Group locations vary and are hosted by partner organizations around town. Three or four groups are offered each session, with options offered in Spring, Summer and Fall. Scholarships are always offered, to ensure accessibility for those with financial need. 

💙 Understanding Your Grief: This eight-week closed support and education group is the cornerstone of our model, using the #1 recommended grief book as named by the NY Times, “Understanding your Grief” by Dr. Alan Wolfelt. Participants consistently express their gratitude for the depth and breadth of this book and acknowledge how transformative the group experience has been in their understanding and acceptance of the grief journey. 

💙 Facing the Mourning: This six-week closed group uses the workbook developed by the Heartlight Center in Denver. The group is invited to engage with weekly practices to facilitate mourning – the outward expression of our grief. Topics include goal setting, creating a memorial, journaling, and letter writing. 

💙 Infant Loss Group: This six-week closed group is offered in partnership with local art therapist, Susan Jacobsen (Henry’s Heart Art Therapy). Individuals or couples are invited to a safe, supportive educational support group which includes art therapy directives to help process the trauma and unique heartache of infant loss. 

💙 Gone Too Soon: This 8-week group was hosted in Fall 2024 for the first time for those who have lost someone due to drugs or alcohol, including addiction or accidental overdoses. The curriculum was designed using two short books by Dr. Alan Wolfelt: “Understanding your Grief after a Drug-Overdose Death” and “The Guilt of Grief.” Content also affirmed many principles from the 12-step movement and was co-facilitated by a licensed addiction specialist. 

💙 Navigating Early Grief: Designed to offer practical support and gentle care for those in their earliest months of grief, this 4-week closed group was developed in 2024 by VOGC facilitator Pam Engelbert.  The group is offered to those in their first 3-4 months following a loss. Foundational resources which shape the group content include “Discovering Significance” by Doug Manning and “The Paradoxes of Mourning” by Dr. Alan Wolfelt