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Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has a physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and philosophical dimensions. Common to human experience is the death of a loved one, be they friend, family, or other. While the terms are often used interchangeably, bereavement often refers to the state of loss, and grief to the reaction to loss. Losses can range from loss of employment, pets, status, a sense of safety, order, possessions, to the loss of the people nearest to us. Our response to loss is varied and researchers have moved away from conventional views of grief (that is, that people move through an orderly and predictable series of responses to loss) to one that considers the wide variety of responses that are influenced by personality, family, culture, and spiritual and religious beliefs and practices.
Bereavement, while a normal part of life for us all, carries high risk factors when no support is available. Severe reactions to loss may carry over into familial relations and cause trauma for children and spouses: there is an increased risk of marital breakup following the death of a child, for example. Many forms of what we term 'mental illness' have loss as their root and aetiology, but covered by many years and circumstances this often goes unnoticed. Issues of personal faith and beliefs also come under severe attack as persons reassess personal definitions in the face of great pain. Probably the best resource to avoid problems are early intervention and caring support, and understanding of the experience. Often non-professionals are just as or more effective in this role than professionals.
Stage theories and processes
Some researchers such as Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and others have posited sequential stages including denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. As research progressed over the past 40 years, many who worked with the bereaved found stage models too simplistic and instead began to look at processes, dynamics, and experiences common to all. John Bowlby, a noted psychologist, outlined the ebb and flow of processes such as Shock and Numbness, Yearning and Searching, Disorganization and Despair, and Reorganization. Bowlby and Parkes both note psychophysiologic components of grief as well. Included in these processes are: More on [ Grief ]
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Adult Sibling Grief.com - A support community for those who have suffered the loss of an adult sibling. Sections include memorials and tributes, message boards, and links to other grief information.
Meta Description: [ This site is dedicated to the formation of a support community for those who have suffered the devastating loss of an adult sibling. It offers comfort and support. Sections includes memorials and tributes, message boards,and links to other grief information. ]
Adult-Parents Support Group - Grief support for people who have lost parents, or whose parents are in the process of dying.
Meta Description: [ Grief support group for people who have lost parents ]
Angel on My Shoulder - For those who are widowed or who have lost their love to death, or for those who are in love with someone who is terminally ill. Message boards, forums. Chat room.
Meta Description: [ A truly remarkable and compassionate site for those who are widowed or who have lost their love to death, or for those who are in love with someone who is terminally ill. ]
Angels Taken Early - Find friendship, compassion, and support with others that understand the pain of losing a child.
Meta Description: [ A group for parents who have lost a child in any way to come and talk. . . ]
Angels with Wings of Gold - For grieving parents that have lost a child. Memorial list, birthday reminders and Yahoo support group.
Meta Description: [ support group for those who have lost an only child no matter what the cause or how long we had our children we will never stop grieveing for them. With the loss of an only child .. we have not only lost our child but we lost the future we planned. we have nothing left ]
Baby Steps - A safe place for bereaved parents to share stories with others, find resources on the internet, and make contributions to children's charities.
Meta Description: [ The BabySteps website is a safe place for bereaved parents to share stories with others, find resources on the internet and make contributions to children's charities. ]
Babyangels South Africa - Support group for infant loss in South Africa. Poems, personal experiences, and advice.
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Beginning Experiences - A non-profit, peer to peer ministry to those who have recently gone through the loss of a loved one through separation, divorce, or death. Oklahoma City chapter.
Meta Description: [ The home page of the Oklahoma City Chapter of Beginning Experiences ]
Bereaved Jewish Families of Ontario - Mutual self-help organization provides support to Jewish families who have lost a child through death. Bereaved parents helping the newly bereaved.
Meta Description: [ Bereaved Jewish Families of Ontario is a mutual self-help organization. Our members provide support to Jewish families who have lost a child through death. ]
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Bereaved Parent Group - Founded in Western Australia in 1995 and offering options and support to parents after the loss of a child.
Meta Description: [ The BPG was founded in Western Australia in 1995 after a group of mums felt there was no support for them after the loss of their child and it now offers options and support to all 3B Parents. ]
Bereaved Parents - Support and resources for bereaved parents. Forum and chat room.
Bereaved Parents of the USA - A nationwide organization dedicated to helping parents and families who have lost children in life.
