Grief Counseling
The grief that accompanies death can sometimes be devastating. You might need some support, and we can help you find the assistance that’s right for you.
We Can Help With Bereavement Counseling
Almost everyone will need to go through the death of someone in the family. But individuals and families cope with death and grief in different ways. Legacy Safeguard advisors can recommend grief counseling programs to help your family through the loss of a loved one. We can also find grief counselors in your area that specialize in bereavement counseling and other services that can help survivors take the steps necessary to begin the healing process.
Grief Counselor Locator Tool
Legacy Safeguard Grief Counseling Library
Understanding Your Grief: Hope for the Holidays
Articles, resources, and links about grief:
These thoughtful articles provide guidance and direction for anyone touched by grief.
• The Journey Through Grief
• The Mourner’s Bill of Rights
Funerals, Memorials, Cremation and Related Topics:
The days following the death of a loved one can be filled with sadness and confusion. The following articles can help you understand the importance of the rituals surrounding death.
• Helping Your Family Personalize the Funeral
• Helping Create a Meaningful Eulogy
• Ten Freedoms for Creating a Meaningful Funeral
• Why is the Funeral Ritual Important?
Helping Yourself With Your Grief:
When someone you love has died, you are faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is an essential part of healing. We want to provide practical articles to help you move toward healing in your unique grief journey.
• Too Much Loss: Grief Overload and Its Causes
• The Grief of Dementia Care Partners
• First Aid for Broken Hearts
• Why Choose A Final Resting Place for Your Loved One
• What’s Your Love Language
• Teeter-Totter of Resilience and Vulnerability in Grief
• You Must Say Hello Before You Say Goodbye
• You Must Make Friends with the Darkness Before You Can Enter the Light
• You Must Go Backward Before You Can Go Forward
• Mustering the Courage to Mourn
• Love and Grief: In Communion and Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
• Will I Befriend My Feelings Or Will I Deny Them
• Will I Grieve or Will I Mourn
• Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When a Parent Dies
• Helping Yourself When a Baby Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
• Helping Dispel 5 Common Myths About Grief
• Helping Yourself Live When You Are Seriously Ill
• Helping Yourself Live When You Are Dying
• Exploring the Uniqueness of Your Suicide Grief
• Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace Part 1
• Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace Part 2
• Healing Your Grieving Body: Physical Practices for Mourners
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: An Introduction
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 1
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 2
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 3
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 4
• Dispelling the Misconceptions About Suicide and Grief and Mourning
• The Capacity to Love Requires the Neccesity to Mourn
• Helping Yourself Heal When an Adult Sibling Dies
• Helping Your Family Heal After Stillbirth
• Healing Your Grief About Getting Older
• Embracing the Sadness of Grief
• Helping a Friend or Family Member After a Cancer Diagnosis
• When Your Soulmate Dies