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Grief Support
Now that you have experienced a loss, you begin the natural process of grieving. The grieving experience begins the important steps towards healing. Often times the journey towards healing may involve natural feelings of sadness, pain and loneliness. An essential part of the healing process includes being able to express your feelings and emotions. Reaching out to others and accepting support often can be difficult. Finding an emotional support system of caring relatives and friends can provide comfort, but your personal grieving needs may benefit by reaching out to others that have experienced a similar type of loss as yours.
Listed below are local resources available to you for support during your grieving process. In addition to online resources, there are alphabetical listings for agencies in both San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
GROWW - http://www.groww.org/ – independent site for the bereaved created by the bereaved
Grief Net – http://www.griefnet.org/ – provides support groups, memorials, books, classifieds, newsletters, etc.
San Mateo County | Santa Clara County |
Ellipse Peninsula AIDS Services | Center For Living With Dying Grief support for individuals, families, groups and children. |
HAND of the Peninsula | Compassionate Friends Volunteer group offering bereavement services. |
Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, Hospice Program Provides bereavement services for Kaiser members and a general bereavement support for the community. | Hospice of the Valley Bereavement services open to the general public. |
Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Offers bereavement services to the general public not limited to Kaiser members. | KARA Provides counseling and other emotional support services for those who are grieving. Programs for adults, groups, school programs and children’s grief. |
Mission Hospice of San Mateo County 1900 O'Farrell St., Suite 200 San Mateo, CA 94403 (650)554-1000 General drop-in bereavement suppport groups as well as individual counseling. | Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) Offers emotional support and information about surviving the loss of a loved one to murder. |
San Mateo County AIDS Program Offers a number of HIV/AIDS support groups. 8 week bereavement program. | Widows and Widowers Support (WOWS) |
Seton Medical Center, Bereavement Services 8 week daytime program for anyone experiencing a loss of a loved one. | |
Survivors of Suicide | |
Sutter VNA and Hospice Bereavement program with individual and family counseling and support groups. |
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