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At Home Counseling Services / Kimberly Kino, MA, LPC Kimberly Kino, founder of At Home Counseling Services, says, "Grief is experienced in a unique way only known to each of us. Sharing it with others who are supportive of this time period is often helpful. Spending time alone with the feelings is a good idea to. ...With grief, be good to you. Only you know the healthy ways that get you through the hard times. Music, yoga, reading, minfulness, movies, rest, spending time with nature, etc. are just some ways to treat yourself to the enjoyment in your life. Dealing with loss is the best time to also nurture your emotions by being good to you." About At Home Counseling Services: "At Home Counseling Services, ADHS is an avenue of new opportunity to the therapy world. ADHS was motivated and designed to meet the needs of those who have difficulties partaking in therapy due to: busy schedules, lack of transportation, uneasiness about expressing oneself with a stranger, or a fear of leaving one’s home. We have created a way for individuals/couples to seek counseling and feel comfortable throughout the process. ADHS allows the comforts of their own home and schedule by supplying options of: In office counseling, E-counseling, or phone counseling. Whichever mode of therapy chosen, our approach will always promote and guide clients to an increased healthiness."
Bo's Place. "Bo's Place offers programs and services to help grieving children and families through support groups, community training and our information and referral service."
Camp Ray of Hope. "Camp Ray Of Hope was founded in 1995 to give grieving families a place to come together and learn new ways to cope with their loss, to meet others with similar circumstances to remember special times, to make new friends, and to have fun. This...program is a weekend retreat for grieving families and single people. Children and adults spend group time with their peers and doing activiites with their own family members. Mini workshops throughout the weekend offer opportunities to learn new coping and self care techniques."
The Compassionate Friends. "The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive. The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees. The secret of TCF's success is simple: As seasoned grievers reach out to the newly bereaved, energy that has been directed inward begins to flow outward and both are helped to heal. The vision of The Compassionate Friends is that everyone who needs us will find us and everyone who finds us will be helped."
Everlife Memorials. "Our mission at Everlife Memorials is to provide a line of memorial products with the best possible value and the highest level of customer satisfaction without the pressures associated when dealing with a salesperson. We are committed to providing our customers with 24/7 access, a line of products to meet their needs, and the information necessary to make an informed purchase."
GROWW: Grief Recovery Online. "Here, on GROWW, you will find your partners in pain sharing their experience and strength. We have message boards, resource listings and secure chat rooms hosted by the most loving people on the internet for all who are grieving. ...GROWW is a place where peer groups in an online chatroom environment teaches that you have 'permission to grieve'. ...It's a place where you CAN recover from the overwhelming pain of grief. It’s a place of belonging."
Hope Hospice. "Hospice is a special kind of care designed to provide comfort and support to people who are facing a life-limiting illness. What makes hospice care unique is that it provides support not only to individuals but their entire family. This type of healthcare focuses on caring and comforting, not curing. It offers choices, helps preserve dignity and seeks to maintain the highest quality of life."
It Won't Happen to Me. "'It Won’t Happen To Me' evolved out of a burning desire of a local high school graduate who lost three friends to traffic accidents. She came to me wanting to do something more than the standard driver’s education that is taught in schools. Being a police officer for over 28 years, I knew that we were losing too many teens to driving related accidents. I had first hand experience with teen fatalities and have had the sad duty of contacting the parents afterwards. After much thought, consideration, and prayer, the concept of 'It Won’t Happen To Me' was developed. We are a nonprofit organization with a specific goal: to educate teens and parents about the tragedy that can come from inexperience and unsafe driving habits of our young drivers."
