Grief Support Groups
Special Events
Printable Virtual Programs Calendar
Join a Weekly Group
Facing the Mourning 4-Week Group
An interactive support group designed to help with the grieving process by using visual and thought-provoking tools. During these four sessions, the participants share their story, build memorials, compose letters, write in journals and develop goals with milestones. Designed for all types of losses, individuals and family members.
The Grieving Brain Support Group & Book Club – 5 Session Group
For the curious, science-oriented, thinking, reflective griever. Join us for a unique combination of virtual peer support and education in this closed, curriculum-based support group. Over five weeks, we will navigate the complexities of grief while reading and discussing “The Grieving Brain” by Mary-Frances O’Connor. We’ll explore different aspects of grief each week, from understanding the brain’s role in processing grief to how we can cope with the emotional and cognitive impacts of grief.
January group is FULL, please contact us to be added to the waitlist for the next offering to be held starting in April.
Join a Monthly Grief Support Group
What is a Support Group at HeartLight Center?
Anyone who has experienced a death-loss, and is at least of 18 years of age, is invited to attend an open support group at HeartLight Center. Open support groups allow participants to attend as often or as little as needed and attendance is not taken.
Groups at HeartLight are led by trained, peer facilitators. Facilitators will open group with agreed upon expectations and then participants are invited to introduce themselves and share as much, or as little, as feels comfortable. Some facilitators will offer a reading or prompt during group, but groups do not have a set topic, which allows participants to ask questions and talk about topics that are meaningful to them. We invite you to attend group when it feels best for you.
Heart Light Center kindly requests that you register for virtual groups prior to attendance. Online registration will close 24-hours prior to group. Please contact us at [email protected] with questions or for more information.
*If you are a student or professional wanting to observe a group, please contact our Program Director prior to submitting a registration at [email protected]
General Grief Group
General Grief Group
Growing Through Grief
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a death loss. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend, helpful for those who are newly bereaved and/or new to our program.
Meets monthly on the 1st Wednesday at
5pm (PT)/6pm (MST)/7pm (CT)/8pm (EST).
*No meeting in January due to New Year’s Holiday
General Grief Group
Growing Through Grief
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a death loss. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend, helpful for those who are newly bereaved and/or new to our program.
Meets monthly on the the 3rd Tuesday at 3pm (PT)/4pm (MST)/5pm (CT)/6pm (EST).
Loss of a Spouse/Partner Grief Support
Loss of Spouse/Partner Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced the death of a spouse, partner or significant other. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the the 2nd Wednesday
at 5pm (PT)/6pm (MST)/7pm (CT)/8pm (EST).
Loss of a Parent/Adult Caregiver Grief Support
NEW DATE Loss of a Parent(s) Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced the death of a parent or adult caregiver. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday
at 5pm (PT)/6pm (MST)/7pm (CT)/8pm (EST)
starting January 2025
ADDED: Loss of a Parent(s) Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced the death of a parent or adult caregiver. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday
at 5pm (PT)/6pm (MST)/7pm (CT)/8pm (EST)
starting January 2025
Sudden & Traumatic Grief Support Groups
Suicide Loss Grief Support
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a suicide death-loss. Regardless of relationship or how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday at
5pm (PT)/6pm (MST) / 7pm (CT) / 8pm (EST)
Substance Loss
Grief Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a death loss where substance use, abuse or overdose are part of the life or death narrative. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 4th Thursday
at 6pm (PT)/7pm (MST)/8pm (CT)/9pm (EST).
*Please note: This group is not appropriate for individuals who are currently dealing with substance abuse.
Sudden & Traumatic
Loss Grief Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced an unexpected, sudden, traumatic loss (including but not limited to accidental death, suicide, homicide, etc). Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 4th
Tuesday at
5:30pm (PT) / 6:30pm (MST) / 7:30pm (CT) / 8:30pm (EST) on Zoom.
*Please note: This group is not appropriate for individuals who are currently dealing with substance abuse.
Grief Support for Specific Populations
LGBTQ+ Grief Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for adult members of the LGBTQIA+ community who have experienced a death loss. Regardless of relationship or how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 2nd Monday of each month at 4pm-5:30pm (PT)/ 5-6:30pm (MST)/ 6-7:30pm (CT)/ 7-8:30pm (EST) on Zoom.
