Grief Support Groups

Meets at Moments House Please contact facilitator prior to your first meeting

Safe Place provides those who have lost someone to suicide a caring, confidential support group where they do not have to be alone with their grief.

This meeting is currently virtual only. Please contact the facilitator prior to your first meeting

Meets at St. Elizabeth's Hospital Please contact Rhonda Lotti to preregister prior to your first meeting.

Our Support Services are free of charge ~ Registration is required for all support groups - No Walk-Ins Please

Please contact the facilitator prior to your first meeting. Meets at Corpus Christi Parish Hall

Meets at Forastire Funeral Home-Grief Library off to the Leff of the Main Door

A virtual support group held the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm ET.  Facilitated by Kerry Bickford, founding member of the MA Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, and GRG of two grandchildren whose mother died  by overdose

Meets at Fitchburg CHC

Meets at Our Lady of the Angels Church please contact the facilitator prior to your first meeting.

Meets at St. Eulalia Parish

Beyond Five Years Child Loss Support group. For those who have lost a child and are further along on their grief journey. Please call to register: (781) 585-4221

Open to those 45 years or older who have experienced loss of a sibling, and adults who have lost a parent. A Cranberry Hospice & Palliative Care led by trained volunteer and staff. Registration required. Call Debbie Bastoni, 508-746-0215.

This group is open to any parent coping with the death of a child at any stage of pregnancy or the death of an infant. This is a peer-led group; the facilitators are also parents who have lost a child. This group led by trained Hope Floats peer volunteer facilitators. Registration is required. Contact Denise Brack, 781-585-4221 ext. 3.

This support group is geared towards young adults (ages 18-40) who have lost a sibling at any age or time.This group led by trained Hope Floats peer volunteer facilitators. Registration is required. Contact Denise Brack, 781-585-4221 ext. 3.

This group is open to any parent coping with the death of a child of any age. This is a peer-led group; the facilitators are also parents who have lost a child and are trained Hope Floats peer volunteer facilitators. Registration is required. Contact Denise Brack, 781-585-4221 ext. 3

This peer-led group is for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide. Registration is required. Contact Denise Brack, 781-585-4221 ext. 3.

This group led by trained Hope Floats peer volunteer facilitators. Registration is required. Contact Denise Brack, 781-585-4221 ext. 3.

People who have lost a loved one to suicide or addiction have a special kind of grief. There is the fear of judgement that accompanies that loss, due to a lack of societal understanding. It makes the burden of loving and losing an addict absolute agony. We want those of you who are suffering to know that we understand your plight, we’ve been in your shoes, and we know how much you have already suffered. Join us for a night of understanding. We’d love to learn more about the amazing person that was stolen from you, and we’d like to help you start putting the pieces of your heart back together.

We would love to hold your grieving hearts for a bit…to help offer you hope where there is despair. Losing your child is hard. It’s hard work to watch the world continue to turn while you feel that yours has been shattered. It’s hard to watch the years go by and feel like your child has been forgotten. Or that your grief has been forgotten. Please join others who understand both your sorrows and your joys–and the complex emotions that accompany both.

This group is open to anyone dealing with the loss of a partner or spouse. A Cranberry Hospice & Palliative Care led by trained volunteer and staff. Registration required. Call Debbie Bastoni, 508-746-0215.

This group is open to anyone who has lost a partner or spouse and is further out on their grief journey. A Cranberry Hospice & Palliative Care led by trained volunteer and staff. Registration required. Call Debbie Bastoni, 508-746-0215.

A Cranberry Hospice & Palliative Care group, led by trained volunteer and staff. Registration required. Call Debbie Bastoni, 508-746-0215.

We would love to hold your grieving hearts for a bit…to help offer you hope where there is despair. Losing your child is hard. It’s hard work to watch the world continue to turn while you feel that yours has been shattered. It’s hard to watch the years go by and feel like your child has been forgotten. Or that your grief has been forgotten. Please join others who understand both your sorrows and your joys–and the complex emotions that accompany both.

Grief can be lonely and isolating, but it doesn’t have to be. Whether your loss is recent or decades old, we offer support, an ear, and whole lot of hope and laughter. We are a community of grievers who are healing together by listening, sharing (if so inclined), and finding the beauty in the chaos.

This new monthly offering is for Dads who have lost a child for any reason. A casual get together that occasionally includes sitting around the fire. This group led by trained Hope Floats peer volunteer facilitators. Registration is required. Contact Denise Brack, 781-585-4221 ext. 3.

It’s not unusual for grievers to feel disconnected from the world around them, but for LGBTQ grief and loss, a lack of disconnect can result in increased seclusion and isolation.While the issues faced in grief can be different for everyone, what every griever needs is the feeling of validation, acceptance and support. This group is designed to focus not only on the importance of support, but of finding the RIGHT support. Connecting with others who understand who we are and where we’ve been can help heal the pain of loss. The group is open to any lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals who have experienced the loss of a partner/spouse. Please call to register: (781) 585-4221

Journey To Hope is a parent-only grief group, supporting parents who’ve lost a child to substance use. It was started by two moms in the Blackstone Valley area who met at a vigil held by the NOWA Peer Recovery Support Center in memory of those who lost the battle against SUD. Our goal is to offer one another peer support and understanding without judgment or bias. For our virtual meeting, you can find the link on the NOWA app, https://nowaedm.glideapp.io

Meets at Salem Hospital - Davenport 101 Please contact the facilitator prior to your first meeting.

