Natural Disaster Grief Support Groups
Grief education and support for those
coping with natural disaster loss and trauma.
Natural Disaster Grief Support Groups
Grief education and support for those
coping with natural disaster loss and trauma.
Yes, You Are Grieving
“The purpose of this book is to help you understand, embrace, and heal from their many thoughts and feelings after a natural disaster. You see, even if your home, your belongings, and your loved ones are spared, if your life has been touched by a tornado, hurricane, flood, earthquake, fire, drought, or other natural disaster, you are experiencing grief. You may not think of what you're going through as grief because you might associate grief primarily with death, but whenever you experience loss, you grieve.”
- Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
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Why Attend This Grief Support Group?
We Get It!
Shared Learning
Shared Learning
When you're in grief, you often feel like you're alone in your pain, but being in a group setting allows you to connect
with others who truly "get it."
They understand the depth of your loss because they're
experiencing it, too. This shared experience can be
profoundly comforting and validating.
Shared Learning
Shared Learning
Shared Learning
In a group, you can hear how others are coping, what strategies they're using, and what has helped
them find moments of peace.
You might find that someone else's story resonates with
you, or that you have a story that could help someone else. This exchange can foster a sense of purpose, connection, and healing.
No Judgement
You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone
Our grief support group is a safe space to express your emotions without judgment—tears are welcome!
It's a place where you can be honest about your feelings. Whether you are feeling sad, anxious, angry, guilty, or
even relieved, know that you're not going
to be judged or misunderstood.
This can be a crucial part of the healing process,
which allows you to process your emotions
within a supportive environment.
You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone
Being part of a group can help reduce feelings of isolation.
Grief can be incredibly isolating, but knowing that you're not alone in your journey can be a powerful
antidote to loneliness.
It can remind you that while your grief is unique,
you are not alone as you experience it.
Resources
How to Talk with Kids
The mission of Dougy Center is to provide grief support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families can share their experiences before and after a death.
We provide support and training locally, nationally, and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking
to assist children who are grieving.
How to Heal Your Natural Disaster Grief
When your family, neighborhood, city,
or an area of the country is affected
by a natural disaster, it’s normal,
and necessary to feel grief.
This book will help you understand
and embrace your difficult
thoughts and feelings.
Dr. Alan Wolfelt at The Center
for Loss and Life Transition
Coping with Grief and Trauma
Life can be destroyed and feel turned upside down for those affected by the floods and other disasters. The
emotional and physical aftermath
can be overwhelming, whether
you’ve experienced a flood, hurricane, wildfire, earthquake, flood, or other catastrophic event.
Grief is a change you did not want. If you have experienced a natural disaster, what you are experiencing is likely grief.
You're Not Alone, We Can Help
We provide peer support groups for children, adolescents, young adults,
and their caregivers.
We also offer individual and family counseling as needed. Our licensed professional counselors will determine what services will benefit your family
after completing an intake assessment.
Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas
Healing Traumatic Grief
Death is never easy, but for families and friends affected by a sudden, violent death, grief is especially traumatic.
Deaths caused by natural disasters, accidents, homicide, and suicide typically seem premature, unjust, and very, very wrong. Things are not the same, nor will they ever be again.
Persistent thoughts and feelings about what the death may have been like for the person who died – and what might have been done to prevent it — color the grief process.
Strong feelings of anger and regrets are also common. Understanding and expressing these feelings helps survivors, over time and with the support of
others, come to reconcile their loss.
Dr Alan Wolfelt at The Center for Loss and Life Transition