceased son, Nicola. Lots of resources including other websites, message board, ADCs, NDEs, conferences, photos, and more.
	The Arizona SIDS Alliance: They educate people about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and how to reduce the risk of SIDS, assist grieving families after the loss of an infant to SIDS, and provide assistance to scientists and medical professionals in our efforts to eliminate SIDS.
	Association for Death Education & Counseling (ADEC): This is a multi-disciplinary professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in death education, bereavement counseling, and care of the dying. Based on theory and quality research, ADEC provides information, support, and resources to its multicultural membership and, through them, to the public.
	Bereaved Parents of the USA: A nationwide organization designed to aid and support bereaved parents and their families who are struggling to survive their grief after the death of a child.
	Bereavement Support Group: In the tradition of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' teachings, this site is offered by Alan B. Taplow, former student of Dr. Ross. He says, 'As a former participant and facilitator trainee at the EKR Center, I've experienced the value of this type of healing workshop. When Elisabeth retired from running workshops and disbanded her center, many of her former Staff continue to offer the form of healing work which she started." Many resources for the bereaved, inc. workshop programs.
	Butterfly Bouquets: They offer 'live' monarch butterfly releases, as well as inspirational stories involving butterflies, including the entire Chapter 14 "Butteflies & Rainbows" from Hello From Heaven! This site is an excellent place to post your own inspirational butterfly stories too.
	Prayer Wave for After-Death Communications: Originated by frequent ADC guest, Christine Marie, this site offers a forum for originating, discussing, and feedback for ADCs received as a result of prayer & the weekly 'group' ADC Prayer Wave. The site also offers bereavement support and an eGroup for personal sharing.
	Caregiving: A guide that provides an overview of things you need to know about caregiving and refers you to more detailed information available through AARP publications and other national and local organizations in your community.
	Caregiving Online: Wellness for caregivers of an aging relative, friend or neighbor. Their online support service is provided by the Caregiving newsletter.
	The Center for Loss and Healing: The Center For Loss and Healing is committed to promoting compassionate and holistic care among professionals, spiritual leaders, and caregivers working with the dying, the bereaved, and others experiencing loss. Through an interdisciplinary approach, including academic programs, informative resources, and support services, the Center cultivates a healing community dedicated to understanding and embracing the diverse cultural, societal, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the grief experience. This center is a integrated service of St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida.
	The Compassionate Friends: An international nonprofit, self-help support organization which offers friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. They have learned that the death of our child has caused a pain that can best be understood fully by another bereaved parent. Check out TCF Canada and TCF Western Australia
	The Compassionate Friends of the U.K.: A nationwide organization of bereaved parents, offering friendship and understanding to other bereaved parents, with affiliations around the world. They offer leaflets, postal library, plus one-to-one and/or group support.
	The Dougy Center for Grieving Children: The Dougy Center was the first center in the US to provide peer support groups for grieving children. The Dougy Center is a non-profit organization which is totally privately supported and does not charge a fee for services. The mission of The Dougy Center for Grieving Children is to provide to families in Portland and the surrounding region loving support in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can share their experiences as they move through their healing process. Through their National Center for Grieving Children and Families they also provide support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
	Follow the Wind: The CD "Follow the Wind, Songs for Stained Souls " was produced by Ralph Robinson, a retired real estate executive, from Minneapolis, Minnesota after the death of his 16-year-old son Ryan. Each song is by a national recording artist who has suffered a loss and agreed, after being contacted by Ralph Robinson, to allow the use of the song on this CD on a gratis or reduced fee basis.
	Getting Through It CD: Music and words to help you with your loss. Getting Through It is a great gift for friends and loved ones. The songs help you know you are not alone. The words and music bring peace. The peace starts you on your path to healing. This website has sample tracks of this CD.
	Grief, Loss, Recovery:This site offers a repository of poetry, articles and memoirs dealing with grief, loss and recovery, a grief support discussion forum and online memorials.
	Grief Guidance: Elissa Bishop-Becker has a Master's of Education degree in Community Counseling, and is a National Certified Counselor. She is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). Her specialization is in issues of grief, loss, and transition for both adolescents and adults. Her experience includes counseling for bereavement, addictions, and sexual abuse in hospice, college, and community settings. She has been transformed by and recovered from many losses, including the deaths of her daughter and father, and has developed a framework for the grief process that expands on current theories. She is the co-founder of Spiritual Persistence, a "sister "site of Spirit Space.
