Support Groups
If you are looking for help navigating end-of-life or grief, you may consider joining a community-based support group. Exlore our comprehensive listing of MetroWest-based in-person and online options for all ages below.
Adult Bereavement Support Groups
Loss of a Child
Loss of an Infant
Loss of a Parent
Pregnancy Loss
Loss of a Spouse
Loss to Substance Abuse
Loss to Suicide
Support for Young Adults
Caregiver Support
Grandparent Support
Youth Bereavement Support Groups
Virtual Groups
grief@caredimensions.org
(855) 774-5100
As a nonprofit, community-based leader in advanced illness care, Care Dimensions provides comprehensive hospice, palliative care and grief support. Led by experienced child life, expressive arts, and bereavement professionals, Care Dimensions' grief support groups provide children with support, a sense of community, and an opportunity to express themselves.
- Ages 4 - 18
- 6 - 8 week groups offered periodically
- Raising grieving children workshops
- Phone consultations and other family grief support resources
Arlington, MA
info@childrensroom.org
(781) 641-4741
The Children's Room provides many different grief support groups for children and teens who have lost a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. Through these groups, children, teens, and their families have the opportunity to find connection and community after a death in their families.
- Ages 3 ½ - 18
- School year - weeknights and Sunday afternoons
- Intake required (no drop-ins)
- Teen only group and teen events
- Family nights (monthly)
- Co-occurring parent/caregiver support groups
- Parenting While Grieving series
- School and community groups
- Consultations, information and referrals
Newton, MA and Wayland, MA
jwiles@gscommunitycare.org
(508) 309-5107
HEARTplay offers support services for children, teens, and young adults of all abilities and their families who are coping with the life-limiting illness or death of an important person in their lives. Services include home or office visits for individualized support, on-going bereavement groups, and bereavement day-camp workshops. Mental health counselors and expressive therapists use movement, music, art, play, and discussion to help participants explore and express feelings associated with grief and loss. HEARTplay is a program of Good Shepherd Community Care.
- Ages 3 - young adult
- Groups offered on an ongoing basis
- Weekly, bi-weekly and monthly groups
- Registration required
- Parent/caregiver support groups
- School groups and consultation
- Camp Erin Boston family camps
Framingham, MA
info@jeffsplace.org
(508) 879-2800
Jeff’s Place helps children, teens, and families who have had a meaningful death loss of a parent, caregiver, child, or sibling, experience a healthy grieving process in a supportive environment. Its group and individual counseling use art, movement, music, writing, and play to empower your grief story. Jeff’s Place’s vision is that no one grieves alone.
- Ages 3 ½ - 18
- School year – twice per month (evening and afternoon offerings)
- Application/intake required (no drop-ins)
- Grandparent group (for those supporting a grieving grandchild)
- Substance use loss support group
- Young adult group (virtual)
- School groups
- Individual counseling
info@safecoalitionma.org
(508) 488-8105
SAFE, offers compassionate, trauma-informed grief support that meets people wherever they are in their healing process. Their approach combines education about grief with personalized counseling and a focus on practical coping tools—all in a space designed to feel safe and nonjudgmental. SAFE helps support individuals, families, and communities affected by loss, including those navigating sudden, traumatic, or complex grief.
- Ages 6 – 18
- One-on-One Support
- Healing Hearts Youth Groups: Biweekly on Wednesdays
Pet Loss Support Groups
Tufts University
Tufts Pet Loss Support helps pet owners who have lost an animal companion and seeks to serve the community at large by providing resources for people grieving the loss of a pet.
Veterinary Chaplaincy Services
Virtual support groups, one-on-one/family consultation services
Transitions Counseling
Veterinary social worker providing treatment to young adults and older adults:
Say Goodbye at Home
Support group with Pet Loss Grief Recovery Specialist and Pet Chaplain
HeartPlay Program
HEARTplay is a heart-centered bereavement program supporting children, teens and young adults coping with the death of an important person (or pet!) in their lives.
Bereavement Group
Angell Animal Medical Center pet loss bereavement support group
Animal Talks
Grief management workshops and other support.