A virtual meeting held on the last Wednesday of the month at 7pm ET. Please register at The Sun Will Rise Foundation

Meets at Calvary Baptist Church

Please contact the facilitator prior to your first meeting

This peer grief group is for men age 18 and older who have experienced the death of someone they care about who died from a substance-use-related cause. This group meets only by video (there is no in-person meeting). To attend, please contact the facilitators or fill out the confidential information form at http://bit.ly/menpeergroup.

We offer separate groups for children and parenting adults coping with death-related loss. The children process their grief through activities, arts and crafts, and games, with the help of trained support staff. Pizza and drinks provided. Groups meet every other week. (Ages 5-18) These groups are led by trained Hope Floats staff, clinicians, and volunteer facilitators. Now taking registrations for the fall sessions. Contact Denise Brack at 781-585-4221 ext. 3.

We are a group of Mom and Dads (or parent figures) who have lost their child under any circumstances, even woman who have had the loss of a baby via miscarriage. A soul is a soul. We meet every Tuesday at 7 pm via zoom to share our loved ones, our lives and our strengths and our challenges. It is an open meeting, with open discussions. There is usually a subject we discuss from the week before to be able to reflect on. Each week we leave with positive reinforcement's from each other that we are not alone. We can walk forward each day to a good life, a different life, but still a very healthy life with our loved ones still near to our hearts. You do not have to be alone.......ever! Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87805030548?pwd=SXV5RjhidGQ0dmlwUGJITlFxcEZ2UT09 Meeting ID: 878 0503 0548 Passcode: forward

Nathan’s Circle meets on ZOOM at this time from 5:30 to 6:30 PM - to attend, please email: Kerry Bickford [email protected]

Meets at the First Congregational Church

Please contact the facilitator prior to your first meeting. Meets in the MEG Building (off of Cliftondale Square)

The group is for people who have lost someone close to them by overdose or other substance-related death. Its purpose is for members to support each other in coping with grief.

Please contact the facilitator prior to your first meeting.

Siblings Supporting Siblings

Pre-registration is required for new attendees! Please contact the chapter facilitator to register. Meets at Column Health located in Davis Square, near a red line T stop and several bus lines, and has metered parking.

This is a special Learn To Cope group that, in partnership between Learn To Cope and SADOD, welcomes people who have lost a loved one to a substance-use-related cause and also currently have a loved one who is struggling with substance-use issues (or is abstinent from substances or is engaged in harm-reduction services, etc.). Meeting discussions and guest speakers are on the topics of grief and/or being engaged with someone struggling with substance use. This is a video only meeting (there is no in-person meeting).

Our Support Services are free of charge ~ Registration is required for all support groups - No Walk-Ins Please

Group will be lead by a local therapist

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

Please call Chapter Leader Carol Gray Cole before attending your first meeting. Emergency cancellation policy: If schools are canceled for inclement weather, meetings will be canceled. No meetings on major holidays. Meetings from 7:30-9 pm.

Please call Chapter Leader Carol Gray Cole before attending your first meeting. Emergency cancellation policy: If schools are canceled for inclement weather, meetings will be canceled. No meetings on major holidays. Meetings from 7:30-9 pm.

The group is currently meeting virtually. In-person meetings are held in Newton Lower Falls at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 258 Concord Street.

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

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Please contact prior to the first attendance.

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

Meets at the Natick Senior Center, 2nd Floor

The Sun Will Rise

Braintree Town Hall, 2nd Floor Please complete a one-time Pre-Registration at www.TheSunWillRise.org

Crossroads Church Room on Right Before Fellowship Hall - Please complete a one time Pre-Registration at: www.TheSunWillrise.org

St. Mark's Episcopal Church - Main Entrance - Common Room - Please complete a one-time Pre-Registration at www.TheSunWillrise.org

Meets at New Way Recovery Center. Please complete a one-time Pre-Registration at www.TheSunWillrise.org

Good Samaritan Hospital - Moakley Outpatient Center Radiology Conference Room - Please complete a one time Pre-Registration at: www.TheSunWillrise.org

First Baptist Church - Christian Education Building - Please complete a one-time Pre-Registration at www.TheSunWillrise.org

Wednesday in person 10/13/21 6:00-7:00 pm

Shannon Lundin & Michael Cain facilitating

Elks Lodge Double Doors at Center of Bldg Upstairs to the Right - Please complete a one-time Pre-Registration at www.TheSunWillrise.org

Bridgewater Pediatrics Downstairs to the left - Please complete a one-time Pre-Registration at www.TheSunWillrise.org

Meets at Reilly School (Library)