Bereavement Support
You have heard that saying about taking a village to bring up a child; well it also takes that same village to support someone who is grieving. There are many community supports in York Region for individuals and families who are experiencing the loss of a loved one, and each organisation offers slightly different supports to best suit your needs.
- 1:1 counselling
- Group and peer support with individuals who are in a similar situation as yourself
- Wellness programs which can include yoga and mindfulness for grief support
- School programs for elementary and high school aged children, that can include art therapy, groups and individual or family support
- Legacy work and memorial activities to honour your loved one.
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Services Available:
Doane House Hospice
Individual Counselling
Group Support
Services offered free of charge
Doane House Hospice is dedicated to enhancing quality of life through the provision of non-medical support for those affected by or caring for an individual with a life-threatening illness, and grief and bereavement support for those dealing with the loss of a loved one.
Programs include; art therapy, specialized grief support groups, and care-giver support
Bereavement Supports Offered:
- Individual Bereavement Support: One-to-one support is available onsite for bereaved clients and caregivers.
- Day Time Bereavement Support Group: Available for all registered clients onsite.
- Evening Bereavement Support Group: Available for all registered clients onsite. Call for more infomation.
- Walk and Talk: Is an ongoing bereavement support program. Clients and volunteers meet every Wednesday morning at Fairy Lake in Newmarket for a therapeutic walking session. Coffee afterwards optional.
- The Art Therapy Program: Is offered to children, teens, and adults in individual and group settings. This healing modality provides support for newly diagnosed and palliative clients, caregivers, bereaved clients, and those experiencing anticipatory grief.
- Bereavement Correspondence Program: DHH mails or emails families information packages about the grief journey on a monthly basis for a one year period.
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You are not alone: Anticapatory grief and bereavement offered to York Regional District School Board in their facilities.
- Men’s Bereavement Group: Runs for six weeks on a Tuesday evening. Registration required
Evergreen Hospice
Individual Support
Group Support
Services offered free of charge
Evergreen provides support to people of all ages coping with the death of a loved one while respecting their culture, faith and language.The grief process may present peaks and valleys. Our services are designed to provide support, guidance and education.We offer individual support, support for children and youth, support groups and a wide variety of resources.
Grief Care at Northridge Community Church Salvation Army
Individual Counselling
Group Support
Services offered free of charge
Grief Care offers support for anyone 18 years or older who is looking to find comfort, answers, and hope after the death of a family member or friend. Weekly sessions focus on various aspects of grief and offer practical help for finding a way to move forward.
Winter / Spring 2023 meetings will be Tuesday evenings at Northridge Community Church The Salvation Army (15338 Leslie St., Aurora), March 7 to May 9 . Pre-registration is requested, please email Ruth: knitwhitt47@rogers.com
Hope House Community Hospice
Individual Support
Group Support
Services offered free of charge
Exceptional care & compassionate support during illness or loss.
For over 37 years, Hope House Community Hospice has provided support, at no cost, to those diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, family caregivers and those who are bereaved. Our professional staff and network of dedicated volunteers provide the community with innovative programs and seamless access to information. Our bereavement and caregiver programming includes support groups and supportive counselling for adults, children and youth. Also available are wellness programs such as yoga, meditation, Qigong, etc.
Hospice Georgina
Individual Counselling
Group Support
Services offered free of charge
Hospice Georgina supports people coping with a life-limiting illness or experiencing the loss of a loved one. Hospice helps people live each day of their lives to the fullest extent possible. Our concern is for the person, not the disease. We focus on family and friends, not just the individual, and emphasize the quality of life more than the duration.
Programs include; Individual counselling, wellness groups, specialized grief support groups, and care-giver support.
Margaret Bahen Hospice
- Referral through medical professionals
Margaret Bahen Hospice is a residential hospice that provides 24 hour palliative care services to individuals with a life-limiting illness in a home-like environment. The hospice is located in Newmarket and we welcome residents that live within the York region. Our hospice offers 10 private suites where residents, and their families, can stay in the final stage of their life, at no cost to the resident. Each room includes an adjustable hospital bed for the resident, an additional Murphy-style bed for loved ones who wish to stay overnight and a private washroom. The hospice also has a shared kitchen and dining area as well as shared common space available for all of our residents. In addition to palliative care services, we offer a range of housekeeping, recreational and support services to our residents as well as their caregivers and family members.
MyGrief.ca
Individual Counselling
Group Support
Services offered free of charge
MyGrief.ca is an online resource to help people move through their grief from the comfort of their own home, at their own pace. It can help you understand your grief and approach some of the most difficult questions that may arise. It was developed by people who have experienced the death of someone important to them and grief specialists. It complements existing community resources and helps address barriers to grief services. Many people working in healthcare use it as an education tool. It is also used by grief support groups and educators. The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer funded the vision and the original nine modules. Health Canada has funded the latest series of modules.
This site is not a substitute for professional counselling or other health services.
