GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS

Family Grief Support Groups

 

  • Seven week educational and supportive workshops for children/teens/parents/guardians

         4:30-5:30p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 225 E. Elm, Monroe, MI 48162.

 

  • Groups meet winter, spring, summer and fall and includes the following:

 

Checkers and Dotty ( ages 4-6) - Through story telling and displacement, puppets guide small children through the grief experience.

 

Nurse Rosy (ages 7-9)- A wise and nurturing puppet guides school age children through the grief experience.

 

Risen Heart the Light Within (Pre-teens and Teens-two groups)- Using candles, music and memorializing rituals, teens and pre-teens come to terms with their grief.

 

Parent’s Guardians Group-Adults are educated about the grief experience of children and their own personal bereavement.

 

Life Goes On

 

After care group for those who have attended the family grief support groups.

  • Provides ongoing support; meets the first Thursday of every month at Christ Lutheran Church.

 

Grief Recovery Program for Children and Adults with Special Needs

 

  • One-on-One counseling 6-week program that includes education and support.
  • Offered when needed at Gabby’s Ladder.

 

Beyond Grieving

 

·       Educational and supportive group for all adults; meets the second Wednesday of every month, at Gabby’s Ladder from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Please call for more information.

·       Focus is on healing and rebuilding one’s life following the death of a loved one.

 

Untimely Tears

 

  • Ongoing grief support group for parents and grandparents who have experienced a miscarriage or death of a baby or toddler.
  • Provides sensitive and compassionate support; meets the first Wednesday of every month, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Gabby’s Ladder.

 

Survivors of Suicide Workshop and Ongoing Group

 

  • Ongoing Grief Support Group meets the third Tuesday of every month from 6:30p.m. to 8:00p.m.
  • The group sensitively provides education and support for those who are left behind.

 

The Valley Walkers

 

  • Ongoing grief support group for parents and grandparents who have lost teens.
  • Provides sensitive and compassionate support; meets the third Monday of every month at Gabby’s Ladder from 6:30p.m. to 8:00p.m.

 

Alzheimer’s Support Group

 

Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association, Gabby’s Ladder, and Mercy Memorial Hospital System.

  • Adult group for family/caregivers of those who are experiencing the effects of Alzheimer’s.
  •  Meets 2nd Monday of every month at Gabby’s Ladder from 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
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 In addition to the grief support groups, Gabby’s Ladder provides the following services:

 

1.     Short term grief counseling for children, adults and families.

2.     Suicide Depression Prevention programs for teens and pre-teens in the schools.

3.     Individual classroom grief support in the schools.

4.     In-services to help teachers work with grieving and/or dying children in the classrooms.

5.     Crisis intervention programs for the community when a tragedy occurs.

6.     Bereavement Lending library for the public.

 

All groups are professionally facilitated.

No fees are required.
For more information call 

734-242-8773