In our complex world, learning to set boundaries is more important than ever before! I have developed this group to help individuals learn how to deal with the narcissist or boundary violator in their lives. We will work together in a mutual and supportive environment to understand the dynamics behind boundary violators, find our role in maintaining toxic relationships, role play real and provide the tools and strategies you need to trust yourself, your decisions and build healthy relationships.
In our complex world, learning to set boundaries is more important than ever before! I have developed this group to help individuals learn how to deal with the narcissist or boundary violator in their lives. We will work together in a mutual and supportive environment to understand the dynamics behind boundary violators, find our role in maintaining toxic relationships, role play real and provide the tools and strategies you need to trust yourself, your decisions and build healthy relationships.
Here is a place to bring the deep sadness and love that comes with loss of a pregnancy, stillbirth, an infant. Through telling your story, listening to others, we create a place to feel safe in working with your grief, to honor the child you lost, care for yourself, and support others as you walk this path. Bringing in the wisdom of our ancestors, we learn about ways grief has been expressed and held in the past, and find the ways that work best to hold and express this experience that is unique to each person.
Hosted by Jessica Peters Malmberg
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Group meets in Santa Rosa, CA 95404
I help you carry what feels unbearable—the death of a child, the loss of a pregnancy, the loss of a love.
Here is a place to bring the deep sadness and love that comes with loss of a pregnancy, stillbirth, an infant. Through telling your story, listening to others, we create a place to feel safe in working with your grief, to honor the child you lost, care for yourself, and support others as you walk this path. Bringing in the wisdom of our ancestors, we learn about ways grief has been expressed and held in the past, and find the ways that work best to hold and express this experience that is unique to each person.
Various grief and loss groups and workshops, ritual, grief and loss tending spaces, groups in the form of open, closed and drop-in. Modalities for exploration include talk therapy and support, skills development, psychoeducation, interpersonal process, and art. Please contact me about current offerings to see if it fits your needs, and your experience of grief and loss. I welcome all inquiries.
Hosted by Jessie Kittilsen
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, MA, AHC, HNC
Group meets in Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Various grief and loss groups and workshops, ritual, grief and loss tending spaces, groups in the form of open, closed and drop-in. Modalities for exploration include talk therapy and support, skills development, psychoeducation, interpersonal process, and art. Please contact me about current offerings to see if it fits your needs, and your experience of grief and loss. I welcome all inquiries.
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Losing a parent is one of life’s most profound challenges, and navigating that grief while parenting young children can feel overwhelming and isolating. In a supportive and empathetic environment, this group offers a space to connect with others who understand the unique struggles of balancing grief with the responsibilities of parenthood. Through shared stories, emotional support, and practical strategies, participants will gain tools to cope with their grief while also nurturing themselves and their children.
Losing a parent is one of life’s most profound challenges, and navigating that grief while parenting young children can feel overwhelming and isolating. In a supportive and empathetic environment, this group offers a space to connect with others who understand the unique struggles of balancing grief with the responsibilities of parenthood. Through shared stories, emotional support, and practical strategies, participants will gain tools to cope with their grief while also nurturing themselves and their children.
This support group is for adults navigating life in the “sandwich generation”—caring for children while also supporting aging parents.. This group is grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and centers on building psychological flexibility: the ability to stay present with what’s hard, loosen the grip of unhelpful thoughts, and take values-based action—even in the midst of stress, grief, and uncertainty. You don’t need to choose between caring for others and caring for yourself. ACT offers a way to hold both.
I'm also a mom of 3, in addition to having personal pregnancy loss/infertility experience.
This support group is for adults navigating life in the “sandwich generation”—caring for children while also supporting aging parents.. This group is grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and centers on building psychological flexibility: the ability to stay present with what’s hard, loosen the grip of unhelpful thoughts, and take values-based action—even in the midst of stress, grief, and uncertainty. You don’t need to choose between caring for others and caring for yourself. ACT offers a way to hold both.
Six-Week Series: (Mar 18-Apr 22, 2026). Register once for all sessions. Welcome. Grieving a loved one, relationship, diagnosis or a dream? Good Grief: You Don't Have To Do It All Alone! Join us on six special Wednesday's for this grief processing and support group. Group includes Yoga, Art, and Therapist led space for Talk over Tea, as well as an Individual Intake Session. Group is designed to hold space for making connection to self and community. Good grief! You don't have to do it all alone!
Six-Week Series: (Mar 18-Apr 22, 2026). Register once for all sessions. Welcome. Grieving a loved one, relationship, diagnosis or a dream? Good Grief: You Don't Have To Do It All Alone! Join us on six special Wednesday's for this grief processing and support group. Group includes Yoga, Art, and Therapist led space for Talk over Tea, as well as an Individual Intake Session. Group is designed to hold space for making connection to self and community. Good grief! You don't have to do it all alone!
