I attended a fantastic grief support group. Each session was an hour, every week, for 3 months. It helped me tremendously. The facilitator ... I was truly blessed. She started the organization, it was still going strong 20+ years later. I was lucky that I ended up in her group.

After we wrapped up the group, i volunteered my time and expertise to the organization. I wanted to give back for everything they gave me.

I tried to go back again, too...there was a different facilitator and not nearly as engaged, experienced, flexible, on top of things as the founder (not her fault at all. She was quite sweet). But I wasnt really getting much out of it....partly because we were focusing on "grief 101" and I took that session, and partly because I couldnt relate as well to the much larger group in that session. The first group was much smaller and more intimate.

In the end, this lady was instrumental in saving my life. It was all i could do to just show up. I was beyond grief-stricken.

I hope this helps a bit

Rose