Upcoming Safe Space to Grieve Support Groups


Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven is offering opportunities to participate in
community programs, an offering made possible by a generous Community IMPACT grant
from our Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. SAFE SPACES TO GRIEVE is a community, peer-support approach to coping with and remembering loved ones who have died. The groups will be led by Certified Grief Educator Barb Segura, LPC.

For more information, or to register for any of the groups listed below, contact Barb Segura, LPC, or Dinesh Perera, LMFT, at griefgroups@jfsnh.org. You will receive zoom link and password.

COMMUNITY SPACE TO GRIEVE AND HEAL

SUNDAY October 22nd, 12 PM on ZOOM – THIS GROUP WILL MEET ONE TIME

MOURNING AND MITZVAH: ONGOING GROUP
This group meets twice a month and uses the guided journal Mourning and Mitzvah by
Rabbi Anne Brener, MAJCS MS, LCSW. This book will be provided free for the first 20 group participants who return to the second group meeting. The group will start November 7th from 3 PM – 4:30 PM and is scheduled the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.


OPEN TOPIC GRIEF EXPLORATION GROUPS: WILL BE OFFERED FOUR TIMES
Group attendees with facilitator’s support, will be able to identify the most emergent topic
related to loss, grief, and healing. Topics range from a focus on personal and/or community
responses and impact from loss and grief.
Meeting Time: TUESDAYS 7 PM – 8:30 PM on ZOOM
November 14th, December 12th, January 9th, February 13th

Barb Segura, LPC creates a sacred space for healing and transformation. Grief is often unacknowledged in our fast paced, youth-oriented culture. The grief journey is an individual journey, as unique as fingerprints. If tended to, grief can guide our healing and enrich our lives. She provides grief education, consultation, coaching and facilitates support groups. Some support groups are offered specifically for the Jewish mourner.