Sunday, October 30, 2016

Online Chat Rooms

For those needing help to get through their grief journey, the Compassionate Friends offers live online chats. This program was established to encourage connecting and sharing among parents, grandparents, and siblings over the age of 18 who are grieving the death of a child. These chat rooms supply support, encouragement and friendship and encourage conversation among friends who understand the emotions you are experiencing. The following are general bereavement sessions as well as more specific sessions based on Eastern time. The views expressed in this Online Support Community are the opinions of individual visitors and do not necessarily represent the views of the organization. Visit Compassionate Friends.org for additional information of how to get on to these chat rooms.

Monday
9-10 a.m. and 9-10 p.m.                                                         
Parents/grandparents/siblings
Moderator: Pat

Tuesday
9-10 p.m.                                                         9-10 p.m.
Bereaved less than two years                            Bereaved more than two years
Moderator: Margo                                            Moderators: Becca and Carol

Wednesday
9-10 p.m.                                                         10-11 p.m.
Parents/grandparents/siblings                         Parents/grandparents/siblings
Moderators: Karen and Walline                        Moderator:s Carol and Jeanne

Thursday
8-9 p.m.                                                           9-10 p.m.        
No Surviving Children                                    Parents/grandparents/siblings
Moderators: Adaline and Izzy                           Moderators: Carol and Donna 

Friday
10-11 p.m.                                                       9-10 p.m.
Parents/grandparents/siblings                             Parents/grandparents/siblings
Moderator: Karen                                            Moderators: Margo and Maureen

9-10 p.m.                                                         10-11 p.m.
Pegnancy/Infant Loss                                        Parents/grandparents/siblings
Moderators: Andrea and Sara                           Moderators: Margo and Maureen

Saturday
9-10 p.m.                                                         10-11 p.m.
Parents/grandparents/siblings                             Parents/grandparents/siblings
Moderators: Becca and Carol                           Moderators: Leslie and Carol

Sunday
8-9 p.m.                                                           9-10 p.m.
Survivors of Suicide                                          Parents/grandparents/siblings
Moderator: Izzy                                                Moderators: Carol and Diana

Closed Facebook Groups are also available, but you will have to contact the organization to get approval to join them. These groups are more specific on the loss. They include: loss of a child, loss of a stepchild, loss of a grandchild, sibling bereavement, men in grief, loss to substance related causes, loss to suicide, loss to homicide, loss to a drunk/impaired driver, loss to cancer, loss of a child with special needs, loss to long-term illness, infant and toddler loss, loss of an only child or all your children, loss to miscarriage or stillbirth, and loss to mental illness.

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