	GriefNet: A collection of resources related to death, dying, bereavement, and major emotional and physical losses. GriefNet is sponsored by Rivendell Resources (a non-profit foundation) and offers information in directories and interactive communication facilities, all oriented to both professionals and lay persons.
	Grief Support Services: This online service is a program of National Grief Support Services, a nonprofit, charitable organization. Its purpose is for "building an international web site that will deliver comprehensive grief support, education, teleconference counseling & classes, books, publications, music, virtual memorials and tributes, along with a host of other grief related services and products." This site is currently under construction.
	GROWW: Founded by a group of widows and widowers, they help members after the loss of a loved one. Offering chat rooms, message boards, library and many resources for many varieties of grief and recovery.
	In Loving Memory: In Loving Memory is an organization dedicated to helping parents cope with the death of their only child or all of their children.  In Loving Memory believes that one of the best ways to remember our children and to reinvest, is to help others.  It was in the spirit of helping other parents like themselves that In Loving Memory was created.  In Loving Memory helps parents find, in the love for their deceased children, the strength to continue with their own lives. It is the Nielsen's tribute to the memory of their precious Lisa.
	Journey of Hearts: This website, provided by Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer, is for anyone who has ever experienced a loss or a significant life changes. It is well-known that losses and changes can impact a person's life--forever. The losses referred to on this site can be acute or long-standing and can result in feelings of grief, stress, depression, loneliness or helplessness.
	Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is a psychiatrist and the author of the groundbreaking On Death and Dying. She has earned a place as the best-loved and most-respected authority on the subject. Now in her seventies, she has spent most of her life working with the dying.  She has spent many years speaking to standing room only audiences and writing over twenty books on the subject, including: To Live Until We Say Good-Bye, On Children and Death, AIDS the Ultimate Challenge and her autobiography, The Wheel of Life.
	A Love Eternal: This site is dedicated to a love eternal. A love first born 32 years ago when Bassim and Madeleine met in college and married upon  graduation. "We have loved each other deeply and reverently through the years. We have raised a family of two fine, young men. Then as we had just embarked upon a new chapter in our life, enjoying the fruits of our labor,  Bassim suddenly passed from this life into the next."
	Miscarriage Support: This site was designed for any and all people who are suffering from the loss of a child through miscarriage. Losing a child to miscarriage is one of the worst experiences a person can go through, and this is a place where you may come and share your story, ask questions, or simply talk with others who understand what you are going through. Of course, all friends and family members of those who have lost a baby are welcome here as well, and encouraged to share their thoughts, questions, and/or feelings.
	M.I.S.S.: Mothers in Sympathy & Support: A safe haven for parents to share their grief after the death of a child. MISS provides support to parents enduring the tragedy of stillbirth, neonatal death and infant death from any cause including SIDS, congenital anomalies, and trisomy 13. They also offer the Missing Angels on-line newsletter.
	MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving): Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is more than just a bunch of angry moms. We're real people, moms, dads, young people, and other individuals just trying to make a difference. We are determined to stop drunk driving and to support victims of this violent crime.
	National Hospice Organization (NHO): The only non-profit organization devoted entirely to promoting and maintaining quality hospice care for terminally ill persons and their families. NHO offers referrals to more than 2,100 hospices, a national newsletter, magazine, volunteer and professional conferences, and related support resources.
	Oasis Friends: "One Another Strong Interconnected in Spirit" is a website united by the common experience of loss, we seek to support and strengthen one another through life's traumas and transitions. "We are a loving community, an inner-network of people who join together to work with our  grief-  to communicate it, to experience it , to understand it, and by embracing it, allow it to transform ... from grief to gratitude,  through sorrow to inner-strength, through tragedy to triumph."
	Pen-Parents: An international correspondence network for bereaved parents. They match participants by the type of death and the age of their children, which allows them to give each other mutual support and encouragement. Pen-Parents offers a quarterly newsletter and other bereavement publications.
	Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.: The only national self-help organization dedicated solely to the aftermath and prevention of murder. They make a difference through ongoing emotional support, education, prevention, advocacy, and awareness.
	Pet Loss Grief Support: Petloss.com is a gentle and compassionate website for pet lovers who are grieving over the death of a pet or an ill pet. Here you will find personal support, thoughtful advice, The Monday Pet Loss Candle Ceremony, Tribute Pages, healing poetry like Rainbow Bridge, Message Board, and much more.