This 8-week online grief counseling group offers a compassionate space to learn about the grief process, connect with others who understand, and honor your loved one while supporting your own healing. Using a trauma-informed lens, Emotion Focused Therapy and somatic practices, we'll help you process emotions, regulate your nervous system, and navigate the challenges that follow loss. You’ll gain tools to cope, space to share, and support in finding your footing - without losing connection to the person you love. Next class begins on Dec 19th.
Hosted by Krista Rae
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Group meets in Sebastopol, CA 95472
This 8-week online grief counseling group offers a compassionate space to learn about the grief process, connect with others who understand, and honor your loved one while supporting your own healing. Using a trauma-informed lens, Emotion Focused Therapy and somatic practices, we'll help you process emotions, regulate your nervous system, and navigate the challenges that follow loss. You’ll gain tools to cope, space to share, and support in finding your footing - without losing connection to the person you love. Next class begins on Dec 19th.
Since 2003 I have facilitated groups and workshops for former members of cults, coercive groups and relationships. These groups & relationships include political, religious, teacher-student, self-help, multi-level marketing, family, partnerships. Resources are sent prior to the workshop. Participants address relevant issues in their lives, current & past, gain support for healing from loss & trauma; learn successful skills; make sense of their experience, pursue individual goals. Topics include children born & raised, coercive influence and manipulation; red & green flags in relationships; personal rights; disconfirming inaccurate beliefs from ideologies; trauma & CPTSD; healthy & unhealthy groups & leaders; narcissistic abuse & protecting self; challenges; successes; self-care.
Hosted by Colleen Russell
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CGP
Group meets in Lagunitas, CA 94938
Certified Group Psychotherapist; Certified Grief Counselor;Domestic Violence Advocate; Motherless Daughters;Cult Education/Recovery(30 yrs).
Since 2003 I have facilitated groups and workshops for former members of cults, coercive groups and relationships. These groups & relationships include political, religious, teacher-student, self-help, multi-level marketing, family, partnerships. Resources are sent prior to the workshop. Participants address relevant issues in their lives, current & past, gain support for healing from loss & trauma; learn successful skills; make sense of their experience, pursue individual goals. Topics include children born & raised, coercive influence and manipulation; red & green flags in relationships; personal rights; disconfirming inaccurate beliefs from ideologies; trauma & CPTSD; healthy & unhealthy groups & leaders; narcissistic abuse & protecting self; challenges; successes; self-care.
Loss is inevitable but being alone with your feelings is not. In a circle of love and support, we will look back through our lives, celebrate our resilience, our successes, and make room for grieving that which we've lost or never had. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will call on our innate wisdom to help us move through this life with grace and gratitude. Groups are small. Please call Ilene to express interest. 707.634.4824
Loss is inevitable but being alone with your feelings is not. In a circle of love and support, we will look back through our lives, celebrate our resilience, our successes, and make room for grieving that which we've lost or never had. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will call on our innate wisdom to help us move through this life with grace and gratitude. Groups are small. Please call Ilene to express interest. 707.634.4824
Online Groups
Grief groups are offered at various time of the year, for all types of loss. We are starting an 8-Week Grief Group, which consist of eight weekly sessions exploring any type of loss, including traumatic loss, no matter how long ago. This is a closed group for adults of any age, with a structured format for each session. Group A in 2025: Mondays, Feb 17 through April 7th, 5:00pm to 6:30pm. The cost of the group is $350 for the 8 sessions.
Hosted by Nate Hinerman
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MFT
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94118
Grief groups are offered at various time of the year, for all types of loss. We are starting an 8-Week Grief Group, which consist of eight weekly sessions exploring any type of loss, including traumatic loss, no matter how long ago. This is a closed group for adults of any age, with a structured format for each session. Group A in 2025: Mondays, Feb 17 through April 7th, 5:00pm to 6:30pm. The cost of the group is $350 for the 8 sessions.
Join Melanie Cain PhD and special guest Jazmin Navarro, who will lead us in a healing journey with an invitation to celebrate The Day of the Dead. We will invite you to honor your loved ones who passed by creating your own altar in your home. With the strength based celebration of life we learn to accept death as a natural part of our existence as we remain spiritually connected with loved ones who have passed! Join the CCPC community in processing loss, learning about grief, and engaging in a cultural tradition that you can make your own.
Join Melanie Cain PhD and special guest Jazmin Navarro, who will lead us in a healing journey with an invitation to celebrate The Day of the Dead. We will invite you to honor your loved ones who passed by creating your own altar in your home. With the strength based celebration of life we learn to accept death as a natural part of our existence as we remain spiritually connected with loved ones who have passed! Join the CCPC community in processing loss, learning about grief, and engaging in a cultural tradition that you can make your own.
