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Although the agencies below do not charge fees, most welcome donations.

Non-professional volunteers who provide peer counseling to bereaved residents of the Peninsula:

• Individual and family counseling in the home, hospital, or other setting convenient for the client
• Grief support group, which meets on 1^st and 3^rd Wednesday of each month
• Children and teen's program using activities that are age-related
• Crisis intervention for groups or organizations affected by sudden death

San Mateo:
Sutter VNA and Hospice
700 S. Claremont Street, #220, San Mateo, CA 944021 (560) 685-2821.
Email: AmsdenS@sutterhealth.org

• Grief education class on 1^st Tuesday of each month, 6:15 - 7:30 PM
• Grief Self Help Healing Group, 8 week group with practical information and the opportunity to heal, for anyone whose loved one has died at any time (even years ago.) No new participants after the first session. Advance registration required and space is limited. Mondays, 6:15- 7:45 PM.
• For Men, By Men, a grief support for men, advance registration required, thereafter drop-in, Wednesdays, twice a month, 6:14 - 7:30 PM.
• Violent and Traumatic Loss Group, an 8 week group for those grieving a death due to an accident, disaster, suicide or homicide. Advance registration required. 6:15 - 7: 45 PM., Thursday.
• Widows and Widowers Grief Support Self Help Group, bridges the acute adjustment time immediately after a death and the time when grievers re-engaged in social connection Initial advance registration required, thereafter drop-in. Every other Tuesday, 3:30 - 5 PM
• Support for Spanish-Speaking Bereaved: Llamenos al (650) 685- 2840, extencion 5110 ydeje su nombre y su telefone para recivir una llamada confirmando los detailes de la clase. Para dejar un mensaje en espanol, marque el numbero 7 cuando comience el menu.

The Centre for Living with Dying provides emotional support to individuals and families facing life threatening illness or the trauma of having a loved one die. The Center also provides a broad-based educational program to the community on the subjects of grief and loss and how it impacts the world around us.

• One-to-one emotional support
• Peer support groups
• Staff consultations for special trauma situations
• Bereaved victims of violent crime
• Crisis intervention when sudden death occurs in our community
• After disaster support
• Circle of Care for those affected by AIDS
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) for emergency workers.

1. Grollman, E. Talking Abut Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Beacon press: 1976
2. Kuschner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen To Good People, Schocken: 1989
3. LeShan, Eda. Learning To Say Good-bye: When A Parent Dies, MacMillan: 1976
4. Manning, Doug. Don't Take My: Grief Away From Me, Harper Collins: 1984
5. Rando, T. How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies. Bantam: 1991
6. Seligman, M. Learned Optimism: The Skill to Conquer Life's Obstacles, Large and Small. Pocket Books: 1990.
7. Siegel, Bernie. Love, Medicine and Miracles, Harper Collins: 1986
8. Stearns, Ann Kaiser. Living Through Personal Crisis, Thomas More Press: 1984
9. Tatlebaum, Judy. The Courage to Grieve, Harper Row: 1984
10. Westberg, Granger. Good Grief, Augsburg Fortunes: 1962

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