If you are visiting this section, it is likely that you recently experienced a loss. We know this is a difficult time for you, and we hope the information you find here will help you get through your experience.
We each grieve in our own individual way. How we handle the loss of a loved one depends on our personal backgrounds, and even on how the person died. But there are some common threads that run through all kinds of grief. Understanding these basic elements will help you understand that you are not alone in how you feel.
Griefwords Library by Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.
The Griefwords library contains over 60 articles on grief topics by Dr. Alan Wolfelt.
Author, educator, and grief counselor, Dr. Alan Wolfelt is known across North America for his inspirational teaching gifts. His compassionate messages about healing in grief—based on his own personal losses as well as his experience supporting children, teens, adults, and families over the last three decades—speak not only to the intellect but to the hearts of all who hear him. Perhaps best known for his model of “companioning” versus “treating” mourners, Dr. Wolfelt is committed to helping people mourn well so they can live well and love well.
Local (Quincy) Grief Support Group Information
HEAL (Helping Every Adult with Loss) is a grief support group that offers friendship for adults who have lost a spouse, close relative or friend.
- Day: Third Tuesday of each month
- Time: 7:00 pm
- Location: Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing (10th & Oak Street) – 1st Floor
SHARE offers friendship and support to parents grieving over the loss of a child. The group is open to any parent whose child died from miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, illness, accident, suicide or homicide. Grandparents and other support person are also invited to attend.
- Day: Second Tuesday of each month
- Time: 7:00 pm
- Location: Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing (10th & Oak Street) – Room 109
For more information about HEAL or SHARE, please contact Christy Woodward at (217) 223-8400, ext. 6825.
Understanding Grief (grief resources courtesy of the NFDA)
If you have recently lost a loved one, most likely you are grappling with a mix of difficult emotions. Maybe you are in shock at the sudden death of a family member. Of perhaps interwoven with your sorrow is a sense of peace for a friend who suffered through a trying battle with cancer. While understanding grief is a complicated thing, it can help to look at how the circumstances surrounding a death can influence your feelings. The following sections are meant to give you insight into how your situation may be affecting your grief.
Websites that offer Grief Resources
General Grief Support
• AARP: Grief and Loss
• Center for Loss & Life Transition
• Crisis, Grief, and Healing
• GROWW: Grief Recovery Online
• Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Bereaved Parents
• Alive Alone
• Alliance of Grandparents, A Support in Tragedy
• Bereaved Parents of the USA
• Center for Loss in Multiple Birth
• National SIDS Resource Center
• Parents of Murdered Children
• The Compassionate FriendsCaregivers
• Empowering CaregiversChildren
• Dougy Center
• Make a Wish FoundationSuicide
• American Association of Suicidology
• Centre for Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Awareness Voices of EducationWhen A Loved One is Dying
• Caring Connections
• Hospice Foundation of America
• National Hospice and Palliative Care OrganizationWidows & Widowers
• Parents Without Partners
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