	SHARE Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support: SHARE is a not-for-profit nondenominational organization providing support to those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through early pregnancy loss, stillbirth or newborn death. All information packets, correspondence, and support are free of charge for bereaved parents.
	SIDS Alliance: A national organization supporting families who have suffered sudden infant death syndrome. SIDS Alliance has more than 50 local chapters and offers a newsletter and conferences.
	SIDS Network: Dedicated to eliminate Sudden Infant Death Syndrome through the support of SIDS research projects, provide support for those who have been touched by the tragedy of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and raise public awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome through education.
	Signs from Heaven: Angie Denes is a bereaved mother who is doing research on her daughter's memorial website about after-death communications -- in preparation to write a book on this subject. She speaks with great confidence and has much personal power and charisma. Angie has 3 surviving children.
	Someone I Love's An Angel CD: Vickie Garland and Paul Coulianos have produced an original music CD "To Remember the Children of September 11" More than likely, you found your way to this site because you have lost someone you love - either on September 11th, or at another time. The song "Someone I Love's an Angel" (SILAA) was written to especially remember the children of September 11, 2001, including all surviving children of those lost waging the ongoing war against terrorism. Incredibly however, it's actually "a gift to us all"; because no matter what our age, we are all God's children, and the death of anyone we deeply love scars us for life. SILAA is a beautiful reminder that "Love never dies!" And who better to remind us of that most precious fact than children - our best hope that nothing like September 11th ever happens again!
	Suicide Information & Education Centre (SIEC): The largest English language suicide information resource center and library in the world. SIEC has extensive information on suicide prevention and intervention efforts and trends. They offer a newsletter and referrals to local support services. Whether you are working with a suicidal person or trying to develop a suicide prevention strategy for your community, addressing suicide is a real challenge. Yet we know suicide can be prevented. You, your organization and your community can save lives, if you know how. The goal of the Suicide Prevention Training Programs (SPTP) is to provide skill training that increases caregiver competence and confidence while improving community collaboration.
	The Survivors of Suicide web site is an independently owned and operated web site and is in no way associated with any specific group, organization or religious affiliation. The purpose of the Survivors Of Suicide web site is to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide resolve their grief and pain in their own personal way.The grief that survivors of suicide experience is unique. The questions often left behind are at times unbearable. It is my hope that this site will offer information that will help answer some of those questions, as well as provide a safe place for survivors and friends of survivors to share their struggle and pain and offer comfort and understanding to others who have experienced a similar loss.
	Support for Murder & Manslaughter: SAMM is a UK organization that offers bereavement and practical support for friends and families of murder and manslaughter victims, including referrals by local police, social workers, and mental health professionals.
	Sweethearts In Heaven: This website highlights two women's (Robin & Kaye) ongoing spiritual journeys of receiving, and learning to accept and cherish after-death communications from their deceased loves. Robin and Kaye each have a page on this website recounting their individual experiences with ADCs which are relayed in a "story telling" manner. There is also a poetry page of poems targeted at the grieving to uplift and give hope of eternal life. There is soothing background music for each individual page. Credits, author names, and links to graphics used have all been carefully explored and credited on this website.
	T*A*P*S The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors: A national non-profit MILITARY bereavement support organization made up of, and providing services to, all those who have lost a loved one on 'active' duty with the U.S. Armed Forces. They also offer grief counseling referral, case worker assistance and crisis information, all available to help families and military personnel cope and recover. Don't miss their annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
	Tom Golden's "Crisis, Grief, and Healing": A place men and women can browse to understand and honor the many different paths to heal strong emotions. Tom Golden LCSW of Washington D.C. is an internationally known psychotherapist, author, and speaker on the topic of healing from loss.
	Transformations: A site for self-help, support, and recovery issues. They offer message boards, chat rooms, and a variety of support and recovery resources.
	Twinless Twins: This an organization comprised of nearly 1900 twinless twins. They gather annually for a conference to share with and encourage each other. Between conferences, they telephone, write, and email each other. Many twinless have found this communion with other twinless twins an immense help in their lives. Twinless twins can understand each other's feelings like nobody else can.
	WidowNet: An information and support resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to those who have suffered the death of a spouse.
	Wings: Information and inspiration for the bereaved and caregivers. Wings is a quarterly magazine that delivers real stories about real people on their journey through grief.