Resources

MISS Foundation

www.missfoundation.org

Offers support groups, counseling, peer mentors, retreats and trainings for bereaved families

If there was one resource I would access it would be the MISS Foundation. I was able to connect with them about two months after my child died. I was paired with a peer mentor who had suffered a similar loss which was a life line. I also attended several retreats at the Selah Care Farm for the traumatically bereaved.

Golden Willow Retreat

www.goldenwillowretreat.org

I attended the Loss of a Child Weekend Workshop with Dr. Ted Wiard.  I found this to be one of the best workshops. Dr. Wiard is also a bereaved parent and offers so much wisdom and support.

Compassionate Friends

www.compassionatefriends.org

Offers local support groups for bereaved parents

Recommended Reading (written by [focus on] bereaved parents)

• Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
• Grieving is Loving: Compassionate Words for Bearing the Unbearable by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
• Witnessing Ted: The Journey to Potential through Grief and Loss by Carol Poteat
• Permission to Mourn: A New Way to Do Grief by Dr. Tom Zuba
• Becoming Radiant: A New Way to do Life Following the “Death” of a Beloved by Dr. Tom Zuba

Other Resources

Calm App 

Grieving by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore