• Provides counseling for children, individuals, couples and families in personal transitions.
• Location:  2 Joseph Court, San Rafael, CA 94903
• Fees - sliding scale
• Call:  (415) 492-0720 for more information.

Catholic Charities - Grief Support Groups

• St. Hilary's, Tiburon
• Provides:
• On-going Bereavement Group
• When:  First and Third Wednesdays
• Time:  3:00 - 4:30 P.M.
• Contact:  Sister Colette (415) 435-7659
• St. Isabella's, San Rafael
• Provides:
• Structured 8-Week Group
• When:  Evenings
• Contact:  Pat Sack (415) 479-1560
• Our Lady of Loretto, Novato
• Provides:
• On-going Bereavement Group
• Structured 8-Week Group
• When:  Evenings or late afternoon
• Contact:  Sister Jeanette (415) 897-2171

The Center for Attitudinal Healing - Loss and Grief Program

• Offers:
• Groups for children and adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. (no fee)
• Bereavement Support Group for Children and Youth
• When:  2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month
• Time:  6:15 (dinner), 6:45-8:00 (Children & Youth Group),  6:45-8:00 (Parents Group)
• Location:  The Center, 33 Buchanan Drive, Sausalito, CA
• Bereavement Suppport Group for Adults
• General Bereavement Group
• When:  Thursdays
• Time:  7:30-9:30 P.M.
• Location:  The Center, 33 Buchanan Drive, Sausalito, CA
• Spousal/Partner Bereavement Support Group
• When:  Tuesdays
• Time:  7:00-9:00 P.M.
• Location:  The Center, 33 Buchanan Drive, Sausalito, CA
• Groups for parents who have lost a child.
• When:  2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month
• Time:  7-9 P.M.
• Location:  The Center, 33 Buchanan Drive, Sausalito, CA
• Call to reserve a place in the group - (415) 331-6161 ext. 106
• Day-long Loss and Grief Workshops that focus on specific loss issues by death or estrangement. (donations)  (See Upcoming Events Calendar)
• Address:  33 Buchanan Drive, Sausalito
• Contact:  Louise Franklin - (415) 331-6161 to make sure the above information is still current.
• Visit their website at:  http://healingcenter.org)

Hospice of Marin

• Address: 150 Nellen Avenue, Corte Madera, CA 94925
• Provides:
• Support Groups for Adults
• Children's and Teens Program for children, teens and parents
• Individual bereavement counseling for children, teenagers, adults and families.
• See Upcoming Events.
• For more information, contact:  Max Boveri - (415) 927-2273 or for Children and Teens Programs call: (415) 945-3137.

Jewish Family and Children's Services

• Provides Individual Grief Counseling for Adults - Payments on a Sliding Scale
• For more information call:  Jeanette Kadesh, LCSW at (415) 430-2404.

Living/Dying Project

• Offers spiritual support for those facing life threatening illness on an individual basis as well as group support for those dealing with grief.  Focus is on transpersonal and transformational aspects of dying and grieving.
• Call:  (415) 456-3915 or go to their website: www.livingdying.orgfor further information.

Marin County Coroner's Office

• Provides information and referral as well as support of the bereaved.
• Is an important liaison for the grief counselling agencies in Marin County
• Location:  RM 241 Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA 94903
• Call:  (415) 499-6043 for more information.

Marin AIDS Project

• Provides emotional support services for people with AIDS or AIDS-related conditions, the friends, families and loved ones,through one-on-one counseling and support groups.
• Provides general education and information about AIDS.
• Location:  1660 2nd St., San Rafael, CA 94901
• Call:  (415) 457-2487 for more information

Marin Suicide Prevention and Community Counseling Services

• Provides:
• Grief Counseling Program
• Offers short term, individual and family counseling to Marin County residents. Up to six sessions are provided free of charge and are available to residents who have suffered the loss of a loved one during the past year.
Counseling is also available on a sliding scale basis for:
• Clients continuing beyond six sessions.
• Out-of -County residents.
• Persons who have experienced a death prior to one year ago.
• Survivers of Suicide Group - Eight week support groups held at least twice a year in Central San Rafael. Fee is $15 or $120 per series or a sliding scale. See Upcoming Events.
• Location:  10 N. San Pedro Rd., Suite 1020, San Rafael, CA 94903
• Contact 24 hour grief counseling telephone line: (415) 499-1195 or Linda Allen at (415) 499-1193, extension 255.

• Weekly support groups for parents who have suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth or loss of an infant
• Contact: Katharine Shotz, M.F.T for further information.

Neptune Society of N. California

• Provides grief support for adults grieving the death of a love one.
• Time:  Available Thursday evenings, 6:00 - 7:30 P.M.
• Location:  7120 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945
• Call:  (415) 898-1868 or (877) 333-8930 to register.

Older Adult Services/Senior Peer Counseling Group is a program of Marin County Mental Health

• Provides counseling to individuals sixty and over and their families
• Co-sponsor a weekly support group for recent widows/widowers with the Margaret Todd Senior Center
• Location:  250 Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae, CA
• Call:  Sherry Costanza, RN at (415) 499-6802 for more information.

Widowed Persons Ass'n of Calif. Marin County Chapter 11 (WPAC)

• Provides help for widowed persons to overcome their grief and get on with their lives.
• Offers grief support for widows and widowers.
• Helps bereaved widowed people enrich their lives by naking new friends and enjoying its various social functions.
• Mailing address:  P.O. Box 6034, San Rafael, CA 94903-0034
• Call:  (415) 479-7598 or (415) 924-6047 for more information.

 
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