Held three times per year, this 6-week workshop uses art as a healing language for adults ages 18+ who are looking for a space to be in community and explore their experiences of grief and loss. This is a peer-support group facilitated by myself and local artist Amy Vidra. We cultivate a warm, supportive, low-pressure environment - no art experience necessary. This is a closed group of only 8-10 participants, so pre-registration is required via the Pence Website. Cost is only $35 for all 6 weeks, due to generous funding by community members Bob & Joanne Andresen.
Held three times per year, this 6-week workshop uses art as a healing language for adults ages 18+ who are looking for a space to be in community and explore their experiences of grief and loss. This is a peer-support group facilitated by myself and local artist Amy Vidra. We cultivate a warm, supportive, low-pressure environment - no art experience necessary. This is a closed group of only 8-10 participants, so pre-registration is required via the Pence Website. Cost is only $35 for all 6 weeks, due to generous funding by community members Bob & Joanne Andresen.
Everyone grieves differently, and there is no one 'right' answer for how to cope. But you don't need to be alone in this process, no matter how long you've been grieving. I offer a safe and compassionate place to explore the complex emotions of loss and will provide tools and strategies as we build a community of hope and connection. The group will have six sessions with a 2-week break before continuing with the next six weeks. Feel free to call for further information and a free consultation.
Everyone grieves differently, and there is no one 'right' answer for how to cope. But you don't need to be alone in this process, no matter how long you've been grieving. I offer a safe and compassionate place to explore the complex emotions of loss and will provide tools and strategies as we build a community of hope and connection. The group will have six sessions with a 2-week break before continuing with the next six weeks. Feel free to call for further information and a free consultation.
This group is designed to target the specific needs of the 'sandwich generation’: those who are simultaneously nurturing the growth of children and attending to physical or mental decline in their parents. Caregivers are often pulled by competing forces that leave them little time for self-care, reflection and nurturing support. If this description resonates for you, consider carving out special time just for yourself on Friday afternoons to be part of this group. This will be held online or via Zoom to accommodate caregiver schedules.
This group is designed to target the specific needs of the 'sandwich generation’: those who are simultaneously nurturing the growth of children and attending to physical or mental decline in their parents. Caregivers are often pulled by competing forces that leave them little time for self-care, reflection and nurturing support. If this description resonates for you, consider carving out special time just for yourself on Friday afternoons to be part of this group. This will be held online or via Zoom to accommodate caregiver schedules.
If you have experienced the loss of a pet and need support working through your grief, this group is for you. You'll have a safe space to process your feelings, share memories and find ways to move forward while still cherishing your beloved pet. This group meets weekly on Thursdays online from 5:00pm - 6:00pm. There is a maximum of 5 group members per session to keep the space small and safe for those in attendance. Click this form to get started: https://forms.gle/j1Jc93PyQ7GwN4LL6
If you have experienced the loss of a pet and need support working through your grief, this group is for you. You'll have a safe space to process your feelings, share memories and find ways to move forward while still cherishing your beloved pet. This group meets weekly on Thursdays online from 5:00pm - 6:00pm. There is a maximum of 5 group members per session to keep the space small and safe for those in attendance. Click this form to get started: https://forms.gle/j1Jc93PyQ7GwN4LL6
This group offers a holistic, trauma-informed and experiential therapeutic approach. The group aims to help members discover strengths, uncover and realign belief systems, improve their ability to relate and interact with others, receive feedback, and identify how societal/cultural themes influence their identities and lives. We will use dialogue and discussion, integrating images and metaphors as they surface, focused on what is happening here-and-now to deepen our understanding of our relational experiences. In being curious about moments of disconnection within relationships, we can build greater awareness of ourselves, the collective and what is possible in our lives.
This group offers a holistic, trauma-informed and experiential therapeutic approach. The group aims to help members discover strengths, uncover and realign belief systems, improve their ability to relate and interact with others, receive feedback, and identify how societal/cultural themes influence their identities and lives. We will use dialogue and discussion, integrating images and metaphors as they surface, focused on what is happening here-and-now to deepen our understanding of our relational experiences. In being curious about moments of disconnection within relationships, we can build greater awareness of ourselves, the collective and what is possible in our lives.
8-Week GRM group meeting on Monday evenings in Moraga, CA. (not drop-in) We will learn the myths about grief that have been undermining our ability to recover from loss. Then we'll look at our own history of loss, find one loss to work more in-depth on, and learn how to get complete with the unresolved issues surrounding that loss. Many past clients have said they feel like a weight has been lifted off of them at the conclusion of the program. NEXT START DATE: JUNE 3rd, 2024. Go to www.Authenticitina.com to learn more.
