VITAS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS (Updated as of May 2008)

WIDOWS & WIDOWERS

Living Without the One I Love

1st & 3rd Thu Thursdays, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

(on-going support group for widows & widowers, sponsored by VITAS)

Brighton Gardens Assisted Living

4620 Bellaire Boulevard

Bellaire, TX  77401

Contact: Bob Coberly, VITAS Bereavement Services Manager, 713.663.4919

 

L.I.F.T.

Various times & locations

Support program to assist widows and widowers to adjust after the loss of a spouse

Dignity Memorial Providers

Contact: Jackie Snider, 713.862.9622

 

Young Widows & Widowers

1st & 3rd Mondays, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

18220 Tomball Parkway

Houston, TX  77010

Call: 713.677.7155

 

CHILDREN & FAMILY GRIEF

Bo’s Place

10050 Buffalo Speedway

Houston, TX  77054

Call: 713.942.8339

 

Wings

7-week support group for children, teens & families

Pre-registration required: 713.677.7155

 

EN ESPAÑOL

Grupo de Apollo Para los Dolientes

Martes de 7 a 8:30 p.m.

Santa Cecilia Iglesia Catolica

11720 Joan of Arc Drive

Houston, TX  77024

serca del I-10 y Bunker Hill

Contacte: Carmen Martinez, 713.862.9622

 

GENERAL GRIEF ISSUES

American Cancer Society

Life After Loss support groups

6-week sessions at various times and locations

Contact: Maria Boyston, 713.266.2877

TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER

Open Grief Support Group

Mondays, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center

Group held in the Museum District

Contact: Patti Stewart, 713.704.4602

 

Ongoing Grief Support Group

2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m.

Texas Medical Center

1905 Holcombe Boulevard

Houston, TX  77030

Call: 713.677.7155

 

NORTHWEST HOUSTON

Open Grief Support Group

2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

18220 Tomaball Parkway

Houston, TX  77010

Call: 713.677.7155

 

MEMORIAL AREA

Open Grief Support Group

1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.

Memorial Hermann Memorial Medical Center

920 Frostwood

Houston, TX  77024

Call: 713.677.7131

 

EAST AREA

Bereavement Support Group

Mondays, 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Trinity Baptist Church

408 West Clayton (FM 1960)

Dayton, TX  77535

Contact Patty Savage, Grief Counselor

936.258.5300

 

SOUTHERN CITIES

Open Grief Support Group

Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Bay Area Christian Church

Webster, TX

Contact: Patti Stewart, 713.704.4602