Grief counseling for people with AIDS/HIV and families who have lost someone
to AIDS.
Pastoral and professional counseling for individuals and long-term support
on-site and at home.
funeral assistance, telephone support and information and referral services.
Location: 33 Jefferson St., Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 768-3119
Contact person: Randy Marcotte
Center for AIDS Services
Provides:
Pastoral counseling, support groups, crisis consultation, and information
and referral services for people with AIDS/HIV.
Location: 5720 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland, Ca 94609
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County - Grief Counseling Project
Provides:
Individual counseling
Group support for general bereavement after a death as well as for anticipated
death.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group - weekly support group for family and
friends of a person who has died by suicide. Call to sign up; not
a drop-in group.
Services available in Spanish, Farsi and Mandarin.
Weekly group meetings at Faith Lutheran Church for people coping with the
death of a loved one by cancer.
Lending library
Location: 20080 Redwood Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546
Phone: (510) 889-8766
Contact: Kirsten Severson
East Bay Center for Attitudinal Healing
Provides:
Counseling for all people in grief, including people with chronic or catastrophic
illness and their loved ones.
Weekly support groups facilitated by peers.
Location: 1563 Solano Avenue, #447, Berkeley, CA 94707
Phone: (510) 893-5683
Evangelical Free Church - Grief Group
Provides:
a weekly grief support group for loss of any type. Drop-ins are welcome.
Location: 505 Driscoll Road, Fremont, CA 94539
Phone: (510) 791-7964 (for grief group)
(510) 651-2030 (for church)
Contact: Peggy Ahern
Grief Care Community
Provides:
Individual and group support for people who are grieving the death of a
loved one.
Groups start every eight weeks; call before attending.
On-going grief, loss and spirituality group meets weekly.
Services available in German.
Location: 3102 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, Ca 94705
Phone: (510) 540--0830
Contact: Birgit Wolz
Help After Neonatal Death (HAND)
Provides:
Weekly peer and professionally-led support group for parents following
the death of an infant, either late in pregnancy or shortly after birth.
Separate support group for parents who have suffered a neonatal death and
are pregnant again.
Locations:
Washington Hospital, 2000 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: (800) 963-7070
Valley Care Medical Center, 5555 West Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton,
CA 94588
Phone: (925) 373-4114
Contact: Heidi Olson
Hope Hospice
Provides:
Twice monthly support groups for widows/widowers, adults losing a parent,
men, and parents whose child has died.
Groups for children and teens.
Information and referral services.
Location: 6500 Dublin Blvd., #100, Dublin, CA 94568
Phone: (925) 829-8770
Contact: Doris Felton
Kaiser Hospital
East Bay Bereavement Support Groups
Provides:
Support groups for general bereavement. Meetings held in Fremont,
Hayward, Oakland and Richmond.
Phone: (510) 595-6390 (for East Bay information)
Contact: Christine Calame
North-East Bay Bereavement Support Groups
Provides:
Support groups for general bereavement. Meetings are held in Antioch,
Martinez, Pleasanton and Walnut Creek.
Phone: (925) 295-4703
Contact: Kathy Praetorius
Namaste
Provides:
Emotional support through a peer counseling program at home, a hospital,
or as arranged for individuals who are grieving or who have catastrophic
illnesses.
Address: P.O. Box 3680, Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone: (510) 457-7702
Northern California SIDS Alliance
Provides:
Monthly support group for parents and family of anyone suffering from the
death of a baby due to sudden infant death syndrome. Call for dates
and directions.
Individual peer support also available.
Phone: (510) 795-2400 (Newark)
Contact: Ursula Friedeberg, Public Health Nurse
Pathways Home Health and Hospice
Provides:
Weekly grief groups for adults.
Sponsors children and teen support groups, which meet at school sites.
Locations:
Pathways Home Health & Hospice
333 Hegenberger Rd., Suite 700
Oakland, CA 94621
Direct line: (510) 613-2092 www.pathwayshealth.org
Pathways Home Health & Hospice
395 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 128
S. San Francisco, CA 94080
Direct line: (650) 808-4603 www.pathwayshealth.org
Pediatric Care
Provides:
Two on-going support groups - "Living with Illness" and "Living with Loss"
for children age 5-12.
Groups for teens, parents, and caregivers at the same time as the on-going
support groups.
Spanish spoken.
Location: 2540 charleston Street, Oakland, CA 94602
Phone: (510) 531-7551
Contact: Janice Perry
St. Rose Hospital - Grief Support Group
Provides:
Eight-week support group for anyone who is grieving, offered several times
a year. Not a drop-in group.
Location: 27200 Calaroga Avenue, Hayward, Ca 94545
Phone: (510) 264-4050
Contact: Sally Hussey
Support After Infant and Pregnancy Loss (SAIL)
Provides:
Monthly meetings for parents whose infant has died through miscarriage,
stillbirth or other perinatal causes.
Individual peer counseling.
Hospital visits.
Telephone support
A resource library.
Information and referral are offered.
Location: Meetings are at Eden Hospital Medical Center, 20103
Lake Chabot Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546
Phone: (510) 889-5043
Contact: Norma Guerra
Support After Neonatal Death (SAND)
Provides services in Concord and Berkeley:
Twice monthly support group for mothers and their partners who lose a child
during pregnancy or after delivery. Meetings alternate between Concord
and Berkeley.
Locations:
Mt. Diablo Medical Center, 2540 East Street, Concord, CA 94520
Alta Bates Hospital, 2450 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone: (510) 204-1571
Contact: Betty Simson
VNA Hospice of Northern California
Each location provides:
Different groups
Individual support
The main office in Emeryville offers:
Specialized groups including:
Daughters Grieving Their Mothers
Spiritual Explorations of Our Grief
Writing Through Grief
Gay and Lesbian Bereavement Group
Locations:
1900 Bates Avenue, Concord, CA 94520
Phone: (925) 677-4250
Contact: Gerald Jones
1900 Powell Street, #300, Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: (510) 450-8596
Contact: Gail Bigelow or Dan Potapshyn
1600 Riviera, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: (925) 2205
Washington Hospital
Provides:
Weekly afternoon support group for anyone in grief. HAND (see Help
After Neonatal Death) also provides support groups at the hospital.
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