Hospice Vaughan
Individual Counselling
Group Support
TO REGISTER, PLEASE CALL:
(905) 850-6266 EXT. 203 OR EXT. 221
OUR PROGRAMS:
Day Program
Social Club
Individual Counselling
Group Counselling
Music Therapy
Wellness Programs
Volunteer Visiting
Community Navigation
KidsGreif.ca – Virtual Hospice
Individual Counselling
Group Support
Services offered free of charge
KidsGrief.ca can help you understand how children (ages 0 to 18) grieve and how to support them as they face the life-limiting illness, dying and death of someone important to them. It also suggests ways to introduce children to the cycle of life and death long before someone they know is dying or has died. KidsGrief.ca learning modules have been developed by a team of experts in grief, and specifically children’s grief, together with people who have experienced loss and supported children through grief. (see Who developed KidsGrief.ca – For Parents). It is not meant to replace professional counselling or other health care services.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world’s leading research centres in its field. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
With a dedicated staff of more than 5,000 physicians, clinicians, researchers, educators and support staff, CAMH offers outstanding clinical care to more than 38,000 patients each year. The organization conducts groundbreaking research, provides expert training to health care professionals and scientists, develops innovative health promotion and prevention strategies, and advocates on public policy issues at all levels of government. And through our Foundation, we’re working to raise tens of millions of additional dollars to fund new programs and research and augment services.
Fee Per Service
The Heart Collective – Jo-Ann McRogers
Individual Counselling
Group Support
Fee per service
Grief is a sneaky bastard. Are you having difficulty focusing, sleeping or relating to others? Are sadness and isolation dominating your life? Your Grief Journey is unique and individual. Jo-Ann can guide you through your experience of Loss and Love. Change the trajectory of your grief.
There is a tragic place where birth and death intersect. Mourning a loss without time and memories requires sensitive support. For this reason Jo-Ann also offers specialized services for Pregnancy and Early Infant Loss. She has trained as a Stillbirth Doula and Early Loss Specialist and will tenderly support your grief.
Cricket-Olivia Forfar – Self-Mastery Coach
Individual Support
Group Support
Fee per service
Grief and Trauma Recovery
Unresolved Grief and Trauma are the number one reason people become ill.
Your biochemistry becomes affected; your entire system is compromised and over time begins to breakdown.
Grief is an appropriate, multi-faceted, emotion-based response to any form of loss.
Trauma can be anything from witnessing a horrific event to being emotionally neglected as a child, the latter being the most common form of trauma and least diagnosed. The important aspect of trauma is the imprint the trauma leaves inside of you.
For a Complimentary Break Through Consultation Session please use the email below.
Email: cricket@myselfmasterycoach.com
Newmarket Psychotherapy Team
Individual Counselling
Fee per service
At Newmarket Psychotherapy Team, we are more than a group of clinicians sharing space. We are a collective of practitioners who strongly value collaboration in order to meet our clients’ needs. And it’s why the word team lives in our name.
Since the outset, the vision has been to establish a group of mental health professionals who together share the same passion and integrity for their psychotherapeutic work and who are committed to helping you find peace in your journey.
We strive toward this goal by providing a safe and accepting environment for everyone. We would be honoured to hear from you and to help support you.
Julie Cryns:
Individual Counselling
Fee per service
- Individual counselling
- Family support
- Fee for service
Julie brings professional training and personal experience to her work as a grief counsellor.
She offers grief counselling both virtually and in person at her office in Newmarket, working with both adults and children.
Her focus is on a practical approach to resilient grieving.
Julie also supports clients experiencing anticipatory grief, as well as living losses (eg. caregivers & cancer survivors)
Please contact Julie at www.juliecryns.ca/contact to book a free 30-mnute discovery call.
Return to Zero Virtual Support
Individual Support
Group Support
Fee per service
We offer 6-8 support groups every quarter (scroll down for current offerings).*If a support group you are interested in is not listed on the schedule below, please fill out the “Join Our List” form on the website to be placed on our email list, and receive updates for support groups, workshops, retreats, webinars, and other services and programs.
The groups we currently offer are:
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss (Birthing Parent)
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss (Couples)
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Recurrent Loss and Infertility (Birthing Parent)
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Ending a Wanted Pregnancy (Birthing Parent)
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Ending a Wanted Pregnancy (Couples)
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Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) Pregnancy and Infant Loss (Birthing Parent)
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LGBTQ+ Affirming Space for Pregnancy and Infant Loss (Birthing and Non-Birthing Parents)
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Early Pregnancy Loss (Birthing Parent)
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Pregnancy After Loss (Birthing Parent)
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Parenting After Loss (Birthing and Non-Birthing Parents)
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Childless Not By Choice (Birthing Parent)
End Of Life Doula Directory:
Michael Brook:
- Individual counselling
- Family support
- Fee for service
Denyse Burns :
- Individual counselling
- Family support
- Fee for service
Individual Doula Services
- Advance Care Planning, Goals of Care and Consent:
- Dignity therapy
- Assess family needs,
- Sitting vigil at bedside, Compassionate emotional care
- Dying to Talk Workshops
- Facilitate End of Life Conversations
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Serving The Toronto area & virtually across Canada & USA
1-917-975-8923
Julie Cryns:
- Individual counselling
- Family support
- Fee for service
As a certified grief educator, Julie supports families before and after a loss, offering them insights into the process and strategies to help them move forward in their grief.
WISHSTONE:
- Individual counselling
- Family support
- Fee for service
We are here to improve the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual quality of life for the living, the dying and the grieving through:
- Informed dialogue and guidance to clarify and document end-of-life wishes
- Holistic support, care and comfort to the dyingerson and their family
- Compassionate practical and emotional support in times of loss and grief