Meta Description: [ Bereaved Parents of the USA, a Nation-wide organization dedicated to helping Parents and families who have lost children in life. ]
Bereavement UK - A support forum with special sections for like-minded people who are grieving, to share thoughts and give word of comfort, plus practical advice about bereavement.
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Bereavement and Hospice Support Netline - Maintains a directory of support groups.
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Bereavement Resource Council of Elgin - To encourage healthy grieving by providing information, support and education for those in Elgin County who have experienced a loss by death.
Butterlies and Angels - A forum offering support and compassion to those who have suffered the loss of someone they love.
Camp Hope for Grieving Children and Teenagers - A place in central Wisconsin where children and teenagers from throughout the state gather to work through the grieving process, after a loved one dies.
Center for Grief, Loss and Transition - A non-profit organization offering help and hope for those who have experienced a significant loss in their lives, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA.
Circle of Daughters - Offers support and counseling to women and girls who have experienced the loss of their mother at any point in their life.
Circle of Hope - MS and TN - Provides emotional support to family members who are working through the devastating loss of a loved one to murder in Mississippi and Tennessee. Information about the grieving process. Assist co-victims in restoring a sense of control to their lives.
Meta Description: [ Circle of Hope (COH) has been created to be a voice for the survivors and friends of murder victims. ]
Coping with Loss - A discussion forum dedicated to helping people cope with any loss that has or will occur in their life.
Counseling For Loss and Life Changes - Forum, articles, children's area, inspirational writings, personal accounts, and links to support groups and resources.
Ctangelbird - Message board/forum for spouses left behind by suicide.
Meta Description: [ ctangelbird: spouses left alone through suicide ]
Death and Dying Grief Support - An upbeat approach to loss offering grief support, and information on end-of-life issues for family, friends, pets, and loved ones.
Meta Description: [ Beyond Indigo Grief Support provides information on caregiving, loss, grieving, and end-of-life issues for family, friends, pets, and loved ones, with an emphais on the positive. ]
Deeper Still - Offers support in words and music to help and comfort. Includes an online source of support services to help the brokenhearted and grieving.
Meta Description: [ Comfort, help, empathy and an online list of support services for those who grieve and experience loss, death pain, tragedy and suffering. ]
Disaster Survivor Support - Peer support group for survivors of disasters, including floods, firestorms, hurricanes, earthquakes. Including those who have lost loved ones as a result of a natural disaster.
Meta Description: [ DisasterSurvivorSupport: Healing Support for Survivors of Disaste ]
Drowning Support Network - Peer support group for people who have lost loved ones in incidents involving drowning or other aquatic accidents, especially when no physical remains have been recovered, or the recovery process has been lengthy and difficult.
Meta Description: [ DrowningSupportNetwork: Drowning Support Network ]
Ellen's Angels Foundation - Provides education, support, and encouragement to friends and family of the terminally ill.
Empty Arms, Heavy Heart - Grief and support site for those that have lost children. Memorials designed free of charge.
Meta Description: [ Domain name renewal and affordable web hosting packages from Network Solutions ]
European Twins Support Group - Group for twins who have lost their twin. For support, healing and friendship.
Meta Description: [ europeantwinssupportgroup: europeantwinssupportgroup ]
Forever Sleeping Angels - Share a personal angel. Memorials, chat boards, photos, candles, and special dates remembered.
God's Tiny Angels Support Group - A non-profit Christian organization dedicated to providing support to families who have experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, ectopic or molar pregnancy, and infant death.
Good Intentions Online - A nonprofit, volunteer based organization committed to providing support to families after the death of their child.
Grief Recovery Online - A members helping members support group offering chat rooms, message boards, library and resources for those having suffered the loss of a loved one.
Meta Description: [ Grief Recovery ONLINE, GROWW, is members helping members after the loss of a loved one. Offering Chat Rooms, Message Boards, Library and Resources ]
Grief Steps - A 24/7 bereavement support site, offering free help and resources to anyone traveling the journey through grief. Articles, books, and online classes.
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Grief Works - Local resources, information, and education about grief and loss in life, as well as numerous links. Located in Montgomery County, Maryland, and serving the Washington, DC, metro area.
GriefNet - Providing online support for those who are dealing with grief and loss issues on either a professional or personal basis. Separate site for grieving kids, over 30 email support groups, resource referral, library of texts relating to grief and loss, and memorial web pages.
