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  • Upcoming
    • Meetings
    • Webinars
    • Events
  • Support Resources
    • Get Our Newsletter
    • BLOG: Read Articles
    • For First Responders
    • Memorial Quilts
    • Speaking Engagements
    • Fables and Facts
    • Children & Teens Grief
    • Helpful Links
    • Helpful Books
    • Holiday Checklist
    • Helpful Handouts
    • Gratitude Wheel
  • Ways to Help
    • Make A Donation
    • Legacy Endowment Fund
    • Donate Your Vehicle
    • Volunteer!
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Support Group Meetings

In our meetings and webinars, we share our struggles with grief after a suicide death. We can help each other by listening, without judging, and by sharing our own grief experiences.  Our meetings are peer support, not therapy sessions.  


Also, we do not share the specific details of how our loved one died, as this has the potential to traumatize other group members. If you need to talk about this, please call our office and talk with us one-on-one.


Our virtual and in-person meetings are 90 minutes.

Having Trouble Coping?

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24/7 in the United States. 


               DIAL " 988 "

Monthly Handouts

November Handout: Managing the Holidays While Grieving the Loss of Your Loved One (pdf)

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December Handout: A Holiday Memorial (pdf)

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Virtual Support Group Meetings

 Pre-registration required.   Please register at least one hour prior to meeting start to get the Zoom meeting link. 

Second Monday

Fourth Wednesday

Third Wednesday

Dec 12 @ 3pm PT / 6pm ET


Doors will open 15 minutes before the meeting. Meeting doors close at 3:10pm PST

Register

Third Wednesday

Fourth Wednesday

Third Wednesday

Dec 21 @ 4pm PT / 7pm ET


Doors open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 4:10pm PST

REGISTER

Fourth Wednesday

Fourth Wednesday

Grieving Moms Group #1 (first Thursday)

Dec 28 @ 7pm PT / 10pm ET


 Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 7:10pm PST

Register

Grieving Moms Group #1 (first Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Grieving Moms Group #1 (first Thursday)

Dec 1 @ 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET


New: we will have a special breakout room for moms who have lost their only child.

 

Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 6:40pm PST

Register

Grieving Moms Group #2 (fourth Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Dec 22 @ 3pm PT / 6pm ET


New: we will have a special breakout room for moms who have lost their only child.


 Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 3:10pm PST

Register

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Dec 8 @ 6pm PT / 9pm ET


 Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 6:10pm PST

Register

In-Person Support Group Meetings

  All locations are drop-in meetings.   No RSVP required. 

Please contact our office at  916-392-0664 for specific meeting locations.  Our monthly newsletter also lists our monthly meeting information.   


In-Person Meetings now being held:


Amador County /  Jackson, CA - 1st Tuesdays @ 3:30pm - 4:30pm

  • Dates: December 6, January 3, February 7, March 7
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Cameron Park, CA - 2nd Tuesdays @ 6:30pm - 8pm

  • Dates: December 13, January 10, February 14, March 14
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Carmichael, CA - 3rd Tuesdays @ 7pm - 8:30 pm.  

  • Dates: November 15, December 20, January 17, February 21
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Modesto, CA - 3rd Mondays @ 7pm - 8:30 pm 

  • Dates:  November 21, December 18, January 16, February 20
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Lincoln, CA - 2nd Thursdays @ 6pm - 7:30 pm 

  • Dates: December 8, January 12, February 9, March 9
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Legacy Survivors - Utah Chapter, UT - 2nd Wednesdays @ 6pm MST

  • Dates: December 14, January 11, February 8, March 8
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.

Additional Support Resources

The Alliance of Hope Community Forum

Thousands of loss survivors come together in our online forum to exchange information, understanding, and hope. This healing space, available 24/7, is moderated by a mental health counselor and trained volunteers. 

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (T.A.P.S.)

 TAPS has supported thousands of survivors of military suicide loss by offering them hope, healing, and renewed opportunities for personal growth. If you’ve lost a military loved one to suicide, you've come to the right place. We've got you. 

 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

(United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada and China)

 

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (United Kingdom)


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