Grief Support Services

Denying Sadness, denies healing. By letting your heart break, you let your heart heal. ~ Gale Massey~ Grieving Grief is a natural and necessary response to the significant loss in our lives, especially after the death of a loved one. Losses can be inextricably linked to growth as we learn to live by the loss of a loved one. Call Hospice when someone you know has lost a loved one and needs compassion.

When someone dies, the world changes. We support anyone in our community who is grieving the loss of a loved one. Whether Hospice nurses cared for their loved one or not, whether the loss was expected or sudden, or whether the loss was recent or in the past. Individual grief counseling with Hospice social work staff. Grieving support groups facilitated by Hospice social work staff at the Hospice office. Please call for information. Counseling Support Available Focused support groups for a variety of loss experiences facilitated by Hospice social work staff. Circle of Friends, an on-going member-led support group for widows and widowers, meets Mondays at 10:30 a.m. at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury Parish Hall. Crisis grief counseling after sudden death Bereavement volunteer visits Bereavement letters with grief literature Grief and bereavement library Community education:“Living with Grief ” Hospice Foundation of America ’s annual teleconference