Death, loss, and grief

Local resources
Helpful websites
Our other resource pages

 

Local resources

Community Health Home and Hospice

Elaine and Don Heimbigner Hospice Care Center
3102 NE 134th St, Vancouver
360.703.0300

Support groups and counseling for children and youth who are grieving the death of a loved one.​ Pre-teen/early teen (11-13) group requires parents/guardians to attend the group. Teen (14-17) group also available. Pre-registration required. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30 pm.

Good Samaritan Ministries Vancouver

Disciples of Christ Fellowship Center
111 W 19th St, Vancouver 
​360.566.0146 

Counseling services to heal the person in Christian setting. Individual counseling, marriage counseling, family therapy, group therapy, and grief therapy. ​Unless otherwise noted all classes and groups are open to everyone. Walk-ins are welcome.

GriefShare

Locations vary. Check website for location, contact information and times.

Support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.

Hope Bereavement Services

PeaceHealth Southwest Hospice and HomeCare
5400 MacArthur Blvd, Vancouver
360.696.5120

Provides emotional support and information for healing as you grieve. Offers support groups and counseling to members of the community whose loved ones have died.

Stepping Stones

PeaceHealth Southwest Hospice and HomeCare
5400 MacArthur Blvd, Vancouver
360.696.5100

Family support groups that specialize in helping children and teens with their grief. Group participants express their thoughts and feelings and share their stories through art, writing, and other guided activities.  Participants learn about death, the importance of expressing emotions, and special ways to remember loved ones.

The Dougy Center

Locations vary. Call for location and times.
​1.503.775.5683
1.866.775.5683

Provides grief support groups for children, youth and young adults who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or a significant person in their lives. Bilingual Spanish groups are available.

 

Helpful websites

Understanding death and grief

Cancer.net: Understanding grief within a cultural context

While the website is focused on cancer, this article provides a generalized understanding of grief within a cultural context, including understanding the meaning of death, rituals regarding death, personal differences in grief and mourning, and grief and cultural sensitivity.

TeensHealth: Death and grief

Learn about grief, how grief shows, the grieving process, grieving rituals, feeling better and helping yourself.

Things to do to take care of yourself

Cancer.net: Coping with grief

While the website is focused on cancer, this article provides really good advice for coping with grief in general, including when to recognize you need to seek support or help.

Grief Speaks: Death of a teen friend

This article pulled together quotes and tips from teens who had a friend die. They provide useful tips for mourning your friend while taking care of yourself, as well as remind you that you have the right to mourn the death of your friend.

Supporting someone through their grief

Mental Health America: Coping with loss

Learn what to expect when a loved one dies, what it means to mourn a loved one, what it means to deal with a major loss, how to live with grief, how to help others grieve, and how to help children grieve.

 

​Our other resource pages

Visit our Counseling and Health Care resource pages for local agencies that can help you process your grief:

Counseling

Health Care

Visit our Mental Health resources page for information about how to talk to your parents/caregivers if you think you need a therapist, and how to find the right one:

Mental Health

Visit our Mental Health and Suicide Prevention resource pages if you are self-injuring (Mental Health) or are considering dying by suicide:

Mental Health

Suicide Prevention