Young Adults Grief Support Group
for 18-30 year olds
An ongoing peer support and educational group for individuals 18-30 years of age who have experienced a death loss. Regardless of relationship or how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend to connect with peers for support with navigating significant loss and the many life experiences that come with early adulthood.
Meets on the third Monday of the month starting in March 5pm (PT) / 6pm (MST) / 7pm (CT) / 8pm (EST) on Zoom.
NEW Caregiver Support Group
If you are a caregiver, or have lost someone you cared for, you are invited to attend our monthly, ongoing peer support and education group for caregivers. Our time will be spent sharing about experiences, ideas and support for current and past caregivers.
Meets monthly on the first Thursday online at 4pm (PT)/ 5pm (MST)/ 6pm (CT)/ 7pm (EST) starting January 2025.
Upcoming Workshops & Specialty Programs
We welcome you to join us for upcoming seminars and workshops that explore various topics on the grief journey.
The Body In Grief Mindfulness Workshop
Grief doesn’t require words. It’s the physical sensation interwoven with emotional states that inform us when our grief is present, severe, or subsiding. Yet we’re given few tools for understanding how grief actually feels in our body, and how we can bear those sensations on a daily or hourly basis.
This experiential workshop will show you how to gently hold space for uncomfortable physical states, how to prevent discomfort from leading to worst-case thinking, and how to regain a sense of safety in your skin. These mindfulness techniques are a wonderful complement to other support tools, such as talk therapy and movement therapy, for improving mind-body wellness during grief.
Meeting Date: Sat. Feb 22, 2025
Start Time: 9amPT/10amMST/11amCT/12pmET
Cost: $20
Grief Support After a Homicide Loss – Quarterly Support Group
Join us in a quarterly meeting space to share about the unique grief experiences that occur after a homicide loss. We will come together in an intentional space for remembrance, support and honoring the lives of those we are grieving for, and how the nature of homicide loss impacts our grief.
Meeting Date: Tues. March 11, 2025
Time: 3-4:30pm PT/ 4-5:30pm MST/ 5-6:30pm CT/ 6-7:30pm EST
Suggested Donation: $15.
Caring for Someone Who is Grieving: Intergenerational Grief and Loss – hybrid workshop
Join us in a discussion, either in-person at HeartLight or on Zoom, about caring for grievers and how grief and loss translate in healthy and unhealthy ways across multiple generations. In this hybrid workshop we will explore coping with loss personally while supporting others in their grief, self-awareness and communication skills, when relationships are complicated, and more.
Meeting Date: Sat. March 29, 2025
Start Time: 9amPT/10amMST/11amCT/12pmET
Cost: $15.
First Steps:
A Comprehensive Guide to Financial Matters After Death
Receive support for the financial and practical tasks that follow a death loss.
Workbooks and Free Virtual Seminars
Shane Phillips, author of First Steps: A Comprehensive Guide To Financial Matters After A Death, joins us for presentations around practical matters after death. Bringing you information and tools needed for handling financial matters, understanding what documents you’ll need and how to get them, closing accounts and filing claims, Shane will support you with sifting through what can be an overwhelming process into more doable tasks.
First Steps Workbook is full of checklists, tips, and other resources that are helpful to a person dealing with a descendants financial matters.
First Steps Seminars connect you directly with Shane to get your individual questions answered.
Educational Signature Series
Upcoming Presenter Lineup
Ted Bowman is an educator, author and consultant who specializes in change and transition, whether it occurs in families, an organization, or the community. His emphasis is on aiding people in utilizing their strengths and the resources of others in facing change and transition. Ted specializes in grief and loss, resiliency promotion, and honest hope and as a bibliotherapist draws on stories in fiction, poetry, memoir, song lyrics, etc. to prompt words and stories of loss and well-being.
Join us in discussion with Ted in April, 2025!
Program for Professionals:
Narrative Power:
Finding Words for Living, Dying, Death and Bereavement
Program for the Community:
Grief Endings and New Beginnings: Attention to Each and Both
Coming April 15, 2025
Not Seeing What You Are Looking For?
As we continue to work on our programming growth, we want to hear about what you are looking for. If you have a specific request, any questions or would like more information, please contact us!
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Grief Resources
Our professional support network can connect you to the resources that will meet your needs.