The tools I use most frequently in therapy are: 1) the Grief Recovery Method; 2) parts work/Internal Family Systems; 3) Object Relations (how our self-image formed based on our experiences during childhood); 4) Attachment Theory; and 5) Somatic Experiencing (how the nervous system responds to the world)
8-Week GRM group meeting on Monday evenings in Moraga, CA. (not drop-in) We will learn the myths about grief that have been undermining our ability to recover from loss. Then we'll look at our own history of loss, find one loss to work more in-depth on, and learn how to get complete with the unresolved issues surrounding that loss. Many past clients have said they feel like a weight has been lifted off of them at the conclusion of the program. NEXT START DATE: JUNE 3rd, 2024. Go to www.Authenticitina.com to learn more.
Grieving and processing the pain of a pregnancy loss is physically and emotionally consuming. Space and care are needed to move through shock, anger and sadness. It isn't uncommon to feel defective, angry, jealous or hopeless as other people become pregnant, have babies and carry on while you feel like your dreams have been shattered. Connect with others and feel less alone while processing your loss in a safe, non-judgmental space. Please RSVP to receive zoom link.
While my primary area of expertise is supporting women's wellness and maternal mental health, including helping women successfully navigate relationship difficulties, perinatal anxiety and depression, grief and loss, and trauma; whatever you're struggling with, I'm here help you slow down, challenge limiting beliefs, embrace every part of who you are, and authentically connect with those you love.
Grieving and processing the pain of a pregnancy loss is physically and emotionally consuming. Space and care are needed to move through shock, anger and sadness. It isn't uncommon to feel defective, angry, jealous or hopeless as other people become pregnant, have babies and carry on while you feel like your dreams have been shattered. Connect with others and feel less alone while processing your loss in a safe, non-judgmental space. Please RSVP to receive zoom link.
Welcome Beloved Grievers! This experiential compassion and heart-centered group will explore the mystery of your grieving heart. We will use mindfulness-based listening, along with poetry, journaling, guided meditation and expressive arts. I offer a group of 4-8 participants, to gather online in Fall 2023. Participants are recommended to read Francis Weller's book “The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of a Grief“. Please call 415.483.933 for more details and information.
Hosted by Buddhist Therapy Center
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Group meets in Woodacre, CA 94973
Welcome Beloved Grievers! This experiential compassion and heart-centered group will explore the mystery of your grieving heart. We will use mindfulness-based listening, along with poetry, journaling, guided meditation and expressive arts. I offer a group of 4-8 participants, to gather online in Fall 2023. Participants are recommended to read Francis Weller's book “The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of a Grief“. Please call 415.483.933 for more details and information.
This therapeutic group offers a safe space to connect with others, discuss the challenges of aging, learn healthy ways to cope with emotional and physical pain, and more. This is a virtual group that meets on Wednesday mornings. If you're looking for a meaningful way to connect with others and gain support, call today to learn more!
This therapeutic group offers a safe space to connect with others, discuss the challenges of aging, learn healthy ways to cope with emotional and physical pain, and more. This is a virtual group that meets on Wednesday mornings. If you're looking for a meaningful way to connect with others and gain support, call today to learn more!
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Grief Support Groups
How long does therapy take for grief?
There is no exact timeline for grief counseling. Some people may start to feel better after just a few sessions, while others may take months or longer to feel relief. Some specific approaches, including some types of CBT, may involve a set number of sessions, or therapy may be open-ended until the patient determines they are ready to wrap up. Just as there is no right or wrong way to grieve, there is no right or wrong way to seek therapy for grief.
When should you seek therapy for grief?
Many people mistakenly believe that their grief needs to be debilitating or all-encompassing to warrant therapy. This is not the case. While people who experience severe, prolonged grief—particularly those who are considering self-harm or engaging in unhealthy substance use—are especially likely to benefit from therapy, so too are people whose grief is less intense but still interfering with well-being or daily functioning. In practice, almost anyone struggling to process a loss could benefit from grief counseling.
Can grief be managed without therapy?
Oftentimes, yes. Grief is a near-universal part of being human, and many find that their grief, while profound, does not stop them from participating in day-to-day life and steadily eases over time without outside help. For others, however, the harsh pain of early grief persists for months or years or leaves them unable to function. This group is especially likely to benefit from seeing a therapist, who can guide them through their grief and help them reconnect with the world.
What happens if grief is left untreated?
Because grief does not in itself necessitate therapy, untreated grief will often resolve on its own. However, for some people—particularly those who would qualify for a diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder—untreated grief can be a source of seemingly endless pain or lead them to withdraw from the world. In such cases, treatment can be indispensable, as it can help an individual adapt to the loss and start living again.