"GoodTherapy.org is the only directory dedicated to helping people find empowering and non-pathologizing therapists. Non-pathologizing: The hallmark of non-pathologizing therapy is viewing a person as greater than their problems. It does not mean problems do not exist, it means NOT viewing the problems as the whole person or the whole person as the problems. Empowering therapists maintain the belief that people can grow, heal, and transform. This hope is held no matter how intense one's defenses and wounds are. People can heal if they want to and if they can contribute to their own growth whatever is sufficient and necessary to that end. Collaborative therapy can be established when a therapist encourages a client to become the co-therapist. Self is a state of being that a therapist can embody when with his or her clients. It's defined as a state of calm, curiosity, compassion, creativity, confidence, courage, connectedness, and clarity. Self is considered a requisite of good therapy because it is this state that allows a therapist to work collaboratively without pushing, without pathologizing, and without retraumatizing."
KOPE Associates has published books on recovery, including, Mourning Has Broken, A Collection of Creative Writing about Grief and Healing, by Mara Koven and Liz Pearl. "This unique anthology contains 50 original submissions that focus on healing from the pain of losing a loved one. This inspirational book will make you smile and it will make you cry ... it will always make you choose life. Mourning Has Broken is co-edited by Liz Pearl, a psychogeriatric therapist and Mara Koven, a recently widowed journalist. The contributing authors share their experiences, thoughts and feelings invoking in the readers, tears, laughs, comfort and solace. The authors express their inner strength and insights about coping and healing. Among the renowned authors are Dr. Bob Baugher, Andrea Gambill, Reverend Dr. Richard Gilbert, Rabbi Dr. Earl Grollman, Dr. Darcie Sims, Alicia Sims Franklin and noted Canadian bereavement psychiatrist Dr. Edward Pakes."
Kota Press. "The mission of this organization is to provide grief support to bereaved parents and those who care for them after the death of a child."
Memory-Of. "As part of the Library of Life, Memory-of.com is an easy-to-use, friendly tool letting you create and maintain a rich memorial website, which will be the focal point of a community that keeps your loved one's memory alive. It lets you cherish your loved one and share the memories forever."
M.E.N.D. "M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death) is a Christian, non-profit organization that reaches out to families who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death. We publish free bi-monthly newsletters, hold two commemorative ceremonies each year, and host a variety of support groups in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex. We also have chapters in NW Arkansas, Kansas, Houston, Texarkana, and Georgia"
Miniministers Miniature horses visiting the disabled and elderly. Since June of 2005, Valerie Bullock and her "Mini Ministers," Chief Red Cloud and Little Red Man, have visited 150 facilities, including Assisted Living centers, special care and skilled nursing homes, homes for the disabled, and Alzheimer care centers. Each visit brings to mind forgotten memories, and the words to describe them. Sometimes just a smile tells us we've made a connection to a memory from long ago. We visit in large rooms, small rooms, and private apartments; we visit folks who need assistance with a walker, those who are wheelchair bound, and many who can never leave their beds. But each time the results are the same: lots of wonderful stories from the past... Mini Ministers Inc, is a registered nonprofit corporation in the State of Colorado. To contact Mini Ministers, schedule a visit, make a donation, or just to talk about what we do, you can email us at miniministers.vb@gmail.com or call 720-989-7879.
The MISS Foundation. "The MISS Foundation is a 501 (c) 3, volunteer based organization committed to providing crisis support and long term aid to families after the death of a child from any cause. MISS also participates in legislative and advocacy issues, community engagement and volunteerism, and culturally competent, multidisciplinary, education opportunities."
National Next of Kin Registry (NOKR). "The Next Of Kin Registry (NOKR) was established as a FREE tool for daily emergencies and national disasters. NOKR is an emergency contact system to help if you or your family member is missing, injured or deceased. NOKR provides the public a free proactive service to store emergency contacts, next of kin and vital medical information that would be critical to emergency response agencies. Stored information is only accessible via a secure area that is only accessible by emergency public trust agencies that have registered with NOKR"
Rainbows Happen. "We must figure out to cope with our loss and grief before we can move forward. This is not an easy task. Many people do not accomplish it. They become bitter and angry and crushed. But that is not an inevitable result of loss and grief."
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