GriefShare: Grief Recovery Support Groups - GriefShare features resources to assist and encourage people grieving the death of a friend or family member, and includes database of more than 1200 listings of GriefShare support groups.
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Healing After Loss - Grief recovery chat rooms and message boards.
Meta Description: [ grief and bereavement support group ]
Hearts That Heal Bereavement and Loss Ministry - Christian informational and support group oriented ministry.
Meta Description: [ A website dedicated to providing information and support to bereaved persons, whether they be children or adults. Hearts That Heal is a Bible-based, Spirit-led ministry founded on sound Apostolic Doctrine. We also draw from other leading grief and bereavement sources when appropriate. Currentl... ]
Helping All Loved Ones Survive, Inc - HALOS is a nonprofit organization that provides information, emotional support, and referrals to surviving friends and family members of homicide victims.
Meta Description: [ www.halos.org ]
In Memory Of - Honor loved ones on this board. Stories, poems, links to memorial sites or sharing feelings about loss. A candle will be lit in memory of the loved one.
Keeping the Light On - The Zachary Michael Cole Bernhardt support group for parents of missing or abducted children.
Meta Description: [ Support group for parents of missing children or abducted children. ]
LOLAM (Loved Ones Left After Murder) - Support group for families of murder victims.
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Loss Of A Child - Hope For Grieving Parents - This is a grief support site for parents grieving over the death of a child. There is also information to help other family members deal with their grief.
Meta Description: [ This site is a site where grieving parents can come and talk about thier children and deal with all the pain and sorrow they are feeling. ]
Loss Of a Child Support Group - Free support group of Encino, CA helps parents cope with their childs death by sharing their experiences with others who have lost children. Suggestion on how to participate in the healing process.
M.I.S.S. - Mothers In Sympathy and Support - Allows a safe haven for parents to share their grief after the death of a child.
Meta Description: [ The MISS Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)3 international organization providing immediate and ongoing support to grieving families and reducing infant and toddler death through research and education. ]
Mailbox to Heaven - Send a letter to a departed loved one. Multilingual.
Memories Our Precious Angels - Support group for loss of only child or all children, no surviving children
MISS Foundation - An online support group for families facing the death of a child and for those grieving a child's death to heal. A place for grieving children, parents, grandparents, and others.
Meta Description: [ The MISS Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)3 international organization providing immediate and ongoing support to grieving families and reducing infant and toddler death through research and education. ]
Mixed Emotions Grief Support - A mailing list support group for adult children dealing with the death (or impending death) of a parent from whom they are emotionally estranged, due to emotional or verbal abuse, alcoholism, or other addictions or dysfunctions.
Mom's Halo - Support for the motherloss. Includes a forum board, grief support articles, suggested reading, online newsletter, memorials, and poetry.
Meta Description: [ Support for Motherloss ]
Motherless Daughters of New England - Introduction to the support groups and events offered to women who have experienced early motherloss in the New England Area.
Mothers of Murdered Sons/Daughters - A site where Moms can share their grief, for mutual support, containing a photo memory board, and message board.
Meta Description: [ Mothers of Murdered Sons/Daughters is a grief site and a message board for mothers to communicate with other mothers and share their grief. ]
National Donor Family Council - National organization for families whose loved ones have donated organs or tissues upon death. Includes grief resources, message board, pen pals, newsletter. Free membership.
Meta Description: [ The National Donor Family Council seeks to enhance the sensitivity and effectiveness of the organ and tissue procurement process, to provide opportunities for families to grieve and grow and to utilize the unique perspective and experiences of these families to increase organ and tissue donation. ]
New Hope Center for Grief Support - A Christian-based bereavement outreach center providing group and individual support and/or direction to other resources that will help grieving individuals. Based in SE Michigan, with ongoing groups for widows and widowers.
One Bright Star - A non-profit organization offering financial and counseling support for families who have experienced the death of a child. Poems, stories and tributes to a child can be posted on the site.
Meta Description: [ One Bright Star is a resource for families who have lost a child and has created a national symbol to recognize and support them. ]
Our Healing Hearts - A bulletin board dedicated to sharing the pain and the joy of our loved ones that have gone before us.
Meta Description: [ Hrief/Loss and Healing ]
Parent Support of Puget Sound - Puget Sound based parent support for miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn death.
