The Bertolon Center for Grief Healing, a program of Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston, is offering a variety of workshops and support groups during the summer and fall of 2013.
Most groups are free of charge, and all groups are open to the public regardless of hospice involvement. All groups meet at the Bertolon Center for Grief Healing’s offices at 78 Liberty St. in Danvers, unless otherwise noted.
Space is limited, and advance registration is required. To sign up or for more information, call 978-774-5100, email grief@hns.org or visit hns.org.
Offerings are as follows:
- Newly Bereaved is an ongoing monthly workshop that meets on the first Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
- Sharing Our Losses: A Circle of Caring is an ongoing monthly workshop that meets on the first Monday of each month from 2 to 3 p.m. at Brightview Senior Living, 50 Endicott St., Danvers.
- Adult Loss of a Parent is an ongoing weekly workshop that will meet on Wednesdays beginning on Aug. 21 through Sept. 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
- Loss of a Spouse/Partner is on ongoing weekly workshop that will meet on Tuesdays beginning on Aug. 27 through Oct. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
- Young Widowed, a weekly support group, will meet on Mondays beginning on Sept. 9 through Nov. 4 (skipping the Oct. 14 holiday) from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
- Peer-Led Loss of a Spouse/Partner, a weekly support group, will meet on Tuesdays beginning on Sept. 10 through Oct. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston, 75 Sylvan St., Danvers.(Participants must have completed an initial bereavement support group to attend.)
- Peer-Led Adult Loss of a Parent, a weekly support group, will meet on Wednesdays beginning Sept. 11 through Oct. 30 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston, 75 Sylvan St., Danvers. (Participants must have completed an initial bereavement support group to attend.)
- Loss of an Adult Child, a weekly support group, will meet on Mondays beginning on Sept. 16 through Oct. 28 (skipping the Oct. 14 holiday) from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
- Peer-Led Surviving a Loss, a weekly support group, will meet on Fridays beginning on Sept. 27 through Nov. 1 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Peter A. Torigian Community Life Center, 79 Central St., Peabody.
- Hope and Healing: Adult Loss of a Parent, a weekly support group, will meet on Wednesdays beginning Oct. 2 through Nov. 6 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
- Loss of a Spouse/Partner, a weekly support group, will meet on Tuesdays beginning on Oct. 29 through Dec. 17 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
- Healing Hearts, a one-time workshop where participants are invited to fill and stitch a fabric heart with writing, color and images that reflect and pay tribute to individual and unique journeys of grief, will meet on Thursday, Nov. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. Please bring your own trinkets and personal photos that will help you visualize your heart and help it heal. Material fee: $5.