Meta Description: [ Parent Support for Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Newborn Death ]
Passages - Provides emotional and spiritual support for people who are dying, grieving, or providing care for a loved one who is dying.
Meta Description: [ Channeled readings for the Spiritual Seeker; excerpts from the book Remember The Gift ]
Seasons Grief Center, New Orleans - A non-profit organization providing specialized bereavement counseling and educational services on death and dying to children and adults experiencing the pain of the loss of a loved one.
Meta Description: [ New Orleans' only non-profit grief center, Seasons Grief Center offers specialized bereavement programs for adults and children ]
Sierra's Bears Organization - Support for grieving mothers following the death of a child due to stillbirth or infant death through a support forum, ecard and gift of a teddy bear.
Meta Description: [ Sierra's Bears Organization is there to support grieving mothers and families, following the death
of a child due to stillbirth or infant death. We will provide them with a teddy bear to fill their empty arms and with on going online support and with connections to appropriate local bereavement ... ]
Sympathy Sharing - Offers an interactive open forum for bereaved individuals as well as a place to leave tributes or memorials.
Meta Description: [ Bereavement.com, A Sympathy Sharing Site. A place where general feelings of infirmity, separation, or loss can be shared sympathy sympathyshare.com bereavement.com www.bereavement.com bereavement hospice share remembrances unburden feelings memories memory memorial memorials ]
The Angel Connection - For bereaved parents. Make friends, help others and perhaps help yourself along the endless journey of grief and learning to live again.
Meta Description: [ TheAngelConnection: The Angel Connection ]
The Bereavement Journey - A place where anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one can receive support; includes chat, forums, links, after-death experience descriptions.
The Compassionate Friends - A national self-help support organization, which assists families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child, and provides information to help others be supportive.
Meta Description: [ Grief; death of a child; bereavement; parental grief; family grief; grandparents; siblings; Gloria Horsley; Voice America; nonprofit; self-help; understanding; self-help support ]
The Exploration of Grief Dreams - Exploration of grief dreams and their meaning and healing effects. Offers message boards, chat rooms, memorials and tributes.
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The Lighthouse Program For Grieving Children - Offers support for children from 3 to 18 years old and their families who are grieving the death of a loved one. Oakville, Ontario.
The Littlest Angels - Support group for anyone that has ever lost a child.
Tickle the Chicken God - Personal journal, support groups, chat for grief recovery, managing stress, anxiety, depression and fear in relationships, and health issues.
Meta Description: [ Inspiration and support for coping with anxiety, grief, depression and stress. Shop features unique greeting cards and posters. ]
To Heaven With Love - Allows you to send a letter to a special person or pet who has died.
Meta Description: [ This website has been developed out of a concern for the well-being of others and an understanding of the emotional trauma and grief that is experienced when we lose a loved one, whether this be the loss of a special person or a special pet, and whether the loss is due to natural, accidental or m... ]
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) - A national non-profit organization made up of, and providing services to, all those who have lost a loved one on active duty with the Armed Forces. Offers a survivor peer support network. Grief counseling referral and case worker assistance and crisis information.
Meta Description: [ TAPS, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors ]
Trauma Intervention Programs of San Diego County - Organization of trained volunteers who provide immediate emotional and practical support to victims and their families.
Meta Description: [ Trauma Intervention Program of San Diego County ]
Twin and Multiple Birth Loss - A support network of parents in New Zealand who have experienced the death of a baby or babies in a multiple pregnancy, birth, or in childhood.
Uniting Families Foundation - Assisting families in bereavement. Grief support network, burial assistance, and end-of-life memorialization.
Meta Description: [ unitingfamilies.org ]
USMWF - United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities - Goal is to raise awareness, give support, and help change labor laws. Memorials, mailing list, and stories from survivors.
Washington, DC MISS Foundation - Support group meetings held monthly in Fairfax, Virginia for parents who have experienced the death of an infant or young child. Current and archived newsletters.
Meta Description: [ Washington DC area support group for pregnancy and infant loss. ]
Widows Too Young - A support group for young widows and widowers, to help them start life again.
Meta Description: [ Widows Too Young, a support website for young widows and widowers to help start life again. Based in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. If you are a widow or widow in Minneapolis, St. Paul, or beyond, we welcome you! ]
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